Business of Health with Mike Martens
The Business of Health Podcast examines how group health insurance brokers and agents grow profitable businesses. We focus on issues like ACA compliance, ERISA, and other issues that cost companies thousands. Host Mike Martens brings over a decade of experience in group health compliance. His company First Staff Benefits has saved clients millions of dollars and countless hours through Affordable Care Act compliance services. The Business of Health is here to save your group health business time and money, and give you the tools to be an all star for clients. mikem@firststaffbenefits.com
Episodes
24 episodes
Dr. Jack Forbush: Positive Impact of Direct Primary Care
Dr. Jack Forbush, DO is the owner of the Osteopathic Center for Family Medicine, Maine's first Direct Primary Care practice offering comprehensive, full-spectrum medical care for all ages including obstetrical and hospital care. He is al...
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Episode 24
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32:00
Krista Martens: The Core Ingredient of Wellness
Krista Martens, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian nutritionist who has seven years of professional experience as a registered dietitian. Her graduate school experience allowed her to practice in clinical, research, food service and c...
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Episode 23
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28:01
Dr. Char Hu: Aging in Place with Dignity
Dr. Char Hu is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Helper Bees, an insurtech company successfully improving the home care experience for the payer and care recipient. They work with some of the world’s largest insurance carriers to deliver tra...
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Episode 22
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27:42
Adam Butcher: A Small Business ICHRA Success Story
Adam Butcher is the owner and Vice President of Fred's Appliance LLC, an appliance repair service company that provides field service for all major home appliances in northeast Ohio with over 50 years of combined experience working...
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Episode 21
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27:00
Matt Noe: Improving the Broken Healthcare Space
Matt Noe is a benefits consultant and business development executive at OneDigital with over 26 years of industry experience. Matt works with existing clients as well as develops new relationships in the challenged industry market. He wo...
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Episode 20
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33:41
Nancy Giacolone: Key Ingredients to a Better Small Group Health Plan
Nancy Giacolone is a seasoned insurance broker with over 30 years of experience in the industry. As the President of Olympic Crest Insurance, she specializes in providing health insurance solutions for small businesses. As a certified Health Ro...
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Episode 19
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27:28
Al Kushner: Understanding Medicare
Al Kushner is a recognized Financial Educator, Author, Speaker, Retirement Specialist, and the Founder of Superior Mutual Inc. He specializes in Medicare plans and represents national and regional carriers. Today, he joins Mike today to talk ab...
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Episode 18
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28:56
Todd Archer: Understanding Reference Based Pricing (RBP)
Todd Archer is the President of Concierge Third Party Administrator, a company recognized as one of the nation’s premier industry leaders in third-party administration of self-funded health benefit plans for employer groups of all sizes. With o...
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Episode 17
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26:49
Stacy Barrow: Employee Benefit Issues During Acquisition
Stacy Barrow is a Partner at Barrow Weatherhead Lent LLP, and one of the nation’s leading experts on the Affordable Care Act. He uses a practical, business-focused approach to counsel his clients on all matters related to employee benefit...
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Episode 16
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22:02
Dr. Josh Umbehr, MD: The Measurable ROI Using Direct Primary Care in Your Health Insurance Plan
Dr. Josh Umbehr is a board-certified family practice physician and the Founder and Owner of Atlas MD, a membership-based direct primary care practice company providing family healthcare that is immediate, thorough, comprehensive, specific, easi...
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Episode 15
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28:23
Kyle Estep: Exploring the Benefits of ICHRA
Kyle Estep is the Vice President of Growth at Take Command Health, a company offering an end-to-end Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) platform solution for employers adopting the new individual coverage reimbursement ...
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Episode 14
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34:00
Mike Martens: The Great ICHRA Disruption
Mike Martens explains voluntary disruption today. This important concept is about enabling employees to pick the health insurance they prefer with payroll deduction benefits.Between 2020 and 2022, businesses offering ICHRA escalated by t...
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Episode 13
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8:39
Janet Trautwein: Post Mid-Term Election Congressional Update
Janet Trautwein is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals and President of the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals Foundation in Washington, D.C. Janet is a highl...
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Episode 12
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25:44
Danny Creed: Power of Words and the DISC Personality System
Danny Creed is a certified business executive, sales coach, and bestselling author. He is the seven-time winner of the Brian Tracy Award for Sales Excellence. Danny is also a celebrity coach and the founder of the Danny Creed Group.This ...
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Episode 11
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28:47
David Smith: The Growth of "Wearable" Technology
David Smith is the president and chief revenue officer of Ilumivu. Ilumivu is a company that was founded in 2009 that provides technology and research for wearable devices. These devices are used to help people with things such as mindfulness, ...
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Episode 10
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24:33
Elizabeth Raggio: Changes to IRS ACA Reporting
When you work with an employer or group that has 50 or more employees, at some point, you will need to understand the process of responding to IRS notifications - a process that Elizabeth Raggio walks us through in this episode. In this episode...
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Episode 9
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32:27
The Key Ingredients to Maximize Enhanced Benefits ft. Eric Silverman
In this episode, Mike Martens welcomes Eric Silverman, one of the most innovative and influential brokers in the industry today. Eric explains the right terms applicable to enhanced benefits, which are usually provided for by the company to the...
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Episode 8
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32:13
Solving the Disconnect in Healthcare Technology ft. Stephen Dean
Stephen Dean co-founded Keona Health to simplify the tedious process that providers have to go through with healthcare technology. With his background in information technology, Stephen and his co-founders came up with a systematic customer rel...
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Episode 7
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23:16
NAHU CEO Addresses the Health Care Issues Ft. Janet Trautwein
Janet Trautwein is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU). Also serving as the president of the NAHU Education Fund in Washington DC, she oversees the activities affiliated with employee benefits p...
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Episode 6
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21:36
Amp up your Client’s EAP ft. John Troutman
The pandemic has seen a global spike for solutions to address mental health issues. Whether the issues stem from personal or work-related causes, solutions need to be accessible for people and organizations that need them most. In t...
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Episode 5
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25:06
Set up for Success ft. Danny Creed
The pandemic brought devastating challenges to many industries and individuals. For Danny Creed and his clients, the last two years brought an opportunity for growth.As a professional and certified business and executive coach, Danny enc...
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Episode 4
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25:32
Managing ACA IRS filings ft. Matt Scott
How long does the IRS notify companies about possible penalties? ETC Companies Director of Sales Matt Scott knows the timeline and the exact ways to prevent and reduce them. Serving clients in Houston, Texas and beyond, ETC Companie...
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Episode 3
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30:20
Managing ERISA Reporting Profitability ft. Jay Rodney
Jay Rodney is the co-founder and CEO of RTO Benefits LLC. The company specializes in developing custom solutions, compliance documents, and nondiscrimination testing for their clients in all markets. Jay explains how his company streaml...
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Episode 2
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16:57