The Pulse with Mary Delaney
Alera Group’s podcast series, The Pulse, will help you keep pace with what’s trending in employee benefits. Every month, nationally recognized subject matter experts from the health and pharmacy industry and top academic and research institutions will provide data-driven insights while giving you actionable, scalable, strategies. If you are looking to reduce medical and pharmacy spend while driving better health outcomes, this podcast series is for you!
The Pulse with Mary Delaney
Latest Episodes
Absence isn’t just an HR issue anymore — it’s a business issue
In this episode of The Pulse in 15, Mary Delaney sits down with Teri Weber to talk about the growing complexity of absence management—and why so many employers are feeling the impact across their organizations. From FMLA an...
Reimagining Interventional Radiology: A Path to Lower Costs and Better Cancer Care
In this podcast, Dr. Joshua Dowell, a private practice pioneer in radiology care, explores the future state of interventional radiology and why moving these services away from hospital‑based setting represents a critical opportunity for the hea...
From Siloed Reports to Shared Insight: How Unified Data Drives Alignment at Kwik Trip
In this episode of The Pulse in 15, Mary sits down with Bryan Trainor to discuss the value Kwik Trip has found in moving from separate, vendor-specific reports to having all their information in one place. Bryan shares how bringing dat...
Crisis in Care: Solving the Primary Care Puzzle for Employers – Part 3
Frontline Perspectives from Physicians & Benefits LeadersBuilding on our Part 2 session where carriers discussed what’s...
How a School System Created Sustainable Change: Improving Health, Delivering Employee Value, and Reducing Plan Spend
In this 15-minute episode, we’re joined by Roger McMichael, Associate Superintendent at Carmel Clay Schools, for a practical conversation on how objective, data driven strategy can create meaningful and sustainable change in a sch...
