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!
Podcasting since 2022 • 19 episodes
The Pulse with Mary Delaney
Latest Episodes
Noise to Impact: Building an Employee Benefits Communication Strategy That Delivers
In this mini episode of The Pulse, Mary speaks with an employee communications expert about why benefits messages so often get lost and how employers can move from noise to real impact. The conversation highlights what effective benefits commun...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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17:07
Provider Quality: Fad or Imperative in Driving Improved Health Outcomes?
Are provider quality scores just another healthcare fad, or are they a critical tool for driving better health outcomes and maximizing your organization’s investment in employee benefits? In this episode, we cut through the noise to help employ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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52:46
Crisis in Care: Solving the Primary Care Puzzle for Employers – Part 2
In part two of our three part series on the mounting primary care crisis, we will continue our discussion from August on the impact on employers. Our panel of experts will provide insights into how carriers are addressing the shortage, as well ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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42:58
Rethinking Fiduciary Duty in Employer Health Plans
As healthcare costs continue to rise and scrutiny around plan transparency intensifies, employers are under growing pressure to fulfill their fiduciary responsibility—not just to manage costs, but to ensure health plan decisions truly se...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:02:31
Crisis in Care: Solving the Primary Care Puzzle for Employers
The U.S. healthcare system is facing a mounting primary care crisis—marked by physician shortages, limited access, and rising costs. In this timely episode, we examine how the decline in effective primary care is not just a health issue,...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:00:24
