The Pulse by Vital Incite
Vital Incite’s podcast series, The Pulse, will help you keep pace with what’s trending in employee benefits. Every other 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 by Vital Incite
Managing Catastrophic Care and Cost
The threat of higher cost cases looms as new therapies are brought to market. Certainly, there are advances in healthcare that everyone wants to enjoy. Employers need to make sure their monies are not wasted so they can afford to support their people.
- What can and should employers do to protect their budgets?
- Did you know that many carriers pay for catastrophic care as a percentage of billed charges?
- Who is auditing to make sure those billed rates, or the services are appropriate?
This episode includes guest speakers:
Marilyn Bartlett
Senior Policy Fellow, National Academy for State Health Policy
Valerie Saurez
Director of Medical Risk, Symetra Life Insurance Company
Michael Thompson
President & CEO, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
