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!
Episodes
13 episodes
Why are pregnancy complications rising? We look at what’s behind the data.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in pregnancy-related complications. This trend has persisted. In this episode, we’ll explore the factors contributing to this ongoing issue and discuss strategies to help reverse the trend...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:00:14
From Identification to Action: Employer Strategies to Combat Substance Use Disorders
Join us for Part 2 of our insightful podcast series dedicated to improving outcomes for those affected by substance use disorders. In this episode, we'll explore effective early intervention strategies and the essential steps for building a rob...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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50:35
The $81 Billion Toll of Substance Use Disorders on the Workplace: Employer Strategies for Cost Effective Care and Treatment
Substance use disorders related to alcohol and drug addiction are having a heavy emotional and financial toll on the workplace. It’s estimated that addiction costs employers upwards of $81 billion per year and employers struggle with how to pro...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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49:05
The GLP-1 Tipping Point: How Skyrocketing Costs Exposed PBM Influence and How Employers Can Take Back Control
GLP-1 medications have been a tipping point in exposing the role that PBM’s have over controlling prescription drug access and cost. Not all PBM’s are created equal and most drive what is easiest and most profitable for the PBM. It’s crit...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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58:54
The Blue Zones Hype & Your Health Plan - Employer Strategies for Better Outcomes
There’s been a lot of hype around the Blue Zones documentary on Netflix and how following these principles can help you live a full, active life until 100. But did you know these theories can also help you breathe life into your health plan by ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:01:21
The Benefits of Tight Contract Management
It's time for Employers to ensure they safeguard their interests and shield themselves with robust contracting language. Carrier and vendor agreements are often crafted by their legal teams to safeguard the interests of the vendors,...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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54:07
Root Cause Approach to Managing Healthcare Spend
At least 80% of healthcare spend is influenced by our habits, environment and approach to caring for ourselves. Employers invest over $51 billion each year in vendors to empower individuals in making informed choices and alleviating strain on t...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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51:05
Leveraging GLP-1s to Improve Health Without Killing Your Budget
The utilization of GLP-1s has skyrocketed since entering the market. Tune into this latest podcast of The Pulse to discover how you can effectively implement GLP-1 medications while improving the health of your population and lowering the finan...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:06:46
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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47:59
Managing Specialty Medications: PBM or Health Plan or Place of Service
One specialty medication can change the performance of a plan. Employers and Advisors are always trying to solve for if a medication should be limited to the PBM or the health plan and then if on the health plan we find significant differences ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:01:26
Provider Quality
Most people choose their providers based off a recommendation from friends or other providers. Every person wants to make sure they are utilizing a top provider, but the definition of quality varies by every oversite strategy. In this podcast w...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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42:44
Creating Sustainable Change
Research shows that only 1 in 5 people are successful in maintaining their resolutions, creating sustainable improved performance, or maintaining significant weight loss. Join us as a panel of experts explore why these attempts fail an...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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58:59
Employer Strategies to Help Reduce Obesity
Obesity related medications are supposed to have the largest impact on pharmacy spend next year. Taking a pill to control weight sounds too good to be true. Listen in as 3 healthcare providers debate, educate and create some best solutions to d...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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54:24