Bending The Trend
Bending The Trend, hosted by Norm Volsky of MVP Growth Partners, is a show built for benefits leaders who want to learn directly from their peers how to manage rising healthcare costs without sacrificing employee well-being.
Each episode features candid conversations with forward-thinking benefits executives who share how they’ve successfully leveraged point solutions like advanced imaging, musculoskeletal care, behavioral health, and more to reduce spend, improve outcomes, and put money back into their employees’ pockets.
Bending The Trend delivers practical case studies, proven strategies, and peer-to-peer insights designed to help benefits leaders make smarter decisions about innovation and spend.
At its core, the show is about empowering benefits leaders to learn from each other’s real-world experiences, spotlighting the solutions and strategies that truly move the needle in bending healthcare’s cost curve.
Bending The Trend
Latest Episodes
Special Edition Episode: Exposing Healthcare Waste with Mark Cuban
In this episode, Mark Cuban shares insights on transforming healthcare costs through transparency, direct contracting, and innovative strategies. "Every single definition in your contract is being used to take advantage of you." Discover how em...
Episode 18: Primary Care Reimagined with Lori Guliano
Join us for another episode of Bending the Trend hosted by Norm Volsky, where we sit down with Lori Guliano to discuss how advanced primary care is helping employers improve employee health, reduce unnecessary healthcare spending, and create be...
Episode 17: Bending the Healthcare Cost Trend with Matt Harmon
Join us for another episode of Bending the Trend hosted by Norm Volsky, where we sit down with Matt Harmon, Benefits Consultant at Higginbotham, to discuss practical strategies employers can use to control rising healthcare costs while improvin...
Episode 16: Caregiver Support, Financial Wellness & People First Benefits with Joy Awe
Join us for another episode of Bending the Trend hosted by Norm Volsky, where we sit down with Joy Awe, Wellbeing Manager at Insperity, to discuss how caregiver support, financial wellness programs, and personalized employee benefits can improv...
Episode 15: People First Care, Digital Health & Smarter Employee Benefits with Tanner Brunsdale
Join us for another episode of Bending the Trend hosted by Norm Volsky, where we sit down with Tanner Brunsdale, Director of Benefits & Mobility at Lyft, to discuss how innovative employee benefits can improve healthcare access, boost engag...