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, accessible and unbiased information and actionable and scalable strategies. If you are looking to reduce medical and pharmacy spend while driving better health outcomes, this podcast series is for you!
LATEST EPISODE:
The GLP-1 Tipping Point: How Skyrocketing Costs Exposed PBM Influence and How Employers Can Take Back Control
GLP-1 medications have helped us realize how critical it is that the health plan control their strategy related to medication prior authorizations to support improved health outcomes and financially stabilize the health plan. Not all PBM’s are created equal and most drive what is easiest and most profitable for the PBM. Join our panelists as we discuss best practices for employers and redefine expectations to demand from PBMs.
Ge Bai, PhD, CPA
Professor at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Professor of Health Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Jonathan Bonnet, MD, MPH, CAQSM, FAAFP, FACLM, DipABOM, DipACLM.
Associate Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and Program Director of Medical Weight Loss at the Clinical Resource Hub Weight Management Center at the Palo Alto Veteran’s Affairs
Jennifer Perlitch RPh., MBA.
Assistant Vice President – Pharmacy at AECRx
UPCOMING:
The $81 Billon Toll of Substance Use Disorders on the Workplace: Employer Strategies for Cost Effective Care and Treatment
November 20th, 2024
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 provide the correct care. Finding in-network providers is challenging and health plans are paying a significant amount in out of network fees and “Shared Savings” that the carrier then takes.
