Dr. Jack Forbush, DO is the owner of the Osteopathic Center for Family Medicine, Maine's first Direct Primary Care practice offering comprehensive, full-spectrum medical care for all ages including obstetrical and hospital care. He is also a founding member of both the Direct Primary Care Alliance and New England Direct Primary Care Alliance. Dr. Forbush has been and remains actively involved in "all things" related to Direct Primary Care.  In addtion to the Direct Primary Care community, he serves in several leadership capacities in local, state, national and international organizations ..read more

Dr. Char Hu is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Helper Bees, an insurtech company successfully improving the home care experience for the payer and care recipient. They work with some of the world’s largest insurance carriers to deliver transformative experiences in digitization, sourcing great care options, and applying machine learning to power intelligent care and claim analytics and processing In this episode of the Business of Health podcast, Mike Martens welcomes Dr. Char Hu to discuss the topic of Aging in Place with Dignity. Dr. Char Hu, who has personal experience caring for aging paren ..read more

Adam Butcher is the owner and Vice President of Fred's Appliance LLC, an appliance repair service company that provides field service for all major home appliances in northeast Ohio  with over 50 years of combined experience working on every make and model of appliance from such leading manufacturers as Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, GE, Frigidaire, Kenmore and countless others. They also offer a diverse technical training program that covers all aspects of appliance repair through the Fred’s Appliance Academy. In this episode of the Business of Health podcast, Mike Martens engages in an ..read more

Todd Archer is the President of Concierge Third Party Administrator, a company recognized as one of the nation’s premier industry leaders in third-party administration of self-funded health benefit plans for employer groups of all sizes. With over 35 years of experience, Todd has a proven track record in the field of health benefits third-party administration. He joins Mike today to delve into the topic of reference-based pricing, a reimbursement approach that relies on Medicare allowable rates. They discuss the origins and evolution of this concept. Reference-based pricing (RBP) is gaining tr ..read more

Stacy Barrow is a Partner at Barrow Weatherhead Lent LLP, and one of the nation’s leading experts on the Affordable Care Act.  He uses a practical, business-focused approach to counsel his clients on all matters related to employee benefit plans. Today, Stacy and Mike discuss the complexities of mergers and acquisitions, particularly how two groups may end up a control group and the compliance requirements of such a situation. When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, it is important to pay attention to control groups. Control groups are created when two groups come together, and they re ..read more

Dr. Josh Umbehr is a board-certified family practice physician and the Founder and Owner of Atlas MD, a membership-based direct primary care practice company providing family healthcare that is immediate, thorough, comprehensive, specific, easily affordable, and personal. Today, Dr. Josh and Mike discuss how the U.S. healthcare system is broken and talks about the benefits of Direct Primary Care (DPC). DPC is a healthcare model that eliminates the need for health insurance and provides direct access to a primary care physician. It is an innovative approach to healthcare that emphasizes prevent ..read more

In this episode, Mike Martens welcomes Eric Silverman, one of the most innovative and influential brokers in the industry today. Eric explains the right terms applicable to enhanced benefits, which are usually provided for by the company to their employers.  As an expert on employer-funded benefits, Eric shares his insights on the difference between voluntary benefits and enhanced benefits. He explains why employers should be keen and critical in integrating the benefit packages into their systems to avoid potential complications, and why companies need to promote their benefit packages t ..read more

Stephen Dean co-founded Keona Health to simplify the tedious process that providers have to go through with healthcare technology. With his background in information technology, Stephen and his co-founders came up with a systematic customer relationship software built for healthcare.  In this episode, Mike and Stephen discuss the major disconnect in the medical community such as fragmented technical systems, inaccessible providers for immediate needs, and inconsistencies in data sources. Keona Health addresses these gaps with the aid of artificial intelligence so that patients can easily ..read more

Janet Trautwein is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU). Also serving as the president of the NAHU Education Fund in Washington DC, she oversees the activities affiliated with employee benefits programs in the design, implementation and management of health plans. Janet shares details about the NAHU’s current activities, initiatives and prospects. Pushing to address the issues in the industry, NAHU continues to coordinate with government agencies in regulating and providing plans and resolving penalties. Their annual conferences also offer an op ..read more

The pandemic has seen a global spike for solutions to address mental health issues. Whether the issues stem from personal or work-related causes, solutions need to be accessible for people and organizations that need them most.  In this episode, Mike welcomes John Troutman, the National Marketing Director for Mazzitti and Sullivan EAP Services. They provide employee assistance programs by conducting onsite training from the c-suite level down to the employees.  With a focus on mental health solutions, they integrate innovative approaches in their programs, such as utilizing AI to ad ..read more