Vero Advising | HR & Benefits Consulting
Vero Advising collective professional background in health plan administration, hospital managed care, and agency operations exposed us to the good, the bad, and the ugly of the healthcare and benefits business.
With the 50th anniversary of the moon landing occurring last year, there have been a series of multi-part podcasts released on that seminal event of the 20th century. If you are a podcast person, I’d suggest listening to “13 Minutes to the Moon” and “The Cold War: What We Saw.” Both are fantastic accounts of… Continue reading One Small Step….For Employer Based Health Plans
“1917” was a fantastic movie. If you haven’t seen it, I strongly recommend it, even for someone like my wife, who unlike me, doesn’t wonder whether Helmuth von Moltke executed the Schlieffen Plan as intended, if Gavrilo Princip was a terrorist or hero, or who was responsible for the disaster at Gallipoli. WW1 is a… Continue reading Law of Historical Nature
In the employer-funded benefits space, we should all be encouraged at the progression from high out-of-pocket costs for basic health care services to value-based plan designs that emphasize low or no cost primary care, acute injury treatment, and preventive services. It doesn’t really matter how this progression started. I like to think it’s due to… Continue reading Take the “Co-” out of “Co-Pay”
Tired of the Kabuki Dance It started with a cold call, which is weird, given that many say cold calling is dead. After fumbling through the initial call like a 7th grader asking someone out on a date, we got to brass tacks, setting the meeting to discuss their situation and whether there might be… Continue reading They did it! How One Company Improved Benefits and Cut Costs by over $200,000
Pardon the Facebook-post nature of this blog. I’ll get to the point, but do to one of those life moments, humor me for a moment. Happy back to school week! I wish all of you with children returning to school the best as the morning rush and afternoon homework struggles resume. For many of us,… Continue reading High School Athletics and the Lessons for Life
No Insurance Product Will Solve the High Cost of Employer Sponsored Health Plans In the mid 1800s, people were fearful of traveling via “modern methods.” Train and steamship travel was treacherous. Even floating across a river on a barge could result in loss of life and limb – just ask the snake oil salesman traveling… Continue reading There are No Magic Beans
“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.” – Mother Teresa As much fun as conversations are with businesses are about innovations in health plan financing, direct contracting, and alternative arrangements… Continue reading “All we need is Love…”
I’m a sucker for a good Top 3, 5 or 10 list. Recently, I clicked on an article titled “5 Workplace Benefits Today’s Employees Want but Don’t Have”. Now, the majority of them are no-brainers, like medical insurance and paid time off. Also included in the list was company paid dental and vision insurance, which… Continue reading So, What’s The Deal with Dental Insurance?
We all have the one conference or annual meeting that we really look forward to and enjoy attending. I was at one of those recently. Yes, there are insurance related conferences that are cool and fun to attend. I met an insurance advisor while there. While trading stories, they were telling me about a recommendation… Continue reading Do Companies Really Need a Health Insurance Agent?
Happy Tax Day! Especially small businesses. Where would we be without you? Without a job. Without basic public functions. Without charity organizations that are largely funded by small business contributions. The list is endless. Out of our economy, small business (defined as 500 employees or less) make up 99.7% of companies in the United States.… Continue reading A Tax Day Salute to Small Business
