Podcast appearances and mentions of carol harnett

In this episode, speaker, trendspotter, and Council for Disability Awareness President, Carol Harnett, shares her view of the evolving employee benefits landscape in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen in for new research, a fresh perspective on employee’s changing needs, and Carol’s view of how employers should evolve their benefits strategies. Visit https://www.joinbrella.com/podcast for more notes and links to resources mentioned in this episode. If you’re a Texas-based broker or employer we’d love to chat. Email sales@joinbrella.com to get in touch.

In this episode of Plan Francisco, Maxwell talks with Carol Harnett and Fred Schott of the Council for Disability Awareness about changes in work and life since COVID-19 and how Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM) will look different this year.

Data analytics is important - But is only relevant if it leads to action and behavior change.  In part two of Scott's conversation with Carol Harnett, President of the Council for Disability Awareness, Scott and Carol discuss the financial risk of being under insured and the consequences of not securing adequate disability insurance coverage.  They wrap up the conversation trading thoughts on how mental health parity fits into the disability awareness conversation and the incredible work being done in the U.S. by organizations like Bring Change to Mind and Okay to Say.  #StrongerThanStigma #OkayToSay #DIAM To learn more about Disability Insurance Awareness Month, see www.DisabilityCanHappen.org.  To learn more about the CDA's new consumer outreach program, see www.RealityCheckup.org. ________________________________________________________   Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innovative strategies and programs to provide employers unique, cost-savings health benefits programs. With a dedicated market analysis staff, and exclusive ApexAnalytics™ tool for health and claims data, we deliver on our promises while assisting more than 250 organizations in making effective benefits decisions for their organizations and employees. For more information, please visit www.apexbg.com

In this first part of Scott's conversation with Carol Harnett, President of the Council for Disability Awareness, Scott and Carol discuss the key facts to be familiar with as millions of working Americans face a growing crisis: a lack of adequate disability insurance coverage.  May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month and education is critically important.  Carol shares how the CDA is moving the needle on income protection awareness with it's most recent initiative, RealityCheckup.org. To read the study Carol mentions regarding the impact of hospitalization on income, please see this link and this link for the NY Times summary article mentioned. To learn more about Disability Insurance Awareness Month, see www.DisabilityCanHappen.org.  To learn more about the CDA's new consumer outreach program, see www.RealityCheckup.org. ________________________________________________________   Apex Benefits, an Indianapolis-based benefits consulting firm, develops innovative strategies and programs to provide employers unique, cost-savings health benefits programs. With a dedicated market analysis staff, and exclusive ApexAnalytics™ tool for health and claims data, we deliver on our promises while assisting more than 250 organizations in making effective benefits decisions for their organizations and employees. For more information, please visit www.apexbg.com

Hear from guest speakers Carol Harnett, a speaker, writer and health / disability consultant and from Pam Little, president/CEO of Blue Communications, and Bernie Knobbe, VP of global benefits at AECOM, as we join them live at the Health and Benefits Leadership Conference. They'll highlight what attendees can expect from their presentations at the upcoming Employers Health Innovations in Benefits Conference. 

Our health is determined by where we live, work, play, and pray. These are our social determinants of health. They have a direct impact on our ability to afford safe housing and pay for healthy food, cover health care services, and access educational and economic opportunities and their benefits. As such, employment as well as the conditions of employment play a key role in determining health.Our guest for this topic is James S. Marks, MD, MPH. Jim is executive vice president, overseeing all program, communications, research, and policy activities in support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s vision to build a Culture of Health in America. 

Our health is determined by where we live, work, play, and pray. These are our social determinants of health. They have a direct impact on our ability to afford safe housing and pay for healthy food, cover health care services, and access educational and economic opportunities and their benefits. As such, employment as well as the conditions of employment play a key role in determining health.Our guest for this topic is James S. Marks, MD, MPH. Jim is executive vice president, overseeing all program, communications, research, and policy activities in support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s vision to build a Culture of Health in America. 

When GoodRx first came up on CoHealth's radar in 2012, the company's co-founder, Doug Hirsch, described the mission this way: "We want to mimic companies like Orbitz and create prescription-drug-price transparency so consumers are informed and can afford the medications they need." Since then, GoodRx went on to win awards and accolades for its consumer-friendly interface (including CoHealth kudos for helping one of your co-hosts save $40 on a Rx). The company has also grown its services to include a transparent PBM for employers, a GoodRx plaform for physicians, and even a GoodRx search for pet pharmaceuticals.Join us to find out what's good about GoodRx for you and your employees.   

When GoodRx first came up on CoHealth's radar in 2012, the company's co-founder, Doug Hirsch, described the mission this way: "We want to mimic companies like Orbitz and create prescription-drug-price transparency so consumers are informed and can afford the medications they need." Since then, GoodRx went on to win awards and accolades for its consumer-friendly interface (including CoHealth kudos for helping one of your co-hosts save $40 on a Rx). The company has also grown its services to include a transparent PBM for employers, a GoodRx plaform for physicians, and even a GoodRx search for pet pharmaceuticals.Join us to find out what's good about GoodRx for you and your employees.   

It seems as though all the talk in the human resources and employee benefits world today is about how employers are trying to "get out of the benefits business." The combination of the 2008 recession coupled with the passage of the Affordable Care Act stagnated employee compensation and began to erode employee benefits packages -- all in the name of cutting back on expenses and improving corporate profitability. Then, on January 2, 2015, Bobby Fry, one of the owners of Bar Marco, in Pittsburgh, PA, tweeted that the restaurant would stop accepting gratuities from its patrons and, starting in April, move its 20 full-time employees to a $35,000 base salary and provide full health coverage, vacation days and private shares. The Internet exploded with interest. About two weeks later, Hartford, CT-based Aetna announced it would raise it's minimum wage to $16/hour -- begining in April 2015. The company will also give approximately 7,000 employees access to health benefits next year that should lower their out-of-pocket costs by up to $4,000.Economists Jan Zilinsky and Justin Wolfers released a paper coincident with the Aetna annoucement that reviewed the question: Under what circumstances can raising the pay of low-skilled workers at large corporations lead to general improvements in productivity?Both Jan Zilinsky and Bobby Fry join Carol Harnett this month to discuss the reasoning behind and impact of higher wages and better benefits on the workplace. 

It seems as though all the talk in the human resources and employee benefits world today is about how employers are trying to "get out of the benefits business." The combination of the 2008 recession coupled with the passage of the Affordable Care Act stagnated employee compensation and began to erode employee benefits packages -- all in the name of cutting back on expenses and improving corporate profitability. Then, on January 2, 2015, Bobby Fry, one of the owners of Bar Marco, in Pittsburgh, PA, tweeted that the restaurant would stop accepting gratuities from its patrons and, starting in April, move its 20 full-time employees to a $35,000 base salary and provide full health coverage, vacation days and private shares. The Internet exploded with interest. About two weeks later, Hartford, CT-based Aetna announced it would raise it's minimum wage to $16/hour -- begining in April 2015. The company will also give approximately 7,000 employees access to health benefits next year that should lower their out-of-pocket costs by up to $4,000.Economists Jan Zilinsky and Justin Wolfers released a paper coincident with the Aetna annoucement that reviewed the question: Under what circumstances can raising the pay of low-skilled workers at large corporations lead to general improvements in productivity?Both Jan Zilinsky and Bobby Fry join Carol Harnett this month to discuss the reasoning behind and impact of higher wages and better benefits on the workplace.