Private Exchanges, Financial Wellness & More

On this week's program, the hosts welcome two guests to the program to discuss topics ranging from private exchanges to health care transparency.

For the first segment on today's program, Barry Eyre, VP, Business Development, KTP Advisors, will join the program for a discussion around what employers and employer groups should be asking about the private exchange marketplace. Many employees are seeking information about the exchange marketplace. In this search for knowledge, it is important to focus on the most important aspects of an exchange. Understanding the right questions to ask is critically important to making the best choices. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of unbiased information about how the market place is developing. In this interview, Barry will help to guide employers to the right set of considerations. 

For the second segment, the hosts will welcome Susan Lang, Founder & CEO, HooPayz, to the show to discuss financial wellness in health care. The number one reason for bankruptcy today is due to medical bills. Up to 80 percent of medical bills have errors, and approximately $750 million is wasted in health care each year. Due to this landscape, there is a need for solutions to promote financial wellness within health benefits. Financial wellness allows employers to reduce their health care costs and increase workplace productivity by engaging their employees. HooPayz, through online and personal health advisory services, is part of the solution by improving access to lower cost quality providers, offering bill review and payment negotiation among many other services.