Derek Winn is the 2020 BenefitsPRO Broker of the Year and Director of Sales and Senior Consultant for Business Benefits Group (BBG). I've had the pleasure of talking with Derek about healthcare purchasing, innovation, teaching, learning, and new models. D ...
An Interview with Zero CEO James Millaway
An interview with James Millaway, CEO of Zero, a firm that offers $0 out-of-pocket care to employees of self-insured firms. Tell me about Zero's mission and history. The legacy healthcare system we have to come to rely ...
The Case for Better Benchmarking
The Firestick has 11 buttons, with one huge on/off button. It's a joy to use. If simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, unnecessary complexity is crude and confusing, lazy or purposeful, part of the conspiracy against the outsiders. The age of the met ...
September’s Index
As a nod to the clever and entertaining Harper's index, here is September's healthcare and finance index. The decline in 2nd quarter hospital admissions for HCA Healthcare: 20%HCA is one of the largest hospitals in the US with 186 hospitals a ...
GoodRx’s IPO and the $450 Story
Many great founders have started companies after an annoying experience. Netflix’s lightbulb moment began with founder Reed Hastings waiting in line at Blockbuster to pay $40 after losing Apollo 13. For Doug Hirsch, co-founder of GoodRx, it was a $450 pre ...