What Matters Most to Job Candidates in Selecting a Workplace (Assurance & EverythingBenefits)

08/06/19 • 27 min

In this episode of the Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with human resources professionals Michele McDermott and Rachel Lyubovitzky about the most important benefits to employees

Michele McDermott, former Senior Vice President at Assurance, one of the largest and most awarded independent insurance brokerages in the U.S., consistently named a top place to work. At Assurance, Michele was responsible for maintaining the company’s “Best Place to Work” culture, driving the development of current and future leaders, and developing new programs that minimize risk and maximize health for the company’s employees.

Rachel Lyubovitzky is CEO and co-founder of EverythingBenefits, the leading provider of next-generation automated benefits technology that uncovers hidden costs, eliminates errors and helps keep companies compliant.

Listen in as we discuss topics surrounding selection criteria of employees and what they look for in a workplace.

Named one of the “Best Places to Work”, Michele McDermott of Assurance talks about how they create a culture built for success and employee engagement. How do you create a place where people want to wake up every morning and come to work? Listen as Michele talks about how remote working is a big draw for the younger demographics, Millennials and Gen Z’s. Assurance recognizes that today’s employees want to work differently and are committed to employees having work-life balance. Listen to what makes Assurance one of the best jobs for millennials.
What are some great recruiting strategies? A job description is often the first impression that a potential employee sees. Assurance’s job descriptions have a creative rockstar motif. Listen as we talk about how changing that job description can paint a better picture of your company’s culture. A job description doesn’t have to be a boring list of qualifications, how do you stand out from the clutter and speak to your ideal candidate culture?
How can your company attract younger demographics from Millennials to Generation Z and what are they looking for in a career? Michele talks about the changes she has seen in the types of things Millennials want in a job. From community involvement to flexibility and mobility, hear what it takes to bring in top talent from these younger generations. Since the average tenure is now down to an average of two years, how do you retain them in a great company culture?
Are you attracting talent? We talk with Rachel Lyubovitzky about the change in the type of benefits that Millennial employees are seeking. How can these new benefit types curve millennials job hopping? Hear how employees these days are interested in benefits such as pet insurance and tuition reimbursement. What benefits can you offer to attract top talent from this younger generation?
Hear how the new employee onboarding process and questions from younger demographics are increasing the need for white glove HR support.
With 75% of the workforce being Millennials in 2020 and Generation Z also stepping into the workforce for the first time, should you change your benefits package to accommodate them down the road? As a technology first-generation, how should the delivery, communication, and support migrate to more digital and video first communication?

Read more about Assurance & their 2019 Best Place to Work in Chicago recognition.

Keep up with Rachel Lyubovitzky and EverythingBenefits by visiting their website.

Download the eBook, "Reach & Recruit a Passive Front-Line Talent Pool"

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Listen in as we discuss topics surrounding selection criteria of employees and what they look for in a workplace.

Named one of the “Best Places to Work”, Michele McDermott of Assurance talks about how they create a culture built for success and employee engagement. How do you create a place where people want to wake up every morning and come to work? Listen as Michele talks about how remote working is a big draw for the younger demographics, Millennials and Gen Z’s. Assurance recognizes that today’s employees want to work differently and are committed to employees having work-life balance. Listen to what makes Assurance one of the best jobs for millennials.
What are some great recruiting strategies? A job description is often the first impression that a potential employee sees. Assurance’s job descriptions have a creative rockstar motif. Listen as we talk about how changing that job description can paint a better picture of your company’s culture. A job description doesn’t have to be a boring list of qualifications, how do you stand out from the clutter and speak to your ideal candidate culture?
How can your company attract younger demographics from Millennials to Generation Z and what are they looking for in a career? Michele talks about the changes she has seen in the types of things Millennials want in a job. From community involvement to flexibility and mobility, hear what it takes to bring in top talent from these younger generations. Since the average tenure is now down to an average of two years, how do you retain them in a great company culture?
Are you attracting talent? We talk with Rachel Lyubovitzky about the change in the type of benefits that Millennial employees are seeking. How can these new benefit types curve millennials job hopping? Hear how employees these days are interested in benefits such as pet insurance and tuition reimbursement. What benefits can you offer to attract top talent from this younger generation?
Hear how the new employee onboarding process and questions from younger demographics are increasing the need for white glove HR support.
With 75% of the workforce being Millennials in 2020 and Generation Z also stepping into the workforce for the first time, should you change your benefits package to accommodate them down the road? As a technology first-generation, how should the delivery, communication, and support migrate to more digital and video first communication?

Read more about Assurance & their 2019 Best Place to Work in Chicago recognition.

Keep up with Rachel Lyubovitzky and EverythingBenefits by visiting their website.

Download the eBook, "Reach & Recruit a Passive Front-Line Talent Pool"

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Best Practices in Full Risk Primary Care Practice Models (ChenMed)

In this episode of the Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Dr. Gordon Chen, the Chief Medical Officer at ChenMed. Physician. Advocate. Business and Thought Leader. As Chief Medical Officer at ChenMed, Dr. Gordon Chen plays multiple roles in the growing, physician-led, full-risk, outcomes-based medical practice that is transforming healthcare for the neediest populations.
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Hear about the backstory behind ChenMed and how they are transforming the “new” full-risk Medicare internal medicine healthcare model. After seeing the poor coordination within healthcare with his father, the Chen family of doctors decided they had to solve this problem themselves for other families with a new primary care practice model. Being a family of physicians, they saw healthcare from the patients' point of view and wanted to help doctors communicate better.
What is the difference between the fee for service and the full risk model? Dr. Chen and Carrie talk about the patient and practice group benefits of the full risk Medicare model and dive deeper into explaining exactly what it means. Learn how the full risk model allows physicians to focus better on the holistic view of patient outcomes. Do you make more or less money as a practice group in a full risk model?
How does implementing a full risk model or a value-based care model put pressure on physicians to bring patients to better health? Dr. Chen speaks to his experience of setting physicians up for success at close to 60 centers and helping to reduce hospitalizations by 40% to 50%. Hear the difference in doctor to patient ratios in full risk vs. traditional primary care models.
Carrie asks Dr. Chen to break down all questions we have about a full-risk model, including patient experience, office environment, specialty practices/referrals, physician experience, and work/life balance. Listen in to hear the amazing things you can do with ownership of patient outcomes in a full-risk model, hear all your questions answered on “how it works”. Dr. Chen takes us through a patients journey on a full risk model.
What kind of physicians are attached to work in in a “patient-centered value-based care model”? Listen to Dr. Chen talk about the additional training required, mindset and how the practice is run with purpose.
What does the future hold for full risk models where you need to find operational efficiencies through technology innovation? Dr. Chen talks about how critical technology has been to grow their practice, how they’ve embraced it for patient outcomes. Carrie and Dr. Chen talk about the advantages in video telehealth for remote visits across clinics to reduce patient wait times and how telehealth plays a critical role in the last mile of remote monitoring to reduce hospital readmissions.

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With Telemedicine billable codes being proactively available by the payers, and big changes from Medicare on January 1, 2020, it’s time to understand how telemedicine can help patient outcomes for your medical group practice. Download our White Paper, "The Pros, and Cons of Telemedicine".

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Improving Health Outcomes Through Consultant Pharmacists (TelePharmacy)

In this episode of the Executive Innovation Show Podcast, Carrie Chitsey speaks with Chad Worz, the CEO of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and Ashlee Kleevens Hayes, the founder of RX Ashlee and host of the RX Buzz Podcast.

Chad Worz is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. He is a pharmacist and has been working on managing medications for people his entire career.

Ashlee Klevens Hayes is the founder of Rx Ashley. She is also the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy Career Strategist and is the host of the RX Buzz podcast which is affiliated with the Pharmacy Podcast Network. Her show is consistently ranked top 30 business podcasts on Apple.

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Listen as we talk with Chad Worz about his journey within the pharmacy world, his current role at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and some of the technology innovation he’s seeing in pharmacy. Hear more about his career path in becoming a consulting pharmacist.
How are consulting pharmacist working to educate population health such as Baby Boomers on medication management? With the adult population over 65 consuming 39% of all medications in the country, Chad talks about the innovative work being done by pharmacists to reduce the amount of needed medication.
What are the differences between a consultant pharmacist and a retail pharmacist? We break down the day-to-day of a consultant pharmacist and the role in managing medications, providing proactive healthcare, and more.
How can pharmacist use technology innovation such as video telepharmacy to virtually provide better care to patients? As we reach a total of 74 million Americans over the age of 65 by 2030 the need for technology such as telepharmacy is critical. Listen as Chad Worz gives specific examples of how pharmacists can use video telepharmacy to improve the lives of patients.
Reimbursement hurdles are obstacles not only in pharmacies but from moving from a fee for service to a value based care model. Listen as we talk about the different ways pharmacist can get paid for video telepharmacy and how that will look in the future.
Hear Chad explain how value-based care and patient-specific care as two concepts that pharmacists need to be thinking about.
What made Ashlee Klevens Hayes want to become a pharmacist? We talk with her about her family history in pharmacy and what attributed to her journey in the pharmacy space.
She talks about how growing her brand/company and networking allowed her to teach and consult others on their career path, such as her current role at University of Southern California.
With 50% of Americans taking some kind of prescription medication and 330 billion dollars spent on prescription medications a year, how are the pharmacist that Ashlee works with being entrepreneurial with technology such as video telepharmacy and changing the industry?
With Millennials and soon Gen Z’s coming out of pharmacy school, what should they be thinking in regards to their career path? Listen for her insights in figuring out the different areas available in being a pharmacists outside of just retail pharmacy.

The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists reaches 50 years, visit their website to learn more.

Keep up with Ashlee and her podcast at www.rxashlee.com. You can listen to the RX Buzz podcast with Carrie Chitsey.

To learn more about video Telepharmacy solutions and watch the webinar on demand “Future of Pharmacy”.

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