Traveling

Why add concierge healthcare to total rewards packages?

Dec 20, 2018

Velcro BenefitsIn a recently conversation with an executive in the benefits industry, the topic of "stickiness" was brought up. Benefits advisors and HR executives both need ways to makes clients or employees stick around -  Benefits that act like velcro. Easy, adjustable, and appropriately sticky.   Traditional health insurance and 401k's are not enough anymore. The average employee under the age of 35 considers 20 months the length of time to stay before looking for another job. We can't just assume this is a phase that young people will grow out of. This group includes executives and college graduates that have been in...

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Filed Under: Concierge, Corporate Benefits, Healthcare, Traveling

Caught in “too big to care”?

Nov 29, 2018

There have been two compelling articles in the “New York Times” over the past few weeks focused on healthcare. The first article dated Tuesday, October 30, 2018, is entitled “A Sense of Alarm as Rural Hospitals Keep Closing”1 and the second article dated November 14, 2018, entitled “When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More”2. These two articles are really bookends of the same set of issues emerging in our healthcare delivery system. "Since 2010, nearly 90 rural hospitals have shut their doors. By one estimate, hundreds of other rural hospitals are at risk of doing so." 1 In many communities...

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Filed Under: changes in healthcare, doctor shortages, Health Management, healthcare quality, Insider, medical access, pros and cons of concierge medicine, Traveling

Managing Your Health and Safety While Traveling

Jul 3, 2018

Traveling can be a blast. Whether it's a family vacation, spa retreat, golf weekend, or business conference, a trip offers a change of scenery and respite from the daily grind. But - it also removes you from your everyday element. As creatures of habit, or at least routine, we can easily take for granted quick access to resources we rely on daily. It'll be important to bring them to the forefront of your mind, so you're not caught unprepared in case of an emergency. Living with a medical condition or chronic illness? This checklist is even more important for you....

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Filed Under: Health Management, Traveling