Want to Avoid Becoming a Healthcare Dinosaur?

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I am winding down a top-performers trip to Italy sponsored by a healthcare company. I can’t help but think that—like the airline’s elaborate celebration of its crème de la crème—this is an event that will be reshaped (if not eliminated) in the coming years. Certainly many of today’s highest earners will not make the transition necessary to thrive in the coming B2C world. The observation I heard most from the very best brokers in the [...] Read more »

Changing Consumer Behavior: Once Just a Gleam in the Eye

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Some might say I can read the future. In 2004, faced with an unrelenting healthcare trend, we decided to buy Onsite Wellness, a company devoted to workplace wellness and behavior change.  Something had to be done and I was intent to be the one to do it. Nearly 10 years later, middle-market employers are starting to catch on. The power of consumerism is the only force that can check trend. Price controls, limited access, medical [...] Read more »

Pants Don’t Fit (cont.) – Another Wedding, a Turkey, and a Hurricane

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This blog began as my story of how big life events—my wedding and shoulder surgery—took their toll on healthy behaviors, like getting exercise and eating right. Guess what? There’s always a big or little life event to disrupt a schedule for healthy living. In the past weeks, our wedding was blessed in my wife’s home town of Sheffield, England (or as she called it, Wedding #2), followed by a sit-down dinner. Before that, we enjoyed [...] Read more »

Resources to Help in the Aftermath – Share and Ask Questions Here

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Nothing can completely eliminate the pain, hurt, and loss suffered during Hurricane Sandy. You are in our thoughts and prayers. We at Frenkel stand ready to aid you through the recovery process. As members of the benefits and wellness community, we are especially aware of the need to acknowledge the situation as it is—confusing, painful, and frightening. There are resources available to help you, your employees, and their families to move forward. If you have [...] Read more »

A Perspective from Tragedy

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Our Leader Wants to Make the Connection… It is amazing how tragedy gives us perspective. When tragedy happens, first and foremost, we pray that there is no physical harm or loss of lives; while Hurricane Sandy’s toll in human lives was devastating, we can all imagine a worse scenario. However, the extent of property damage is disastrous.  But it is reassuring to know that financial catastrophe can generally be avoided by sharing risk. The idea [...] Read more »