167 Ed Eichhorn: Controlling Healthcare Benefits Costs

Ed Eichhorn established the Medilink Consulting Group in 2006 to provide management, marketing, sales and strategic planning advice to medical product and service companies. Ed provided strategic lobbying advice for medical societies during the writing of the Affordable Care Act. He also co-authored and published Healing American Healthcare, A Plan To Provide Quality Care For All While Saving $1 Trillion A Year in 2019. He is a speaker on universal healthcare issues and founded the Healing American Healthcare Coalition in 2020 to keep healthcare professionals informed on important research and industry issues. #healthcare #hiring #benefits #HR #medicine #pharmaceuticals   In this episode, Audrey, Lee and Ed discuss:  ·      How businesses can reduce healthcare benefits costs ·      Tips on how to pick an insurance broker and what questions to ask ·      How to manage large territories in complex organizations   “Corporate taxes have decreased from 4% to 1.9% while the cost of healthcare has grown from 4% to 17.1% of GDP. The cost of healthcare is simply out of balance with the rest of our economy, and it continues to grow at an alarming rate. The reason is simple. Provision of healthcare is made largely through the commercial insurance industry.” – Ed Eichhorn  Join hosts Audrey Strong and C. Lee Smith every week as they dive into the aspects and concepts of good business management. From debunking sales myths to learning how to manage with and without measurements, you'll learn something new with every episode and will be able to implement positive change far beyond sales.    Connect with Ed Eichhorn http://www.medilinkgroup.com/ https://healingamericanhealthcare.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/edeichhorn/   Connect with Manage Smarter Hosts ·         Website: ManageSmarter.com  ·         LinkedIn: Audrey Strong                                                            ·         LinkedIn: C. Lee Smith    Connect with SalesFuel:  ·         Website: http://salesfuel.com/  ·         Twitter: @SalesFuel  ·         Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salesfuel/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices