I loved connecting with my friend Nancy Giacolone yesterday on her podcast Recipe For Success. Check out this clip: I believe every team that wants the best health benefits should work with an advisor or broker, and Decent is on a mission to find the ones like Nancy who understand the value of Direct Primary Care. We also talked about Decent's plan, our origin stories, and the value of writing a user guide to help people deal with you (mine lives at nicksoman.com!) You can see the whole episode here: https://lnkd.in/ghFfVq6P?
I think that's right. And and I want to talk about the criticality of brokers, not just for decent, but in this model, I think there are a lot of people that don't understand the function of the broker. And because we're human beings, we send tend to fear, even judge things that we don't understand. And yet any one of those people, if you were going to say, hey, cool, well, you feel however you want to feel about brokers, congratulations, you've just been anointed to figure out the health plan for your company. They're going to throw their arms up. They're going to go, Oh my God, I don't know how to do that. And then they're gonna call someone, because we all do this. We all call somebody we think is an expert who may or may not really know much more than they do. But it's a fast way to learn. And I think that brokers that are. Doing their job right and that's the majority of brokers are doing their job right and trying to do their job right are that expert here for for people when I talk to broker partners for us, I have no interest in working with a broker that says I'm only ever going to pitch decent because I I philosophically object and I know they're not going to do any real business because people are looking to people like you Nancy to actually say, well, let me ask you some questions. Let me understand your situation and then I can help come up with the best solution for you and to anybody that would say, Oh well. These companies should just sell direct. Well, that's like going and buying a plane ticket on United. Why would you ever do that when kayaks available, when you can find somebody who knows the different options, can help you sort out the best option for you and ask you some questions about your preferences. That's, that's what it looks like to do business in a transparent, high integrity way. And so we're, we're pretty much all in on on working through brokers and my job is to find the ones that sort of already know direct primary care because the coolest thing happens when we find them. If I talk to a broker and there's still a good check him out there and say, have you heard of the PC? And they say, no, I never heard of it. At this point I just started to say, OK, well, I'm going to call you again in a year because if I have to introduce the concept, it's going to take too long. But if somebody says, yeah, I know DPC, then I can just say, OK, well, we finally built the easy button. You've been waiting for a plan built around DPC and and they get it. And that's the coolest thing about this. There's this movement of people and you and I are part of it. I did a post today with Dave Chase. He's a big part of it with his friends over at the Health Rosetta, Sean Chanson. There are these people that are figuring this stuff out together. At our best, we want to be an arms dealer to that movement. That's the goal.
Don't miss our webinar tomorrow with Hint Health where our very own Nick Soman will be discussing how we are building health plans around Direct Primary Care.
Details on how to join this #live event here: ⤵
What is the most effective kind of health plan?
Easy: the ones built around your relationship with your Primary Care Provider!
Next week, join Decent's CEO, Nick Soman, HR & Benefits Advisor from Kimmel Benefits+, Cindy Kimmel, and Bethany Holmes, Head of Hint Connect, in discussing how benefit plans should be structured, expectations for employers and employees, and how DPC can be the center.
Register at https://lnkd.in/dVkD8KCF
Introducing our most recent guest to the Healthcare Rebel Alliance series: Clifford Porter, founder of Texas Direct Medical Care.
As Nick Soman shared, Dr. Porter is a true healthcare pioneer. After serving as an Army doctor, he went on to earn a PhD in European history and political philosophy, bringing a unique interdisciplinary perspective to medicine.
In his own words, he "left his studies under Socrates to go work for Hippocrates."
Now, as the founder of a thriving Direct Primary Care (DPC) practice, Dr. Porter is redefining what it means to put patients first. As he explains, "Most clinics are managed to focus on billing and volume, [but] our first concerns are medical rather than financial. Since DPC is paid on membership, we can simply practice medicine. The DPC model takes money out of the exam room and no longer interferes with the patient-physician relationship. Practicing medicine in the DPC model is fun; I take care of my friends every day."
Take a moment to read Dr. Porter's full interview and learn more about the future of healthcare 🔮 : https://lnkd.in/gcrmxQ7M
Welcome Joyce Chiuri to the Decent team!
We're thrilled to announce that Joyce has joined our team as a Care Advocate. With many years of experience as a licensed vocational nurse, Joyce brings a wealth of healthcare knowledge and passion to her new role.
Joyce is excited to leverage her expertise to help Decent members navigate their healthcare journeys with ease.
Outside of work, you can find her spending quality time with her son, Benny or curling up with a good book. 📕
Please join us in giving Joyce a warm welcome. 🎉
🏥 Healthcare Rebel Alliance Spotlight: Jonathan Bushman DO on DPC and Health Plan Advising.
We're excited to share insights from our latest interview with Jonathan Bushman, a Direct Primary Care (DPC) doctor who's also ventured into health plan advising.
Key takeaways:
- DPC eliminates misaligned incentives, deepening patient-doctor relationships
- Combining primary care and benefits advising can impact whole groups
- Investing in primary care could be the saving grace for the health system
Jonathan's journey from political science major to DPC practitioner and health plan advisor showcases the evolving landscape of healthcare. His passion for addressing rising healthcare costs and improving patient care is truly inspiring.
Check out our blog for the complete Q&A with Jonathan Bushman and join the conversation! https://lnkd.in/gJ2keVwd#HealthcareInnovation#DirectPrimaryCare#HealthcareCosts#FutureOfHealthcare
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