Introducing the Optum Financial Podcast "Exclamation! Of Benefits" -

ConnectYourCare wants to reach you wherever you are and in the format you prefer. First, we have our website for easy-to-read information, blog articles, and instructive videos. If you want even more in-depth materials, you have your choice of eBooks, guides, and trend reports. And now for the people who like to listen, we’re introducing the ConnectYourCare podcast, Exclamation! of Benefits.

On our podcast, host Carla Wardin speaks with the people making things happen in the employee benefits industry. The guests are experts in their fields who offer their educated, fresh insight into industry trends and make even the most complicated topics easy to understand by walking you through common questions and sharing their own experiences navigating the world of benefits.

If you want more information in a bite-sized, easy-listening format, check out these episodes:

Episode 1: Direct Billing Me Softly with COBRA

Listen as host Carla Wardin talks with Juli Kline, Director of COBRA Operations at ConnectYourCare, about direct billing services and COBRA. They cover why employers use direct billing services, how direct billing works with COBRA, and how both employers and employees benefit from using a third party to provide this administrative service. Get the info you want—fast!

Episode 2: If It Ain’t Broker, Don’t Fix It

Adam Gehris, Broker Delivery Manager at ConnectYourCare, talks about the questions brokers ask most, what services and technology his team offers, and how brokers can best prepare for next year and beyond.

Episode 3: If You Build It, They Will Come

Glenn Larson is a solution architect at ConnectYourCare, where he talks with clients to find out what they need and works with various tools, systems, and experts to build a solution. He talks about the evolution from plastic to electronic payments, how clients can maximize their benefits, the impact of everyone taking the time to listen to client calls, and how his office is no longer just Chicago’s Midway Airport.

Episode 4: Zooms and Baby Booms

Sean Hanft is the Communications & Content Manager at FSAstore.com and HSAstore.com, where they aim to make it simple for customers to use their account funds, since all items on their sites are eligible for coverage. Listen as Sean talks about the new rules for HSA and FSA funds, the proposed legislation around personal protective equipment (PPE), the most popular items in past years, and what boom he predicts for 2021.

Episode 5: The Company You Keep

Brian Haney is Vice President of The Haney Company, which specializes in insurance and retirement programs for associations, business owners, and individuals. Brian joins ConnectYourCare for a conversation about upcoming trends in digitization, how to connect with diverse clientele, and how 2020 has caused our industry to be even more thoughtful about how to engage with people.

Is there something you’d like to hear more about? Or, are you the perfect person to be a guest on Exclamation! of Benefits? We want to know! Contact [email protected], because we’d love to hear from you.

Stay tuned for more episodes as we explore the world of employee benefits solutions together. We’ll all leave a little more informed and even entertained. Our podcast may not be as suspenseful and intriguing as an unsolved murder investigation series, but it will definitely offer food for thought and insider knowledge on benefits topics that can help you in your professional, personal, and non-murder-mystery life.