Terry on the Radio

Terry Talks Business Solutions

R&R's Terry Frett is a guest host four times a year on 1130 WISN "Business Solutions with Diane Chamness". Topics cover the latest trends in employee benefits, Medicare, and individual insurance.

Health Insurance Trends and Developments in 2020: The Year in Review

Original Air date: December 5, 2020

Show topics:

Health insurance in 2020 in the wake of COVID-19
Predictions for going forward into 2021
Review 2019 predictions for 2020 - a pandemic was not on this list!
Current trends with the delays/postponement of general health care services and the impact for employer sponsored health plans in 2021

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Health Care Trends and COVID-19

Original Air date: June 6, 2020

Show topics:

Impact of COVID-19 on the health care delivery system
The dramatic transformation from in-person medical visits to telemedicine medical visits
New resources health plan participants have available through their insurance carrier including free telemedicine visits, artificial intelligence symptom checkers, and recently announced premium rebates
Employer responsibilities with the new Paid Sick Leave requirement, refunding a portion of premium rebates to plan participants and the impact of these changes as health plans come up for renewal

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Gene Therapy: The New Decade of Health Care

Original Air date: February 29, 2020

Show topics:

Rapid development of prescription drugs from pills and capsules, to biologicals and now gene therapies
Learn about the new gene therapies that have been approved & providing cures for certain blood cancers, a formally fatal neuromuscular disease and a genetic condition that had previously lead to blindness
Understand the financial challenges insurance plans will face with the cost associated with the new breakthrough therapies
The future of health care is here; find out the new hopes and challenges gene therapy will bring

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Health Insurance Trends and Developments in 2019 - The Year in Review

Original Air date: December 7, 2019

Show topics:

A review of Predictions made on the December 8, 2018 show
Insurance Trends and developments that unfolded during 2019
Predictions for 2020

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It's Open Enrollment Season!

Original Air date: November 2, 2019

Show topics:

Medicare Open Enrollment: October 15th - December 7th
The Missed Medicare Opportunity
2020 Individual Marketplace Open Enrollment: November 1st through December 15th
Consumer Tips for Individual Open Enrollment
Employer Group Benefits Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment Tips for Employees with a Group Health Plan
Continued Health Care Trends

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Health Insurance Opportunities for Small Employers and Developments in 2019

Original Air date: August 3, 2019

Show topics:

Status of the law following District Court Judge Reed O'Connor's decision that the law is unconstitutional
Continued challenges consumers and employers alike are facing with new pharmaceutical therapies coming to market
Present state of the union on health care and health insurance

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Health Insurance Opportunities for Small Employers and Developments in 2019

Original Air date: March 2, 2019 (3-4 PM)

Show topics:

Trending developments unfolding in 2019, including mergers and acquisitions
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America's new platform for disclosing the retail cost of medication advertised
Affordable health coverage including level funding and Association Health Plans

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Health Insurance Trends & Developments in 2018: The Year in Review

Original air date: December 8, 2018

Show topics:

Major Health Insurance Mergers and Health Care System Mergers Completed in 2018
Prescription Therapies Exceeding 20% of Total Health Care Spend
New Small Employer Health Insurance Opportunities

Level Funded
Association Health Plans

2019 Obamacare Open Enrollment
Look Back at Terry's Predictions for 2018 made in December of 2017
New Predictions for 2019

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ACA Individual Health Marketplace Moving Forward in 2019

Original air date: November 3, 2018

Show topics:

Review of 2018 - Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Data
Challenge: Early Retirees Who Do Not Qualify for Premium Tax Credits Due to Income
2019 Open Enrollment
Tips for Consumers

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Unraveling the Prescription Drug Affordability Crisis

Original air date: August 4, 2018

Show topics:

The Problem / Key Stakeholders in the Prescription Drug Distribution Chain
What is a PBM? Where did the business model of a PBM come from? How do PBMs make money?
What is Spread?
What are manufacturer Rebates?
How do pharmaceutical companies drive demand for their drug?
Trump Administration released in May of 2018
The transformation of medications from pills and capsules to genetic engineering and cures
The opportunities and challenges
Car T Cell Therapy: New Gene Therapy Break Through used for blood cancer
Tips for consumers and basic medications
Consumer direct pharmacy savings programs