The Benefits Playbook

About The Benefits Playbook

Employee healthcare represents the second-largest investment for most U.S. businesses, behind payroll. It's a highly complex system with excessive costs, frustrating member experiences, and administrative burdens. So, how can employers take control? On The Benefits Playbook: Strategies for Self-Funded Health Plans, you'll hear expert guidance from some of the best minds in the business. Learn how employers are getting more from their healthcare investments and making it easier for their employees to understand and access healthcare. Get off the sidelines and join us for The Benefits Playbook, brought to you by the team at Collective Health.

Publisher

Collective Health

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jul 2023

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

9 of 35 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Optimizing Together: A CFO and HR Leader's Playbook for Partnering on Benefits with Andor Molnar & Billy Shipley, Daikin

   Host Dane Thorwaldson interviews Daikin's HR VP Andor Molnar and CFO Billy Shipley on how finance and HR partner to optimize benefits, fostering collaboration over cost-cutting.

2. 

   10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Beating Burnout: Finding Community and Rediscovering Purpose as a Benefits Leader with Jennifer Weinstein, VP of Benefits, Albertsons Companies & Author, Benefits Burnout: How to Fall (Back) in Love With Your Employee Benefits Career

   Jennifer Weinstein, VP of Benefits at Albertsons Companies and author, shares with host Dane Thorwaldson practical strategies for benefits leaders to combat burnout and rediscover their passion for the profession.

3. 

   23 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Breaking Open the Black Box: How Transparent PBMs Are Reshaping Pharmacy Benefits with Jake Frenz, Founder & CEO of SmithRx

   Jake Frenz, Founder & CEO of SmithRx, explains how transparent Pharmacy Benefit Managers are revolutionizing employer healthcare spend by demystifying opaque PBM practices.

Inside a recent episode

Optimizing Together: A CFO and HR Leader's Playbook for Partnering on Benefits with Andor Molnar & Billy Shipley, Daikin

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But we team up with Hello Heart, who they've got about 60 of our people who are in the high risk level of cardiovascular. What do we do there? We monitor that. Are you eating properly? Is your blood pressure up? Are you seeing your cardiologist? You know, so we'll spend two, three thousand now before ninety thousand dollars for a full heart attack and a stent replacement or even a fully bypass surgery. Right. So those are the things that I can walk into Billy's office and say, hey, we're going to do this. OK, it's going to cost me a few bucks here, but I'd rather spend it here now. But what I can't promise you is ten million dollars off the next year's budget. […]

Who has been a guest on The Benefits Playbook

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Andor Molnar
• Billy Shipley
• Jennifer Weinstein
• Jake Frenz
• Christine Hale

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100

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Quality

38

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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