TracyWatts

Employer Sponsored Health Benefits Expert | Senior Partner @MercerUSHealth |#HealthCareReform Thought Leader | #HealthBenefits #HealthPolicy

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AI does not eliminate humans - it is about amplifying and enhancing human contributions. @Mercer_US

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@Health_Affairs Signed up a week ago - link to webcast not working

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@Jlmerrick @LisaLint Fur babies are the best @Jlmerrick #MercerChats

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@carriemaslen Good point @carriemaslen. With inflation and large, looming increases in health care costs, companies cant afford to spend money on employees benefits unless they know if will be meaningful to employees. #MercerChats

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@SerafinaMiller Love the new category of 💠family forming 💠 benefits @SerafinaMiller -- so important. #MercerChats

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A3.  Very affordable health insurance goes a long way to supporting health equity including lots of digital access points for physical and mental health. #MercerChats

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@TamaraMcCleary @Mercer_US So important @TamaraMcCleary - the wide range, the better chance a company offers "something for everyone" #MercerChats

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@Jlmerrick @kkruse @WSJ Agree @Jlmerrick . In today's tight labor market, the best attraction strategy begins with retention. #MercerChats

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A2.3  Biggest surprise: support for flexible work arrangements (86% Bay area; 79% non-Bay) considering large campuses & numerous on-site perks. Transitioning to support flexible work arrangements – e.g. 44% offer gym/fitness center reimbursement. #MercerChats

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A2.2  In the unique benefits category:  standing desks and ergonomic assessments (73%), estate planning (41%), life coaching programs. (33%) #MercerChats

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A2.1  Mental health support is BIG:  Digital mental health solutions (mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, video counseling) are mainstream (77%) and stress management coaching is provided by over half (58%) #MercerChats

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A1.2.  46% High Tech ERs offer at least one medical option with no payroll deduction for individual coverage; 15% offer a free family coverage plan option.  LT 5% non-high tech employers offer free medical plan option -typically for employee only coverage. #MercerChats

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A1.1.  On average High Tech employees pay 15% of the medical premium cost compared to employees paying 20% or more of the premium across all employers #MercerChats

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@GageGrammer Love this @GageGrammer #MercerChats

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Let's get started - #Mercerchats

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Keynote speaker, Acting Assistant Secretary, EBSA, DOL, Ali Khawar - Race/Ethnicity Data not needed to show the problem, it’s to help us make a difference…as Americans this is a shared problem and a shared responsibility. @benefitscouncil #LiveAtUrban @urbaninstitute

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“Race/ethnicity data collection for health equity needs a health lens that matches health outcomes data” @SAgrawalMD @benefitscouncil @urbaninstitute #LiveAtUrban

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Great panel discussion @urbaninstitute on collection of race/ethnicity data to address #healthequity @benefitscouncil #LiveAtUrban @SAgrawalMD @Voya @FamiliesUSA @NASHPhealth

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@april_lindquist @ShawnaKitt @TamaraMcCleary Absolutely @april_lindquist - so much to learn from each other across the health care delivery spectrum! #MercerChats #healthcare

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Big thanks to @TamaraMcCleary, @samespinosa_mmc,
@KipPiper, @shawnakitt, @DonnaKLencki, @dr_salim_MD, @SaraDrakeRx for joining #MercerChats today! #healthcare #Medicaid