S22 E26 - Blue KC Has Many Plan Options For Small Business
Small Group: Barron Roberts
Underwriting: Drew Hatten
Small Group - Blue KC Has Many Plan Options For Small Business
David Thiessen • August 22, 2026
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Cary Hall, America’s Healthcare Advocate
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Episode 2230 notes The focus of this shows is on rural health . There is a crisis in this country, in rural communities trying to keep their hospitals open, not being swallowed up by the giant conglomerate hospital systems and being able to run their hospitals and make enough profit to keep the doors open and serve their community. It's a tricky issue. It's difficult for them. And that's why we started doing these shows because we are on an enormous number of rural stations around the country, and we think this is an important issue. Luckily, today we have Pam Stewart in studio. She is the CEO of Washington County Regional Medical Center , a 56 bed hospital with a 60 bed nursing home serving patients since 1961 that is located in a "landlocked" county, meaning it is surrounded by counties with no hospital. See how rural Washington County hospital in Sandersville, Georgia comes back from the brink of closing and hear their recovery story after partnering with Aletheia Health Partners . In fact, once on the brink of closlin, now lists on the Chartis 2026 Top 100 Rural Hospitals Our guests tell it firsthand: Pam Stewart is the CEO at Washington County Regional Medical Center, and Abby Summers from Aletheia Health Partners is my returning guest. You’ve heard the term “urban food desert” which are city neighborhoods where residents lack easy access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food? Well, this is the same thing for rural families and small cities across the USA. This is a fantastic hospital turnaround story! This is season 22 episode 30 of America’s Healthcare Advocate. I’m Cary Hall Learn more here: https://aletheiahp.com/from-crisis-to-comeback-washington-county-regional-medical-center/ -- Cary Hall, America's Healthcare Advocate brings you topics and guests that are relevant to your health, the health of your business, healthcare needs, as well as critical health insurance information. https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/ If you have a service, product or insight related to healthcare, health lives and heathy business, consider partnbering with us: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/sponsors
Episode 2226 notes
My guests from Blue KC are Barron Roberts, the director of small Group and individual and Drew Hatten, the vice president of underwriting.
There's some very interesting things going on with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Blue KC, right now as we move into the fourth quarter of next year.
- For our broker partners in the market: how we can drive additional value, to the small group space in the Kansas City market.
- Blue Select plus reporting, including Heatmaps to help our broker partners understand where members live in regard to the Spira Care locations.
- Incentives to drive and reward.
- Additional work and education support provided when they introduce Spira Care and Blue Select Plus.
- We’ll discuss Curve Underwriting and advanced reporting for level funded ASO customers.
Spira Care is at 80,000 members and was built on the belief that advanced primary care and the primary care component of health care being the front door of health care, would drive better outcomes, better outcomes for patients, better outcomes from a cost perspective with which then made affordability more achievable. And we're now up to nine care centers.
This is season 22, episode 26 of America’s Healthcare Advocate. I’m Cary Hall.
Learn more about the information on today’s show and more by calling 816-467-2145, or visit: https://bluekc.com/sgvalue
Need help or have something to share? Send me a message. Contact Cary Hall, America's Healthcare Advocate: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us
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Episode 2230 notes The focus of this shows is on rural health . There is a crisis in this country, in rural communities trying to keep their hospitals open, not being swallowed up by the giant conglomerate hospital systems and being able to run their hospitals and make enough profit to keep the doors open and serve their community. It's a tricky issue. It's difficult for them. And that's why we started doing these shows because we are on an enormous number of rural stations around the country, and we think this is an important issue. Luckily, today we have Pam Stewart in studio. She is the CEO of Washington County Regional Medical Center , a 56 bed hospital with a 60 bed nursing home serving patients since 1961 that is located in a "landlocked" county, meaning it is surrounded by counties with no hospital. See how rural Washington County hospital in Sandersville, Georgia comes back from the brink of closing and hear their recovery story after partnering with Aletheia Health Partners . In fact, once on the brink of closlin, now lists on the Chartis 2026 Top 100 Rural Hospitals Our guests tell it firsthand: Pam Stewart is the CEO at Washington County Regional Medical Center, and Abby Summers from Aletheia Health Partners is my returning guest. You’ve heard the term “urban food desert” which are city neighborhoods where residents lack easy access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food? Well, this is the same thing for rural families and small cities across the USA. This is a fantastic hospital turnaround story! This is season 22 episode 30 of America’s Healthcare Advocate. I’m Cary Hall Learn more here: https://aletheiahp.com/from-crisis-to-comeback-washington-county-regional-medical-center/ -- Cary Hall, America's Healthcare Advocate brings you topics and guests that are relevant to your health, the health of your business, healthcare needs, as well as critical health insurance information. https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/ If you have a service, product or insight related to healthcare, health lives and heathy business, consider partnbering with us: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/sponsors
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Episode 2228 notes Shannon Schneller knows why most people don’t come in with mild hearing loss and wait until they have moderate hearing loss. “But moderate hearing loss responds very well if it's treated it's just so much easier if we can catch it mild to moderate than if the loss goes to severe hearing loss”. She will tell us why you could lose more of your ability to discern speech the longer you wait and the hearing aid will be less effective once loss has gone on too long. Today, we explore the Hearing Aide Experience , and if you think you’re too young, the fact is, untreated hearing loss can start as early as 35 years old. This is season 22 episode 28 of America's Healthcare Advocate. I'm Cary Hall. And if you need my help or have something to share? Send me a message: Contact Cary Hall, America's Healthcare Advocate: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us
