HRchat Podcast

Healthcare Affordability and Employee Benefits with Darius Chehrzad, Paytient

The HR Gazette Season 1 Episode 399

In this HRchat we hone in on employee financial wellbeing. Bill Banham is joined by Darius Chehrzad, the Chief Commercial Officer at Paytient, a company focused on helping people better access affordable care. Paytient works with employers, partners, brokers, and health systems to provide a healthier way to pay for out-of-pocket care expenses.

Questions Include:

  • How does something like Paytient fit into an employer's benefits offering?
  • What does it mean to say affordability in healthcare has moved one step forward and two steps back? 
  • What is the effect of OOP increasing on our physical and financial well-being? What is the effect of members not being able to pay medical bills?
  • What is the effect of this on providers? How does this come back in higher fees and premiums?
  • What are the non-obvious implications that HR is missing? When employees are not getting care, what are the long-term effects?
  • With this cycle of price increases and people not getting care, there seems to be a big focus on HDHP to try to keep costs down. How does Paytient help with this transition?



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