HeyJaredTake Charge with HELPcare
Take Charge with HELPcare is your guide to taking charge of your health and your health care. If you're an employer paying for health insurance, it will help you Take Charge of Your Health Plan.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Aug 29, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 11, 2026
Latest episodes
Heart Care Without the Wait (opens the original)
Read excerpt
What if you could see a cardiologist in days instead of waiting months? Lee Aase and Dan Hinmon talk with Dr. Christina Kang and Dr. Vikas Sharotri, co-founders of CardioVerseMD, a nationwide virtual cardiology practice offering faster access, transparent prices and convenient appointments outside traditional office hours. Dr. Kang and Dr. Sharotri explain how CardioVerseMD helps patients address high blood pressure, cholesterol concerns, heart palpitations, cardiovascular risk and follow-up car
PT First Saves (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Musculoskeletal conditions—back pain, shoulder injuries, knee problems and similar issues—are among the largest drivers of employer health plan spending. But they may also represent one of the best opportunities to improve care while reducing costs. In this episode of Take Charge with HELPcare , Lee Aase talks with Brian McQuilkin and Jake Hoeppner of ActivePT in Rochester, Minnesota, about why physical therapy should often be the first stop for musculoskeletal problems. Brian and Jake explain h
Stop Buying Insurance. Start Buying Health Care. (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Most employers don’t really want to buy health insurance. They want to buy health care. In this episode of Take Charge with HELPcare , Lee Aase and Dan Hinmon talk with Matt Ohrt, Executive Director of the Free Market Medical Association and author of Save Your Company, Don’t Feed the Beast . Matt spent about 25 years in HR leadership, and he understands the frustration employers feel when health plan costs keep rising even after they’ve moved to self-funding. He shares how his work at Merrill S
Better Benefits, Lower Costs: Mower County's First-Year Results (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Mower County set out to control rising health care costs without reducing benefits or shifting more expense to employees. One year later, combined medical and pharmacy spending had declined by nearly 7%, putting the county on track for approximately $500,000 in expected savings. Lee Aase and Dan Hinmon welcome back Colton Storla, vice president of employee benefits at North Risk Partners, to discuss Mower County’s first-year results. Colton explains how self-funding gave the county greater trans
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Not enough subject data for this period yet.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.