The Washington Post published one of the most perceptive op-eds on Labor Day that I’ve seen in a while re: the alarming impact that healthcare costs are having on employer wages: Where Did Our Raises Go? To Healthcare. Likely not new information - although, the way it’s presented will have every executive re-thinking their renewal strategy.
The Innovation in Direct Primary Care is Amazingly Simple: Time.
At the cornerstone of our Health Rosetta, the blueprint for high-performing health plans, is Direct Primary Care - a direct-to-patient care model that cuts out the insurance middle-man.
Simpara Named A Top 50 Business in St. Louis
Less than two years since launch, Simpara has been named a Future 50 business by Small Business Monthly. The award recognizes our rocket-ship revenue growth and future potential but also our impact on the St. Louis community. This award is recognition of our work to reverse the trend in rising healthcare costs for businesses and their employees. We're restoring bottom-line growth, restoring wages to employees, and delivering a superior healthcare experience.
This award is a testament to our clients and the St. Louis community that we live and work - we couldn't be more humbled and thankful for the recognition. We're honored to be named among such inspiring organizations.
PTO Weekend Hours Are Here!
We're always expanding the functionality of our platform based upon our clients' feedback. Today we are pleased to announce that our Time-Off Tracking (PTO) Module has been enhanced to support weekend hours!
Enhancements include:
- Weekend Hours: if your business operates on Saturdays and/or Sundays, employees can now request weekend time off. Our restaurants have been asking for this for a long time!
- No more 8-hour full day limitations: we have added settings to customize how you define a full work day. If you have shorter hour days or have multiple shifts, you can now build this into your calendaring.
- Variable Full Days: this new feature allows employees to enter the number of hours including start-time and end-time they are requesting off.
- Dashboard Enhancements: we've cleaned up and enhanced the employee Time Off dashboard to provide more insights and better visuals without having to click through multiple screens.
Check back often for more product announcements. As always, we welcome our users' feedback, it's what makes our products great!
DisruptHR 2.0 STL
We are thrilled to announce that Adam Berkowitz has been selected to present at next week's DisruptHR event at Helium Comedy Club in St. Louis. DisruptHR is a high-energy idea forum designed to inform and empower executives, business leaders, people in the human resources field and anyone really, who is passionate about humans in the workplace.
Our topic: Restoring the American Dream: Delivering World Class Benefits to Your Employees at Half the Cost. Here's the catch...we have just 5 minutes and 20 slides to present our topic and slides will transition automatically every 15 seconds. This is sure to make for an entertaining evening.
If you are a business leader, a CEO, a technologist, a community leader, an HR professional, or someone who is simply passionate about new ideas in the workplace then DisruptHR is the place to be!
Come out to support, heckle, have a drink, and laugh with us. Thank you to all of my Health Rosetta cohorts for helping build out this content. This is going to be a fun event and a great networking opportunity. Tickets can be purchased here - be sure to get one before they sell out!
Cheers
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Talk With The Top
Founder, Adam Berkowitz, was recently interviewed on Talk With The Top with Business Radio X St. Louis's Michael Greenberg. Check out the full audio interview and listen to Adam describe the early stages of founding and launching Simpara, why it was necessary to open a new agency, and how starting a family and launching a business were mutually beneficial.
Common Sense and Will
Simpara Product Enhancements
Simpara Founder Named as 2018 Rising Star by Employee Benefit Adviser Magazine
It has been an amazing year for us here at Simpara – not only were we honored to be inducted as a charter member of the Health Rosetta Institute, but now Employee Benefit Adviser's 2018 List!
We couldn’t be prouder to be on the list of 20 rising stars in the industry but among thought-leaders and advisors for their impact, innovation, growth, and leadership moving our industry forward. We’re extremely grateful for this honor, and humbled by what it says about the kind of company Simpara is.
Simpara Featured in Employee Benefit Adviser Magazine
Simpara was recently awarded as the first Health Rosetta Certified Advisor in the state of Missouri. In November, the employee benefit magazine "Employee Benefit Adviser" highlighted our latest achievements.
The New Open Enrollment: Who Knew Someone Could Make us Feel Excited to Meet About Health Care
Controlling health care spending requires a shift in mindset. For most companies, health care is the second largest expense after payroll. However, as is often the case, most companies don’t apply the same level of care to their health care spending that they do to other large expenditures. You run a healthcare business whether you like it or not.