Overcoming travel for treatment objections – with Jim Polsfut

Jim Polsfut, CEO and Chairman of North American Specialty Hospital, helps us understand changes in travel for treatment — a benefit that is advantageous to both employer and employee.

By David Saltzman | June 05, 2018 at 11:31 AM

Travel for treatment used to be an esoteric benefit reserved for only the largest of employers. Today, the benefits are as much quality as cost driven and most often involve fully-accredited facilities. Some even use U.S. physicians and are attached to teaching hospitals. Yet for many employers and employees it still remains mysterious. Jim Polsfut, CEO and Chairman of North American Specialty Hospital, helps us to understand the changes and how to help clients embrace a benefit that is advantageous to both employer and employee. Sponsor: Captivated Health (www.captivatedhealth.com)

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