{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"HR Wine Bar","title":"Ep. 18 - What Are We Funding: Benefits, Behavior, and Brunello","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3246,"description":"Benefits decisions shape behavior earlier than most organizations recognize. Data exists, reports are reviewed, and costs continue to rise. In Episode 18 of HR Wine Bar, host Amy Luckenbill, President of the Human Resource Association of the Midlands, welcomes Kevin Handzlik, VP of Employee Benefits at Ellerbrock-Norris Insurance, for a focused conversation on self-funding, transparency, and what it actually means to use data in benefits strategy.\nTitled What Are We Funding: Benefits, Behavior, and Brunello, this episode examines how organizations move from managing plans to operating a system. The discussion explores how access to claims data and cost drivers increases visibility, but does not create change on its own. Through real-world scenarios and practical application, the conversation clarifies how benefits design influences employee behavior, how cost drivers become visible, and how HR can translate data into decisions that impact both spend and experience.\nIf you support benefits, total rewards, or financial planning, this episode sharpens your understanding of how benefits function as a system and where your influence begins. It positions HR as the connector between data, design, and decision-making, ensuring that one of the organization’s largest investments produces measurable outcomes.\nCheers to HR!\nPodcast produced by Todd Studer (Loess Hills Media)\nJingle recorded by Mad Honey\nJingle produced by Kyle Knapp (Dry Creek Studio)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/RsRb0CC0lGWypIWkqmVWMdkngP7qCCi6EqbnEE5xyQ4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hODNj/NmU4ODczNzZiOGQy/Yjg1MGViY2QyNTc2/YjU4My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}