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Join Us for BDS’s 8th Annual Healthcare Benefits Summit

We at Benefit Design Specialists are excited to announce our date for this year’s Annual Healthcare Summit as well as our Keynote Speaker! Our 8th annual healthcare and benefits summit will be held Thursday, May 23rd at Colonial Golf and Tennis Club in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Lee Rubin will be…

Benefit Design Specialist’s Featured in Employee Benefit Adviser Magazine

Recently Benefit Design Specialists was featured in Employee Benefit Advisor Magazine for their work on developing innovation in self-funding for employers locally as well as nationally. TJ Morrison and our dedicated team have taken self-funding to the next level with direct contracting services utilizing our TPA capabilities. For more…

BDS’s own Justin Leader named to Forty under 40

Benefit Design Specialists is proud to announce that one of their own was named to the Central Penn Business Journal Forty under 40. Justin is a valued member of our leadership team where he is responsible for business development for the organization. Congratulations Justin!

BDS’s TJ Morrison Featured in Central Penn Business Journal!

Make sure to check out this weeks Central Penn Business Journal article featuring BDS Vice President TJ Morrison! We at Benefit Design Specialists are working diligently to disrupt status quo in healthcare not only in our region but also nationally. Follow this link to read the article! For more…

What Do a Navy SEAL, Human Resources and Healthcare Have in Common?

SAVE THE DATE! May 4th 2017, 12:00PM – 4:00PM Join BDS at Colonial Golf and Tennis Club for our 6th annual Healthcare Summit! with Special Guest Speaker and Former Navy SEAL John Choate! John will provide insight on how your team can reach operational ALPHA the same way the US…

BDS Employee Honored in Harrisburg Magazine for Volunteer Work!

We are proud to mention that Justin Leader, Vice President of Business Development at BDS was recently nominated and awarded Volunteer of The Month with Harrisburg Magazine. We at BDS are happy to have so many employees who care about our community! Justin Volunteers his time with many organizations,…

Congratulations to the BDS Management Team

Great work to the team as well as our employees who make it all possible!

BDS, Inc Nominated for Executive Management Team Awards by CPBJ!

The 2016 Executive Management Awards will celebrate Central Pennsylvania’s executives who contribute to the success of our region’s economic growth and stability. All finalists and award recipients will be recognized at an awards ceremony on December 13, 2016. In addition, they will be featured in a special supplement to…

A Sad Truth About Drugs and Accidental Death in Pennsylvania

For the better part of my career I have been analyzing various aspects of healthcare, prescription drug utilization and claims. One employee benefit that I understand thoroughly is Accidental Death and Dismemberment. Whether it be employer provided basic, voluntary or business travel accident, I have seen a multitude of…

Stop Beating Up the Sales Guy!

Sales: Let me guess, an image of a sweaty used car salesman just popped into your head trying to up sell you on a car you didn’t come to the lot to purchase. Or better yet an insurance salesman, the wonderful category I get placed in! Thank you old…

Benefit Design Specialists featured in U.S. Domestic Medical Travel Publication

BDS was recently interviewed by U.S. Domestic Medical Travel, a sister publication to Medical Travel Today. More of the interview with TJ Morrison below. “Part of what I think we all struggle with in America is that we are used to this box: The healthcare system, in general, and…

How better plan design can help your clients save money, create healthier employees.

Benefit Design Specialists very own TJ Morrison was highlighted in a recent article by BenefitsPro. We are honored to continue our messaging around cost saving strategies and industry innovation. To read the article please click the following: “How better plan design can help your clients save money, create healthier…

Is your wellness plan really working?

I cannot begin to tell you the gut wrenching feeling I get when starting to talk with a prospective client and one of the very first questions they ask is: “Can you help support our wellness plan?” Forget, plan savings, plan design structure, value added services and providing real…

Benefit Design Specialists Speak at the IHC Conference in Atlanta, Georgia!

Benefit Design Specialists very own TJ Morrison joined Tibi Zohar and DoctorGlobe at the IHC Conference in Atlanta, Georgia last month. Check out the presentation regarding this great technology.

Overtime pay is coming. Are you ready?

Overtime pay is coming. Are you ready? The US White House confirmed yesterday that the Department of Labor has approved a series of changes to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These changes have been rumored for the last 18 months. Now we finally know the details. It’s time…

Let’s Invent Tomorrow

“Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.” ― Steve Jobs The immortal words of Steve Jobs. So much can be said about the legacy that he left as well as the information age in which we currently live. In the 8+ years I have been working…

BDS Launches YouTube Channel!

We at Benefit Design Specialists, Inc are pleased to announce the Launch of our YouTube Channel. Make sure that you Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest innovation coming from our “think tank’. Start with Self-Funding 101 below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOt_nZC4awU If you have questions, comments or…

Healthcare Stockholm Syndrome

Stockholm syndrome, or capture-bonding, is a psychological phenomenon first described in 1973 in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending and identifying with the captors. These feelings are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or…

I’ve Got Two Tickets to…Free Surgery?

Wait, that’s how the Eddie Money song goes right? Alright maybe I changed the lyrics a bit however with good reason. While no Surgery will ever be free what if those two tickets came in the form of a more affordable surgery for all? For example a knee replacement with better…

Innovation Is King

“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” This has to be the most asinine statement I have ever heard. This to me states that there is no need for change. Perhaps not for the time being but eventually, much like a car tire or engine, something is going to…