“The average benefit value for supplemental benefits was about $155 per member. Five years later, it was over $1,500 per member,” Robby Knight, CEO and cofounder of Soda Health, tells Bloomberg Intelligence in this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast. Knight joins BI analyst Jonathan Palmer for a wide-ranging discussion on the rapid evolution of the supplemental-benefits market and the challenges Soda faced in building in a new platform that creates incentives for members, retail partners and plan sponsors. The conversation touches on why Medicare Advantage plans were in an arms race to offer unsustainable benefits, why the correction is an opportunity for the company and how the future will bring optimized benefits at the member level.

<p>&ldquo;The average benefit value for supplemental benefits was about $155 per member. Five years later, it was over $1,500 per member,&rdquo; Robby Knight, CEO and cofounder of Soda Health, tells Bloomberg Intelligence in this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast. Knight joins BI analyst Jonathan Palmer for a wide-ranging discussion on the rapid evolution of the supplemental-benefits market and the challenges Soda faced in building in a new platform that creates incentives for members, retail partners and plan sponsors. The conversation touches on why Medicare Advantage plans were in an arms race to offer unsustainable benefits, why the correction is an opportunity for the company and how the future will bring optimized benefits at the member level.</p>

Vanguards of Health Care is a series of exclusive conversations with management teams and thought leaders discussing changes on the forefront of the industry, including innovations in medical products and technologies, advances in clinical research, new service models, wellness and regulations.

<p>Vanguards of Health Care is a series of exclusive conversations with management teams and thought leaders discussing changes on the forefront of the industry, including innovations in medical products and technologies, advances in clinical research, new service models, wellness and regulations.</p>

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Soda Health's Tech Forward Approach to Optimizing Benefits Starts With a Smart Platform

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