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Ohio's workforce health: Navigating cost, complexity, and expectations

Watch senior Ohio business leaders tackle rising benefits costs, fragmented care access, and the multi-generational expectations reshaping workforce health strategy.
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Marc Watkins speaking into a microphone at the Ohio workforce health roundtable.

Ohio employers are spending more on healthcare than ever, and getting less in return. Benefits costs are outpacing wages, care is fragmented, and five generations of workers bring five different sets of expectations. The real question isn't whether healthcare is expensive. It's whether what you're spending is actually working. This on-demand panel helps you find out.

INSIDE THE ROUNDTABLE

A candid conversation on cost, complexity, and access in Ohio

Managing workforce health in Ohio means solving a complex, systemic challenge. Employers are grappling with rising benefits costs, fragmented care, and the competing demands of five generations of employees. Moving past traditional health plans and investing in solutions that deliver measurable results is essential for sustainable business growth.

This on-demand recording features a roundtable at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, with senior business and healthcare leaders from across Ohio, sharing practical strategies to turn employee care into a business advantage.

Topics explored in this roundtable

  • Why workforce health is now a growth, retention, and competitiveness issue

  • How structural disconnects in healthcare drive up costs without improving outcomes

  • Why primary care access matters and how closing gaps lowers total costs

  • The hidden costs of separating physical and mental health programs

  • How to support five generations of workers with different health needs

  • What to measure beyond immediate costs to predict long-term outcomes

What you'll take away

Learn how to align business strategy with workforce health, identify the metrics that predict future savings, and use advanced primary care to manage healthcare costs while improving outcomes for Ohio employees.

Marc Watkins, Evelyn Hemmingsen, and Nirav Vakharia seated in front of a Marathon Health screen at the Ohio roundtable.
WHY WATCH

Honest answers from leaders doing the work

Perspectives from across the system

Skip the vendor pitch and theoretical frameworks. Hear a candid conversation among employers, physicians, and healthcare strategists who navigate the same daily pressures you face.

Insights grounded in Ohio's market

Learn how Ohio employers control healthcare pricing and why primary care is the only service that delivers a population health ROI. This session provides the practical insights your leadership team needs.

WATCH ON DEMAND

Get the insights Ohio employers are acting on right now

This recording is built for HR leaders, benefits directors, and senior executives who are responsible for workforce health strategy. Watch the full panel to explore the conversations shaping how forward-thinking Ohio employers are approaching cost, access, and employee expectations.