61. Inside IFEBP: Fiduciary Duty, CEBS & Future Benefits Trends with Justin Held

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The Business of Benefits Podcast

Hi Hello Labs Network

65 episodes

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For decades, employers have been fed a lie: “There’s nothing you can do to control healthcare costs.” This couldn’t be further from the truth. The system is doing exactly what it was designed to do—profit off of HR, CFOs, and CEOs who believe that lie year after year.With 180 million Americans relying on employer-sponsored healthcare, it’s time to challenge the status quo. The Business of Benefits is your No BS, No Sales guide to the real solutions. No gimmicks—just the truth about how to take control, transform your benefits, and care for your most valuable asset: your people.Each episode dives deep into the data, exposing industry misalignments and inefficiencies that inflate costs while offering actionable strategies for designing financially sustainable, high-value benefits.Through eye-opening interviews with industry insiders, expert analysis, and real-world success stories, hosts Donovan and Chelsea pull back the curtain on the hidden flaws in the healthcare system. The result? An empowering roadmap for employers ready to break free from outdated models and unlock smarter, more sustainable benefits.If you’re tired of the same old sales pitch and ready to rethink benefits, reduce costs, and improve care—this podcast is for you. The truth is out there—are you ready to hear it?

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61. Inside IFEBP: Fiduciary Duty, CEBS & Future Benefits Trends with Justin Held

The Business of Benefits Podcast

35 minutes

1 month ago

61. Inside IFEBP: Fiduciary Duty, CEBS & Future Benefits Trends with Justin Held

Welcome back to the No BS. No sales pitch. Just real solutions podcast. This week our host Chelsea Ryckis sits down with Justin Held, CEBS of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) to unpack what HR, CFOs, and CEOs need now: neutral education, fiduciary guardrails, and a practical path to future-proof employee benefits.

In this episode:

What IFEBP is and how it helps plan sponsors with objective, non-lobbying education
CEBS breakdown: curriculum, timelines, and why employers fund it
Fiduciary duty basics after ERISA and why CAA 2021 put health plans under the spotlight
The 2025–2026 benefits agenda: PBM contracts, data analysis, chronic conditions, GLP-1 coverage, mental and behavioral health, peer support models, and AI in plan administration
How to run a strategic review of your plan: surveys, focus groups, utilization data, KPIs

Simple, high-impact changes most members won’t even notice, but your budget will.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
1:08 What IFEBP does and why it’s neutral
6:35 Conferences, toolkits, and daily benefits headlines
10:12 CEBS overview and chapter network
14:45 ERISA fiduciary duty in health and retirement
19:18 Trends: PBM contracts, GLP-1, mental health, AI, fraud prevention
28:40 Peer support models for mental health
33:10 How to future-proof benefits with data and KPIs

If you are an employer, CFO, or CEO who is tired of trend increases and status quo advice, this conversation will give you a path to real savings and better outcomes.

If this helped, like, subscribe, and share with a leader who needs to hear it. Tell us in the comments: What is the first change you will make to your benefits strategy?

Whether you're an HR professional, CFO, CEO, or just tired of rising healthcare costs, this is your call to rethink benefits strategy and finally take control.

Connect with our guest today at:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-held-cebs/
Website: https://www.ifebp.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/IFEBP
Listen to their podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-benefits/id1183535454

Connect with Chelsea and Donovan:
Website: www.businessofbenefitspodcast.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethoseffectpodcast/
Chelsea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-ryckis-8508a192/
Donovan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donovanryckis/