Last week, the President signed the Blue Water Navy Veterans Act into law. This legislation is the result of decades of arguments about how to treat sailors, Marines, and other United States military veterans who served during the Vietnam War in boats off the coast of Vietnam, but who did not set foot in Vietnam. […]
The following is a transcript of a recent talk given by Geoff Thomas, BeneLynk’s Director of Business Technology to a national organization. In it, Geoff talks about the challenge of loss of connection to our fellow humans, and his passion for addressing that challenge at BeneLynk. Remember the last time you looked up? It was […]
This week we launched a new website at www.BeneLynk.com. When we started BeneLynk in January of 2016, our goal was to build a comprehensive Social Determinant of Health (SDOH) solution. Our first step toward that goal, was a product to close a blind-spot for MA plans, understanding the care their veteran members receive through the […]
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are all the talk in managed care now. Behind all the buzz, is the big question — how do we understand and impact SDOH? Understanding SDOH starts with engaging Medicare Advantage members in conversation, and impacting SDOH is about linking them with select benefits and services. For low-income seniors there […]
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has different meanings to different people and can stir a wide array of emotions. For Veterans like myself, personal experience in accessing benefits is an important determinant of how the VA is viewed. The VA has a wide range of benefits including VA Home Loans, GI Bill tuition […]
