Error

An error occurred while fetching the data.

Error details: Error: INTERNAL_ERROR for 32d5bf53-9df9-e180-1c55-710b4f900945: {"response":{"errors":[{"message":"INTERNAL_ERROR for 32d5bf53-9df9-e180-1c55-710b4f900945","locations":[{"line":87,"column":7}],"path":["articlePackages"],"extensions":{"classification":"INTERNAL_ERROR"}}],"data":{"articleData":{"uri":"/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.benefitspro.com/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick/","generatedId":"hef45ekjejh","naturalId":"blogAndPostId/blog/post/412-176164","type":"ARTICLE","postFormat":"news","kickerPresentedBy":null,"breadcrumb":[],"presentedBy":"","title":"Improve your employee benefits: A Q&A with Barry Fitzpatrick","readtime":"3","timeToRead":"3 minute","prettyModified":"October 08, 2024 at 07:51 AM","prettyDateTime":"October 08, 2024 at 07:44 AM","needToKnow":[],"byline":"Lily Peterson","showDisclaimer":true,"authors":[{"name":"Lily Peterson","description":"","imageLarge":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/945c6b2d685581e1134cbb7a7781da63?s=136&d=mm&r=g","webUrl":"/author/profile/lily-peterson/"}],"publication":"BenefitsPro","kicker":"Q&A","kickerNode":[{"name":"Q&A","slug":"qa-kicker","uri":"/q-and-a/","sectionName":"Q&A"}],"prettyDate":"October 08, 2024","pubDate":"2024-10-08 07:44:49.000","modifiedDate":"2024-10-08 07:51:02:915","isDownload":"false","primaryCategory":{"channelName":"","sectionName":"","name":"","uri":"","slug":"","channelUri":""},"tags":[],"image":{"uri":"https://images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/412/2024/10/Business-Growth-Partners-Article-202410072100.jpg","width":"620","height":"372","alt":""},"embed1":"","embed2":"","summary":"\"Offering individualized benefits creates an environment that's positioned to support the unique experiences and needs of your employees,\" says Barry Fitzpatrick, VP of Client Services, Employee benefits with Holmes Murphy.","categories":[{"name":"Benefits Sales Strategies","uri":"/benefits-broker/benefits-sales-strategies/","channelName":"Benefits Broker"},{"name":"Core and Group Health","uri":"/benefits-broker/core-group-health/","channelName":"Benefits Broker"},{"name":"Enrollment","uri":"/benefits-broker/enrollment/","channelName":"Benefits Broker"},{"name":"Practice Management","uri":"/benefits-broker/practice-management-benefits-broker/","channelName":"Benefits Broker"},{"name":"Voluntary Benefits","uri":"/benefits-broker/voluntary-benefits/","channelName":"Benefits Broker"},{"name":"Employee Participation","uri":"/benefits-manager/employee-participation/","channelName":"Benefits Manager"},{"name":"Employee-Paid","uri":"/benefits-manager/employee-paid/","channelName":"Benefits Manager"},{"name":"Employer-Paid","uri":"/benefits-manager/employer-paid/","channelName":"Benefits Manager"}],"bodyArray":["<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176165\" src=\"//images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/412/2024/10/Business-Growth-Partners-Article-202410072100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\">In today's competitive job market, employers are on a constant pursuit to attract top talent who can support their clients and drive their organization's success. Offering compelling <span class=\"il\">employee</span> <span class=\"il\">benefits</span> has become crucial in both attracting and retaining valuable staff.</p>","<p>So says Barry Fitzpatrick, VP of Client Services, Employee benefits with Holmes Murphy. He can provide insights on how employers can enhance their <span class=\"il\">employee</span> <span class=\"il\">benefits</span> <span class=\"il\">offerings</span> through key <span class=\"il\">strategies</span>.</p>","<h2>How can employers transform their current employee benefits plan into a more tailored one?</h2> <p>Employers can positively transform employee benefits by individualizing their offerings, <a href=\"https://www.benefitspro.com/2024/07/17/benefits-balancing-act-employers-struggle-to-offer-affordable-attractive-packages/\" target=\"_blank\">improving affordability,</a> and informing their employees. Offering individualized benefits creates an environment that's positioned to support the unique experiences and needs of your employees.</p>"],"slides":[],"video":""},"articlePackages":null,"youmightlike":[{"uri":"/2025/01/22/final-days-to-nominate-for-2025-advisor-of-the-year/","title":"Final Days to Nominate for 2025 Advisor of the Year!","byline":"ALM Staff","prettyDate":"January 22, 2025","readtime":"2","image":{"uri":"https://images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/412/2025/10/Broker-of-the-Year-Social-2025.jpg","width":"712","height":"372"},"summary":"Nominate yourself, a peer, or a colleague for BenefitsPRO's 2025 Advisor of the Year Award before the extended deadline on Wednesday, January 29th! "},{"uri":"/2025/01/22/challenges-employers-will-face-in-2025-with-weight-loss-drugs/","title":"Challenges employers will face in 2025 with weight-loss drugs","byline":"Dr. Jessica Lea","prettyDate":"January 22, 2025","readtime":"5","image":{"uri":"https://k2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/brightspot/9a/fe/ead18ccb44ce8ea476a6967c4f59/ozempic-injection-pen-article-202412060937.jpg","width":"620","height":"372"},"summary":"The weight loss market is evolving at an unprecedented rate with the advancements in anti-obesity medications, and 2025 will be another remarkable year in this journey. "},{"uri":"/2025/01/21/health-care-documentary-creators-announced-as-a-2025-broker-expo-keynote/","title":"Health care documentary creators announced as a 2025 Broker Expo keynote","byline":"BenefitsPRO Editors","prettyDate":"January 21, 2025","readtime":"2","image":{"uri":"https://k2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/brightspot/06/b4/df98dc62406488c762ff8fa22cc5/afternoon-keynote-social-card-2.jpg","width":"744","height":"372"},"summary":"The first keynote session for the 2025 BenefitsPRO Broker Expo is: \"It's Not Personal, It's Just Healthcare,\"a fireside chat about a documentary that aims to dispel commonly held health care myths and to expose the problems, flaws, and fallacies that exist within the current health care and health insurance systems. "},{"uri":"/2025/01/21/public-divided-on-trump-health-agenda-strong-support-for-price-transparency/","title":"Public divided on Trump health agenda, strong support for price transparency","byline":"Alan Goforth","prettyDate":"January 21, 2025","readtime":"4","image":{"uri":"https://images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/415/2018/02/2038-trump-donald-600x338_WH.jpg","width":"600","height":"338"},"summary":"When asked about a variety of health care proposals, including those put forth by Republican and Democratic lawmakers, about 6 in 10 said boosting price transparency rules to ensure that health care prices are available to patients should be a top priority. "},{"uri":"/2025/01/21/7-tips-for-crafting-an-engaging-benefits-package-presentation/","title":"7 tips for crafting an engaging benefits package presentation","byline":"Eleanor Hecks","prettyDate":"January 21, 2025","readtime":"5","image":{"uri":"https://images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/412/2018/04/11Presentation.jpg","width":"600","height":"347"},"summary":"Effective communication ensures team members understand and appreciate the value of their benefits. "},{"uri":"/2025/01/20/employers-grapple-with-rising-health-care-costs-and-fiduciary-concerns/","title":"Employers grapple with rising health care costs and fiduciary concerns","byline":"Alan Goforth","prettyDate":"January 20, 2025","readtime":"3","image":{"uri":"https://images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/412/2019/01/010219-Action-Reaction-MI.jpg","width":"616","height":"372"},"summary":"Various pieces of health care transparency legislation have identified areas requiring employers to meet their fiduciary responsibilities, such as designing an evaluation process for selecting vendors to deploy their health and welfare benefits strategy."}],"readnext":{"contents":[{"uri":"/2025/01/22/does-easy-access-to-obamacare-premium-subsidies-hurt-employer-plans/","title":"Does easy access to 'Obamacare' premium subsidies hurt employer plans?","byline":"Allison Bell","summary":"A think tank analyst who may have Trump's ear says that's an important reason to return to the old, narrower eligibility rules.","prettyDate":"January 22, 2025","kicker":"News","image":{"uri":"https://images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/389/2019/12/The-White-House-Article-201912182022.jpg","width":"620","height":"372"},"breadcrumb":[],"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""}},{"uri":"/2025/01/22/higher-earning-employees-more-likely-to-work-remotely-study-finds/","title":"Higher-earning employees more likely to work remotely, study finds","byline":"Kristen Beckman","summary":"Census Bureau data reveals socioeconomic inequalities among those who work from home and those who don’t.","prettyDate":"January 22, 2025","kicker":"Market Insights","image":{"uri":"https://images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/414/2023/01/Office_Shapecharge_iStock.jpg","width":"620","height":"373"},"breadcrumb":[],"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""}},{"uri":"/2025/01/22/walmart-dei-retreat-sparks-legal-and-investor-scrutiny/","title":"Walmart DEI retreat sparks legal and investor scrutiny","byline":"Lucy Peterson","summary":"Walmart is receiving widespread pushback from attorneys general in 13 states in addition to more than 30 shareholders representing $266 billion in assets.","prettyDate":"January 22, 2025","kicker":"News","image":{"uri":"https://images.benefitspro.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/394/2021/01/Walmart-Store-Article-202101211655.jpg","width":"620","height":"372"},"breadcrumb":[],"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""}},{"uri":"/2025/01/22/challenges-employers-will-face-in-2025-with-weight-loss-drugs/","title":"Challenges employers will face in 2025 with weight-loss drugs","byline":"Dr. Jessica Lea","summary":"The weight loss market is evolving at an unprecedented rate with the advancements in anti-obesity medications, and 2025 will be another remarkable year in this journey. ","prettyDate":"January 22, 2025","kicker":"Commentary","image":{"uri":"https://k2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/brightspot/9a/fe/ead18ccb44ce8ea476a6967c4f59/ozempic-injection-pen-article-202412060937.jpg","width":"620","height":"372"},"breadcrumb":[],"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""}},{"uri":"/2025/01/22/5-hr-priorities-that-will-define-2025/","title":"5 HR priorities that will define 2025","byline":"Shereen Solaiman","summary":"As we enter 2025, HR leaders should focus on evolving their benefits strategies to address rising health care costs and adding acquisition programs while building inclusive talent practices that strengthen recruitment and development at every level.","prettyDate":"January 22, 2025","kicker":"Commentary","image":{"uri":"https://k2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/brightspot/d6/49/ffff1d4a49668cbcb482219e3738/10-new-year-2025-jpg-image620x372.jpg","width":"620","height":"372"},"breadcrumb":[],"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""}}]},"events":{"events":[{"eventTitle":"BenefitsPRO Broker Expo 2025 (BPRO)","venueName":"","cleCredit":"no","description":"The premier educational and networking event for employee benefits brokers and agents.","registrationURL":"","docUri":"/data-sources/events/BenefitsPROBrokerExpo2025(BPRO):2024-07-10-04:00:35.xml","eventEndDate":"May 08, 2025","eventStartDate":"May 06, 2025","industry":["Insurance"],"audience":["Insurance"],"city":"Boston","learnMoreLinkFile":"https://www.event.benefitspro.com/bprobrokerexpo","imageUri":"https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/full/4163240-668eb9ca49502.png","imageUri2":"https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/full/4163242-668eb9d16dd18.png","practiceArea":["Benefits Sales Strategies","Broker Innovation Lab","Broker Regulation"]}],"searchParams":{"estimate":1}}},"extensions":{"DateTime":"2025-01-22T17:04:02.570152192","ResponseTime":"?","AuthorizedUser":false,"AlmContext":"AlmContext{clientIP='10.0.253.253', internalIP='true', origin='', authorizedUser='false', Chinchilla, userAccount='null', UCID=null, ipAccount='null'}","NavServiceResponse":{"message":"Show a wall","action":"show wall","data":"WelcomeWall","placResultsPublic":{"overallContentType":"FreeWithRegContent","userState":"DENYREFERERNOTALLOWED","showWall":"WelcomeWall","userAccess":"0","referrer":"https://www.benefitspro.com/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick","userAccessCookie":null,"productList":"","contentMetaData":"<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ARTICLE><TYPE>ARTICLE</TYPE><ID>/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick/</ID><SOURCE>BenefitsPro</SOURCE><PUBLICATION-DATE>2024-10-08 07:44:49</PUBLICATION-DATE><PUBLICATION-NAMES><PUBLICATION-NAME>BenefitsPro</PUBLICATION-NAME></PUBLICATION-NAMES><PRACTICE-AREAS /><CHANNELSECTIONS><CHANNELSECTION><CHANNEL></CHANNEL><SECTION>Benefits Sales Strategies</SECTION></CHANNELSECTION><CHANNELSECTION><CHANNEL></CHANNEL><SECTION>Core and Group Health</SECTION></CHANNELSECTION><CHANNELSECTION><CHANNEL></CHANNEL><SECTION>Enrollment</SECTION></CHANNELSECTION><CHANNELSECTION><CHANNEL></CHANNEL><SECTION>Practice Management</SECTION></CHANNELSECTION><CHANNELSECTION><CHANNEL></CHANNEL><SECTION>Voluntary Benefits</SECTION></CHANNELSECTION><CHANNELSECTION><CHANNEL></CHANNEL><SECTION>Employee Participation</SECTION></CHANNELSECTION><CHANNELSECTION><CHANNEL></CHANNEL><SECTION>Employee-Paid</SECTION></CHANNELSECTION><CHANNELSECTION><CHANNEL></CHANNEL><SECTION>Employer-Paid</SECTION></CHANNELSECTION><CHANNELSECTION><CHANNEL></CHANNEL><SECTION>Q&amp;A</SECTION></CHANNELSECTION></CHANNELSECTIONS><REFERRER>https://www.benefitspro.com/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick</REFERRER></ARTICLE>","numberOfViewsLeft":0,"numberOfFCFViewsLeft":0,"decisionEngine":"Grackle Cache","rulesFiredString":null,"contentProductCodes":null}},"DebuggingData":null,"UsedCache":"true","DataUrl":"http://ml.alm.com:9016/bff-services/content/get-you-may-like-for-content.xqy?naturalId=/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick/&site=www.benefitspro.com&total="},"status":200,"headers":{}},"request":{"query":"\n####\n####\n# QUERY\n# ROUTE:/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick/\n####\n\n\nquery BenefitsPro__view_article_no_sitedir{articleData:\n getContent(naturalId: \"/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick/\", site:\"benefitspro.com\") {\n uri\n canonicalUrl\n generatedId\n naturalId\n type\n postFormat\n kickerPresentedBy {\n \t\t label\n \t\t value\n \t\t}\n breadcrumb{\n name\n \t\turi\n }\n presentedBy\n title\n readtime\n timeToRead\n prettyModified\n prettyDateTime\n needToKnow\n byline\n showDisclaimer\n authors {\n name\n description\n imageLarge\n webUrl\n }\n publication\n kicker\n kickerNode {\n name\n slug\n uri\n sectionName\n }\n prettyDate\n prettyDateTime\n pubDate\n modifiedDate\n isDownload\n primaryCategory {\n channelName\n sectionName\n name\n uri\n slug\n channelUri\n }\n tags\n image {\n uri\n width\n height\n alt\n }\n embed1\n embed2\n summary\n categories {\n name\n uri\n channelName\n }\n bodyArray\n slides {\n title\n image\n caption\n height\n width\n }\n video\n\n }\n articlePackages:\n getPackagesForArticle(docId: \"/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick/\", limit: 3, publication:\"benefitspro.com\") {\n title \n slug\n type \n summary\n cssFile\n navigations {\n name\n link\n }\n articles {\n title\n kicker\n uri\n image {\n uri\n }\n }\n\n \n }\n youmightlike:\n getYouMayLikeForContent(naturalId: \"/2024/10/08/improve-your-employee-benefits-a-qa-with-barry-fitzpatrick/\", site:\"benefitspro.com\") {\n uri\n title\n byline\n prettyDate\n readtime\n image {\n uri\n width\n height\n }\n summary\n }\n readnext:\n getStatsList(site:\"benefitspro.com\", topic: \"\", limit: 5, timeframe: \"3days\" ) {\n contents {\n uri\n title\n byline\n summary\n prettyDate\n kicker\n image {\n uri\n width\n height\n }\n breadcrumb{\n name\n \t\turi\n }\n primaryCategory {\n name\n uri\n channelName\n channelUri\n }\n breadcrumb {\n name\n uri\n }\n }\n\n }\n events:\n getFutureEvents(\n publication: \"Benefits Pro\"\n pageSize: 10\n page: 1\n ) {\n events {\n eventTitle\n venueName\n cleCredit\n description\n registrationURL\n docUri\n eventEndDate\n eventStartDate\n industry\n audience\n city\n learnMoreLinkFile\n imageUri\n imageUri2\n practiceArea\n }\n searchParams {\n estimate\n }\n }\n }"}}