We work with mid size and larger employers seeking to reduce healthcare costs and create changes with employee wellness.  Our recent health issue briefs on the impact of health reform on employers generated significant interest and prompted strategic changes to plans.  Our work with insurance carriers often involves creating strategies for new markets such as the smaller or mid size business, or individual consumer

Selected projects that illustrate our work in this sector include:

  • Assisted Carrier to identify and assess new models for direct sales to consumers including retail outlets, with acute and wellness services by NPs, home health devices and other retail options.
  • Assessed options to meet new regulations on MTM for Medicare enrollees with novel service through NPs (vs pharmacists).
  • Provided briefings to mid size employers on the impact of health reform mandates.
  • Worked with mid size insurance carrier to identify and value the opportunity of small business customers; created strategy to reach specific high value sub-segments, and an online sales and communication plan targeting these customers and insurance agent team that serves them.
  • Worked with large self-insured industrial firm to create health and wellness programs to improve employee health outcomes and lower healthcare costs.
  • Co-developed with a large retailer, a new plan design along with an employee communications program to implement lower cost HDHP plans, improved insured rates and reduce costs; and a strategy and implementation plan to work with providers to standardize and lower costs for higher volume/higher cost procedures.
  • Worked with a major insurance agency firm to create new plan designs for their employer customers that included based and retail clinics. 

 
Decoding the Costs of the Health Care Reform for Mid-Size Employers

 

Hospitals Face Pressure From Employers to End Cost-Shifting, Enter Into Non-Traditional Arrangements to Reduce Costs

Hospitals Face Pressure From Employers to End Cost-Shifting, Enter Into Non-Traditional Arrangements to Reduce Costs