Containing Health Care Costs

Almost every employer wants to reduce, or at least control the cost of their health care plan. Do any of these statements sound familiar? “Your health plan is going up by 12% this year.” “Trend [...]

One of our clients recently got a 30% rate increase for their health insurance renewal, so I asked the insurance company to explain how they came up with that number.  With 60 eligible employees, [...]

We’re always on the lookout for ways to contain health care costs.  In today’s interview, we have Adam Hodge of freshbenies, a unique company that has several offerings to help reduce [...]

Every year, we meet with our larger clients about midway through the plan year to begin preparations for the next group insurance renewal.  When I ask about goals and objectives for the upcoming [...]

Businesses all over the country are searching for answers and different ideas to help contain the cost of health care.  Wellnet is a company with a pretty different approach, and I’m [...]

These are the recent renewal rates for a client with a fully insured HMO plan: Single:  $541.33 Family:  $1542.78 These are the all in, maximum liability rates for a very similar level funded PPO [...]

I’m very pleased to share an interview with Phil Baker from Good Shepard Pharmacy as another post in our series of controlling health care costs. Prescription drugs costs are rising [...]

The latest in our series on controlling health care costs is an interview with Jamie Lagarde, the CEO at Sedera.  Sedera is a medical cost sharing company…a very different approach to [...]

I’m very excited to share an interview with Dr. Alex Lickerman as the 2nd post in our series of creative ways to contain health care costs.  Dr. Lickerman is the founder of Imagine MD, a [...]

This is the first post in a series related to health care cost savings.  Notice I said health care, not health insurance.  As mentioned in a previous post, they aren’t the same [...]