Why offer health benefits? Why do you offer health benefits to employees? Attraction and retention are obvious initial answers. We have to provide competitive benefits to attract and retain the best people, right? For most organizations, a bit deeper reflection might reveal a sincere desire for the good of employees
Oncology is now the top driver of health care costs for self-funded employers — not cardiovascular disease, not diabetes, not mental health. Cancer. An estimated 2.1 million new cancer cases are projected for 2026. Six of the top ten cancers, including breast, prostate, and colorectal, are rising in populations under
A game-changer for employers looking to cut costs and gain control With healthcare costs continuing to rise, employers are seeking new ways to rein in spending without sacrificing the quality of benefits. This partnership enables Healthee clients to optimize prescription drug management, reducing costs through preferable generic drug pricing, high-touch
When it comes to American healthcare, we’ve become really good at highlighting its failings. Watching the flurry of lamentations, frustrations, denigrations, and prognostications, over the last few weeks, would lead any rational person to believe that nothing is working in our healthcare system. And, not only is it “not working,”
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved three novel drug therapies in October. One of those therapies, Hympavzi (marstacimab-hncq), is a medication indicated for the treatment of patients with Hemophilia A and Hemophilia B. Hympavzi utilizes a new pathway to help reduce the risk of bleeding episodes in patients with
Waiting for my turn to present at recent health system executive conference, I noticed that presentations before mine spent a significant amount of time lamenting “payers” and “reimbursements.” Strategies and solutions to address these challenges centered on cutting costs, pooling resources to increase negotiating leverage, lobbying, and aligning with larger
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. Alexander Hamilton The Power of a Point of View What shapes how we see the world? Our knowledge of it. Our assumptions. Our experience. These things frame our point of view. They encompass the span of reality as we see
Self-funded plan sponsors face a critical stewardship decision around member demand for highly effective, and costly, anti-obesity medications. To cover or not to cover? The effectiveness of the medications makes the decision more complex as it highlights the role and the responsibility of the plan to be a good steward
INDIANAPOLIS, April 28, 2023 – Northwind has announced the acquisition of QVI Risk Solutions, a health benefit administrator based in Bend, Oregon. “The self-funded employers, unions, advisors, and healthcare providers, with whom we work, feel that the economic and experiential value of healthcare has become disordered,” said Phillip Berry, CEO.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 16, 2023 – Northwind has announced the addition of John Singer to its strategic advisory board. “Healthcare is at an inflection point,” said Phillip Berry, CEO. “Rising costs, barriers to access, struggles with quality, and a general sense of frustration, are driving self-funded employers to engage innovators like
