INDIANAPOLIS, February 22, 2023 – Northwind has announced the addition of Rod Reasen 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
INDIANAPOLIS, February 21, 2023 – Northwind has announced the addition of Jerry Ford 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
Healthcare Challenges We have come a long way. There are now many options for self-funded employers to influence healthcare costs and outcomes: advanced analytics, direct primary care, direct procedure contracting, rx stewardship, etc. However, I was recently reminded of how long a way we have to go when a client
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have taken a beating over practices that continue to leave a really bad taste in the mouths of many self-funded employers. For anyone following the headlines, the issues have become familiar: – Spread pricing – Withholding hidden manufacturer rebates – Withholding data – Layers and layers
Excerpt below from Nexus of Care: Fulfilling the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Health Centers by Phillip Berry When you think about stewardship, as it relates to a self-funded employer’s spend on health benefits, the goal is to convert that spend into an investment. Do you look at your portfolio annually and
Week 12 – R X S T E W A R D S H I P Moving Toward STRATEGIC RX STEWARDSHIP™ Why do we offer health benefits, or any benefit? It’s really quite simple, we want the healthiest, happiest, and most productive employees showing up each and every day. Sadly, most of the conversation around health benefits
Week 11 – R X S T E W A R D S H I P Moving Toward STRATEGIC RX STEWARDSHIP™ Have you ever been surprised when looking at an itemized bill from your phone carrier? In a recent review of my own bill, I counted nine separate costs in addition to the charge for the
Week 10 – R X S T E W A R D S H I P Moving Toward STRATEGIC RX STEWARDSHIP™ Charles Duell, who served as the Commissioner of the US Patent Office from 1898 to 1901, is often mistakenly attributed as saying something along the lines of “Everything that can be invented has been
Week 9 – R X S T E W A R D S H I P Moving Toward STRATEGIC RX STEWARDSHIP™ During last week’s “R is for Results” post, we made the case that while simple metrics are a good starting point for measuring outcomes, it is important to try to move
Week 8 – R X S T E W A R D S H I P Moving Toward STRATEGIC RX STEWARDSHIP™ R is for Results Seeing or hearing advertisements proclaiming results is commonplace for most of us. Promotions frequently tout the biggest sale of the season, unsurpassed warranties or life-altering results. My
