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Roundstone’s MCF 2023 recap: the group captive makes the mission of affordable benefits possible. Highlights, breakouts, and takeaways from the Chicago forum.
Behavioral and mental health costs are climbing fast. Here’s how self-insured employers use plan design and clinical care to control the spend.
Top employer health insurance options now go well beyond fully insured. Self-funded plans, captives, and association plans give mid-market employers real choices.
Every fully insured renewal feels like opening a box of pain. Self-funded insurance plans replace surprise increases with claims data and real cost containment.
Roundstone Insurance selected Gradient AI’s SAIL solution to more effectively assess risk and enhance the in-house underwriting process behind the group captive.
Saving money on healthcare starts with claims transparency and ends with structural cost containment. Self-funded plans give employers both.
Stop-loss insurance protects self-funded employers from catastrophic claims by pooling risk with similarly sized businesses through a group captive plan.
Twenty percent of employees drive eighty percent of healthcare costs. Self-funded plans give you the data to manage chronic conditions
Self-funded health insurance lets employers pay claims directly, capture savings when employees stay healthy, and see exactly where every dollar
Specialty drugs are the fastest-growing line item in employee benefits. A self-funded plan gives you the visibility and levers to
Budgeting a self-funded health plan means understanding fixed and variable costs. Here’s how to plan spend and unlock savings through
A group captive lets like-sized employers pool risk, share data, and capture savings together. It’s the structural alternative to fully
Provider network choice shapes employee care, plan costs, and out-of-pocket spend. Here’s how self-funded employers pick the right one.
Pharmacy costs are rising faster than any line item in your health plan. Here’s how to choose a PBM that
Per-employee-per-year (PEPY) cost is the truest benchmark for whether your health plan is competitive. Here’s how to use it to
Your pharmacy benefit manager makes or breaks drug spend. Here’s how self-funded employers choose a PBM aligned with their interests,
A third-party administrator (TPA) is the backbone of any self-funded plan. Here’s how a TPA processes claims, manages eligibility, and
Finding the right TPA shapes claims accuracy, employee experience, and total spend. Here are 8 secrets self-funded employers use to
Cost containment in healthcare is the practice of cutting waste, not coverage. Self-funded plans give employers the data and tools
Rising health insurance costs are driven by medical inflation, prescription drug spend, and chronic disease. Self-funding gives employers the tools
Cost containment in healthcare is the discipline of cutting waste without cutting care. Self-funded employers have the data and levers
Emerging trends in prescription costs, GLP-1s, specialty biologics, and PBM consolidation, are reshaping how self-funded employers budget for pharmacy spend.
Hospital costs are the biggest driver of healthcare spend. Here’s why prices keep climbing and how self-funded employers fight back
Cost-effective healthcare for employers comes from claims transparency, vendor flexibility, and partner alignment, not just lower premium prices at renewal.
If renewal season has you bracing for a double-digit increase, it’s time to look at self-funding. Here’s how the model
Renewal season is the moment benefit advisors prove their value. Here’s how to prepare with claims data, scenario modeling, and
Sexual and reproductive health care access and education matter for employee outcomes and employer cost. Here’s how self-funded plans can
The Great Resignation reshaped what employees expect from their benefits. Here’s how employers should adapt plan design, communication, and total
Employee wellness program trends are shifting toward chronic disease management, behavioral health, and digital tools. Here’s what works inside self-funded
An employee benefits package is more than premium and deductible. Self-funded plans let you design the package around what your
Employee benefits education is the highest-leverage way to encourage self-advocacy and lower total plan spend. Here’s what to teach and
The pandemic permanently shifted employee health insurance expectations. Self-funded plans have adapted faster than fully insured ones to telehealth and
Self-funding means an employer pays for their employees’ healthcare claims directly instead of paying fixed premiums to an insurance carrier.
A medical group captive is a self-funded model where small and mid-sized employers join together to access financial advantages, share risk and gain greater stability.
Stop-loss insurance protects self-funded employers from large or unexpected claims. It caps financial risk so one high-cost event doesn’t significantly impact your overall healthcare spend.
Health insurance costs rise due to increasing healthcare prices, higher utilization, and lack of transparency in traditional models. Learn how self- funding through a captive can help offset these trends.
Cost containment includes strategies that reduce unnecessary healthcare spending while maintaining quality care. Read how tactics like claims analysis, preventative care, and pharmacy cost management can reduce spend.
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