Affordable Health Benefits for Small to Mid-Size Employers
By Jamie L.C. Pience, Associate General Counsel At Roundstone, we believe in a proactive approach to cost containment and plan language. Precise language which strictly states available coverage and full compliance to the terms required for coverage, combined with an administrator committed to the protection of the plan, are essential […]
By Ellen Winson, Policy Administration Specialist Employers are continually looking for ways to control medical costs. This is especially true for self-insured employers. One strategy that has emerged is the implementation of Referenced-Based Pricing (RBP). With RBP, the employer sets a maximum reimbursement tied to a particular benchmark. The amount […]
Many women in the United States are waiting longer to give birth to their first child. In 1970 the mean age of a woman, when she first gave birth, was 21 years old. That age rose to 25 years old in 2000, and 28 years old in 2016. There are […]
We introduced the Roundstone Cost Saving Investigators (CSI Team) to help employers optimize the value of transparency and control. The CSI Team is always looking for ways to help employers maximize their self-funding benefits by providing cost saving solutions that can be implemented into their health plan. We want to […]
The Cost Savings Investigators (CSI Team) are not a single department, but rather a collection of professionals across several of Roundstone’s departments. They use their expertise to deliver the value of transparency and control to our captive participants. The CSI Team’s areas of expertise include: DATA ANALYTICS The Data Analysts […]
726,950 Organ transplants performed in the past 20 years Although an employee needing an organ transplant is a rare occurrence, statistics show that the number of transplants being performed each year is rising. As of August 2017, there were about 116,000 men, women and children on the national transplant waiting […]
Organ transplantation increased significantly in recent years. Over 30,000 transplants were performed in the US in 2016 alone, a record high for the fourth consecutive year. On average, that is about 95 transplants each day. Data shows that the number of deceased organ donors hit a record in 2017 for the […]
Let’s face it – life can get fairly hectic. Between our careers, our family lives, our social lives, and any number of other outside factors, all of us could use several more hours in our day. We rarely have time to slow down, relax, and focus on things that are […]
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death and disease in the United States. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that approximately 1.7 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2018. Cancer not only takes a huge toll on the health of patients and […]