Consulting
Health
A healthy workforce means a productive workforce. We help you improve strategic decision making, drive program excellence, and remove everyday hurdles so you can provide benefits that have a positive impact on business outcomes and employees’ lives.
Our HR consulting and employee health benefits solutions are creative and designed with the big picture in mind. And our data-driven recommendations are both smart and practical. With a focus on connecting and integrating your benefits, the result of our partnership is a program that works for your people and your bottom line.
Creative solutions powered by expertise Benefits programs work together across the health, wealth, and career spectrum. When you work with Buck, your core team is thoughtfully assembled to meet your specific needs. This team of specialists crosses disciplines to work as one, custom-designing solutions that are uniquely suited to you.
Smart decisions powered by data We invest in data analytics because we believe it drives smart decisions and actionable insights. By keeping analytics core to everything we do, we can access your information on demand, manage your vendor data in one location, provide effective and timely recommendations, and better connect your data to program strategy.
Connected programs powered by technology Healthcare is rapidly evolving to have more patient intersections, stakeholders and opportunities than ever before. We connect the dots with technology, administration and engagement to unlock value, making your programs stronger than ever. The result: enhanced design and decision-making, increased member experience and satisfaction, and better health.
Solutions
Core health strategy
Planning ahead helps you manage program cost and drive performance. We take time upfront to understand your needs and build a roadmap that helps you reach your goals. Using data to target what matters so you can make confident decisions, we’ll help you with strategic planning, plan design, vendor management, compliance monitoring, actuarial modeling and forecasting, day-to-day support, and competitive intelligence.
Learn moreFinancial and actuarial
Employers need expert analytical oversight and financial planning. Our industry-leading, one-of-a-kind approach to retiree health consulting ensures health — not pension — actuaries remain on point to work with you from start to finish. We deliver accurate, efficient valuations and provide thoughtful, strategic solutions that help you both meet your long term business needs and offer the best retiree benefits.
Pharmacy consulting
Pharmacy expense is a rapidly growing area of concern for employers. We empower you with information and advise on how to best manage your pharmacy benefits, both clinically and financially. From general pharmacy benefit management to specialty pharmacy to retiree prescription drug plans, our team will help you navigate the entire spectrum of offerings.
Learn moreHealth intelligence
Healthcare is complex and evolving — and new approaches to engage with your partners are more important than ever. We use our expertise in data analytics, clinical methods, and vendor intelligence to understand the aspects of the healthcare ecosystem that are working for you — along with those that aren’t — to improve your members’ overall health and wellbeing.
Voluntary benefits
Employee financial wellbeing directly impacts the health of your business. Integrated voluntary benefits solutions can complement and enhance your existing programs and provide employees with the level of personalization they need to spend smarter, save more, protect wisely, and invest better — with little or no direct cost to your organization.
Learn moreLife, disability, and absence
Every employer wants to recruit and retain top talent, meet short-term and long-term goals for reducing absenteeism, and increase employee engagement. We help you meet these goals through time-off programs that expertly balance the key elements: program design, administration, and case management.
Vendor governance
Administration is critical to the success of your programs, but can be hard to manage. We focus on optimizing your outsourced vendor relationships by improving both the sponsor and participant experience, maximizing the effectiveness of operations, improving service provider relationships, and streamlining administrative practices.
Audits and administration
Annual audits are a critical way for employers to promote vendor accountability. We craft custom audit strategies that allow you to satisfy your fiduciary responsibilities, monitor healthcare vendors, create corrective action plans where necessary, and contain rising healthcare costs.
Global health
As companies grow globally and become more complex, it gets harder to navigate international differences in benefits. We serve as a trusted advisor to multinational employer organizations across all program aspects, including global benefit management, multinational pooling and risk financing, and expatriate and global mobility.