Does your health benefits program provide the right care options for your employees and their families? Are you taking appropriate steps to manage costs without sacrificing quality of care?
Core health
Drive performance with the
right core health strategy
Employee health is a critical component of your overall business strategy because it directly impacts workforce engagement, performance, and productivity.
From the creation and planning of your programs to the support of everyday needs and performance, our consultants understand the healthcare landscape and can help you deliver results. We use workshops, structured discovery meetings, and coaching sessions to help you design the right core health strategy that meets your needs today and tomorrow.
To optimize your benefits program and contain costs,
our approach centers around three key elements:
- Link health plan design to the diverse needs of your people
- Promote wellbeing and a culture of health
- Encourage smart, healthy choices
What sets us apart
In-residence sessions
We start every new engagement with on-site visits. These in-residence sessions bring new ideas and practical solutions to the table, driving better service delivery models, improved strategic decision-making, and program excellence.
Actuarial modeling and forecasting
Our healthcare modeler delivers employer-specific health care expense estimates customized to your plan design, employee demographics, and budget-to-actual monthly medical and prescription claims, helping you predict future health care costs.
Healthcare data
Our analytics solution, bEquipped™, supercharges our consulting and gives us ready access to your workforce and claims data. Paired with benchmarks and risk scoring, we provide you with clear, simple, actionable recommendations that generate sustained savings without sacrificing care.
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.
Vendor performance
Our team continually looks for opportunities to negotiate better deals and leverage volume discounts. We also introduce new solutions that can immediately bend your trendline.
Ready to talk?
“We know that organizations who put the needs of their people at the center of their benefit strategy separate themselves from the pack and see the best results – healthier employees, less absenteeism, greater engagement, higher productivity.”
– Kelly Conlin, U.S. Health Practice Leader at Buck
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