How benefit advisers can help with the ‘nightmare’ of health care delivery

Published July 31, 2014 2:03 PM EDT Updated July 31, 2014 2:06 PM EDT 2 Min Read

The logistics of health care have become a nightmare that goes way beyond the purchase of a medical plan, said a speaker at Employee Benefit Advisers Workplace Benefits Mania in Las Vegas Wednesday. While the shift towards consumer-driven health care attempts to solve some of those logistical challenges, benefit advisers could and should play a crucial role in helping employers and employees understand the new health care delivery system.

If there is one thing I want [brokers] to think about, its that we need to become more than a transaction, because the transaction is hard enough, said Frederick Karutz, senior vice president, business development, at ConnectedHealth.

Brian M. Kalish

Online Managing Editor, Health Care Group

Kalish is a fomer managing editor of SourceMedia’s Employee Benefits Group.

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