Brian Klepper, PhD, is a healthcare analyst, commentator and entrepreneur. He is founding principal of Worksite Health Advisors. He formerly served as CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health, representing 5,000 employers and unions, and 35 million people in regional business health coalitions.
While it does not solve all problems, virtual care offers a highly flexible, low resource approach that, with many patients, can deliver a positive care experience with equal or better quality at lower cost.
There’s reason to believe that a new crop of pioneers could make healthcare more rational, but will employers embrace them?
There’s reason to believe that a new crop of pioneers could make healthcare more rational, but will employers embrace them?
The truth is that group plans typically earn a percentage of total expenditures, and it is in representatives’ best interest for medical services to cost as much as possible.
It’s vital for benefits managers to do their homework and select the right vendor—or risk losing millions of dollars while making no change to health outcomes.
It’s vital for benefits managers to do their homework and select the right vendor—or risk losing millions of dollars while making no change to health outcomes.
From drug management and reference-based reimbursement to worksite primary care clinics, employers are pursuing new approaches that deliver strong health outcome returns and savings.
Onsite health centers can drive better health outcomes, lower health plan costs and save employers money. But that’s not always the case, says Brian Klepper.
Onsite health centers can drive better health outcomes, lower health plan costs and save employers money. But that’s not always the case, says Brian Klepper.
Health systems do not want to lose money for better health outcomes, say consultants Brian Klepper and Fred Goldstein.