All employee benefit plans are not created the same. While all forward-thinking benefits leaders want to contain their costs by having their plan members access high-value care, the benefit managers at health systems have even more at stake: ensuring their health plan members are turning to the domestic network as much as possible.
This white paper presents the case that domestic utilization is good for a health system's bottom line. Meaning that a health plan is accessing the best rates available to them while also fulfilling their fiduciary responsibility. The paper also shows how domestic utilization should be a plan's North Star and is an opportunity for health plans to motivate their members toward high-quality coordinated care from a trusted team of colleagues.