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Sample Cost Containment
We also present trends and innovations with direct interaction to our clients during our strategic planning sessions.
We outline trends and next practices and then prioritize with VNAC whether those are immediate or future
implementation considerations. Please refer to Exhibit I for Sample Best Practices for Innovations and
Considerations.
We are consistently researching the next innovations and solutions in employee benefits to stay ahead of the curve.
With these values in mind, we believe in researching and testing solutions. The following is a brief list of trending
cost containment strategies for an organization such as VNAC to consider:
Risk Management
CBIZ proprietary Wellbeing Solutions is a tool used to evolve from wellness to wellbeing while leveraging the
resources of current systems and processes
Evaluating Network Performance related high performance or narrow networks
Financial wellbeing resources integrating health and retirement benefits in a communication and education
strategy to optimize employee engagement
Utilization
Patient Center Medical Home adoption and copy differentials
to drive behavior
Alternate support settings, onsite clinics optimization and
telemedicine as tools to lower utilization cost of health care
Transparency tools to lower cost and employee out of pocket
expense
Programs such as Dialysis carve out as tools to reduce
expense
Shared primary health clinics or options similar to BCBS
Spira clinics to ensure access to primary care for your
members.
Funding
Well-designed self-funded plans as a tool to reduce plan
expense and minimize ACA fees and taxes, evaluate carve-out versus carve-in services
Data analytics tools to benchmark, identify and mitigate costly utilization patterns and evaluate self-funding
risk trends
Captive insurance arrangements
Pharmacy
Pharmacy management as a tool to eliminate redundancy of drugs, while managing at risk interactions
Pharmacy concierge programs to assist members and the plan in how to best manage their pharmacy costs.