Becker's Healthcare May 25, 2022
An employer-built health plan. It may not be a concept you’ve ever heard of, but those that build and use them will tell you they’re the best kept secret in the world of health insurance. Becker’s decided to explore more about these custom plans that promise to cut out commercial payers altogether and greatly reduce employers’ annual expenses on employee health benefits.
Cristy Gupton is the president of Custom Benefits Solutions, a Morganton, N.C.-based company that assists private employers with building custom-built health plans for their employees. She spoke with Becker’s about how these insurance-free plans contract directly with providers.
“I don’t want employers to think that they themselves, by themselves, have to build it themselves. That’s where we come...