Employee Benefit News October 3, 2022
Looking for an innovative and affordable alternative to traditional health insurance for your employer clients this open-enrollment season — one that will also help achieve health plan equity?
Direct payments to providers without the need to submit claims to a third party benefits everyone in the healthcare ecosystem. This mutually beneficial approach allows medical providers to extend discounted services, usually on par and even less than what they collect from Medicare.
A direct-pay network can be set up to cover 85% to 90% of all medical events, which involve everyday acute primary care for both in-person and virtual visits, as well as diagnostics like labs and imaging, and pharmacies. Other layers can be added to the mix that would...