Managed Healthcare Executive June 4, 2024
Peter Wehrwein, Managing Editor

A growing proportion of small- and medium-sized employers are self-insuring. But with self-insurance, comes fiduciary responsibility and possible scrutiny.

Health insurance, like any insurance, is about pooling risk and paying premiums to create some financial cushion against costly events. For years, though, many large employers — what constitutes large means varies, but it’s typically 500 or more employees — have self-insured, meaning they have taken on the responsibility of setting funds aside to pay healthcare claims instead of a health insurer. In other words, they act as their own insurer, although they often hire a health insurer as a third-party administrator (TPA) to process claims and to take advantage of that insurer’s provider networks. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security...

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