Health Payer Intelligence December 23, 2019
Kelsey Waddill

Employer activism is a trend that has gained traction in the past few years and could shape payers’ 2020 strategies, but it has yet to be well-defined.

Born under the pressure of skyrocketing healthcare spending, employer activism enables employers to take control of their companies’ healthcare spending, in a way that could both strengthen and complicate their relationships with payers.

Understanding this emerging trend could prove influential in payers’ strategies moving into 2020.

“Employer activists are employers who are engaging with physicians either directly or through their health plan administrator to improve health care delivery and affordability through accountable care organizations (ACOs), centers of excellence, high-performance networks, or similar arrangements,” Steve Wojcik, vice president of public policy at the National...

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