Fierce Healthcare June 24, 2024
UnitedHealthcare is betting big on its Surest unit as the insurer releases new data on where the plan has seen success in the past several years.
The plans first launched as Bind in 2016 and rebranded under the name Surest in 2022. The plan design nixes deductibles and offers pricing details upfront to members before they receive a treatment, with the goal of improving affordability.
Surest is available in 37 states to fully insured employers with at least 51 employees and nationwide for self-funded plans with 51 or more workers. Analysts at Aon compared data on people enrolled in Surest in 2021 and 2022 to a control group and found that Surest drove claims cost savings higher than $400 per...