STAT May 9, 2023
Sitting down with Collective Health’s Ali Diab
I visited Collective Health‘s San Mateo headquarters this week looking for insight into large employers’ projections and digital health buying patterns. Employer customers use Collective Health to choose the providers and benefits they want to offer their workers. CEO Ali Diab told me his company is seeing customers scrutinize their spending more than ever.
The pressure to cut costs has led to growing frustration among employers that large health insurance companies aren’t letting them experiment or mix-and-match providers or benefits, he said. “For an employer, they feel they’re being constrained further and further.”
At the moment, Collective charges employers a fixed, flat fee per month calculated based on the number of employees....