What should be part of your health plan dashboard? And what are some practical checklist items to work on if you want to have an affordable and high quality employer health plan? In Part 3 of our series from the book 'Save Your Company Don’t Feed the Beast,' Justin shares answers to these questions to help you strengthen your health plan design.

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What is the difference between fully funded, level funded, and self funded? Justin reviews these based on the book, 'Save Your Company Don’t Feed the Beast,' to help employers know the core strategies and types of healthcare insurance.

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In this episode host Justin Thomas, an employee benefits consultant and National Board Certified Health Coach, discusses the book 'Save Your Company, Don't Feed the Beast' by Matt Ohrt. Matt, a renowned thought leader in employer healthcare, implemented a successful medical strategy at Merrill Steel, significantly reducing healthcare costs through innovative approaches like an onsite clinic and a rewarding wellness program. Join Justin as he delves into the key takeaways and the employer healthcare success formula from Matt's book that can help businesses offer high-quality, affordable health benefits.

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Each Friday I like to reflect on the emotions of building custom employer health plans. This work is not for the faint of heart there are lows and highs. Today we briefly reflect on what produced the quote "The work we have done has been transformative."

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Justin complete his notes on the book, "The Company That Solved Healthcare" in this episode. The chapter notes include ideas for small companies wanting to offer better benefits and a recap of the core pillars of a consumer driven health plan.

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Justin shares his takeaways from chapters 6-10 of the book, "The Company That Solved Healthcare" by John Torinus Jr. This episode touches on how company executives need to measure healthcare costs and be change agents, build incentives into their health plans, and make the effort to explore quality providers in their area.

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Justin shares his takeaways from the first five chapters of the book, "The Company That Solved Healthcare" by John Torinus Jr. Facing an increase of over $800k in costs, this book shares how a company executive with a health plan of over 1,000 lives not only avoided this significant cost increase but actually lowered their overall spend by implementing a winning formula. Enjoy part 1 of this book review and be sure to subscribe to our weekly newsletter summarizing all the key points at www.bullbenefits.com/newsletter. Cheers to happy health plans!