IntoValue Insights | September 2024
At IntoValue, we enable provider organizations’ success with direct-to-employer arrangements.
We are uniquely positioned to enable both providers and self-insured employers to improve employee health and the care experience, all while reducing healthcare costs.
Here, we share some of the most interesting recent thought pieces about innovations in improving employer-sponsored healthcare.
Employer Healthcare Costs | August 2024
A recent Brighton Health Plan report suggests employers are increasingly seeking opportunities to engage with systems of care through new payment models, including direct to employer (D2E) contracting. The report draws on a survey of 150 health benefits executives, largely representing self-funded employers. The report highlighted that only 39% of those surveyed had been approached by systems of care (e.g., health systems, primary care providers, specialty groups). IntoValue enables these same systems of care to confidently approach self-funded employers with comprehensive tools and insights for successful D2E arrangements.
Employee Healthcare Benefits | September 2024
The Broken Benefits podcast featured a former Disney benefits leader, who shared some of her experiences in working directly with health systems to improve employee health, reduce costs, and improve access and satisfaction. Several key principles guided the conversation: (1) the importance of data – employers can often have more and better data than carriers, (2) stop talking about “managing care” – spend time with systems to learn how they can support the employer and support them in running their healthcare businesses, (3) primary care is the foundation of any successful healthcare system. IntoValue’s enablement services support health systems in collaborating directly with employers to deliver high quality, lower cost care.
Employee Healthcare Strategy | August 2024
In its 2025 Employee Health Care Strategy Survey, the Business Group on Health reports that employers should prepare for an 8% healthcare cost trend increase in 2025. The report shares drivers behind the cost increases, including pharmacy costs – especially those associated with GLP-1 medications. Employers are also seeking ways to improve the quality and effectiveness of care delivery partnerships, a core tent of IntoValue’s work with systems of care and employers.
Health Equity | August 2024
The 2024 Deloitte Health Care Consumer survey highlights opportunities to address failures of the US healthcare system to meet women’s healthcare needs. It offers insights into utilization, including delayed or foregone care, as well as suggestions on how employers might contribute to addressing women’s barriers and access to healthcare. Employers play a significant role in defining affordable and attractive benefits. Working directly with health systems and medical groups to improve access, quality, and cost can be another strategy to improving workforce health and wellness while also addressing health equity.