Tag: health care
Watch CEO’s Presentation on Strategies to Reduce Total Cost of Care
Watch a replay of our CEO, Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, present at the Houston Business Coalition on Health on How to Reduce Total Cost of Care Through Organizational Culture. Joining him as a presenter is Ray Fabius, MD, Co-Founder and President of HealthNEXT.
Available Support
We are available to support you in your strategy, design, compliance, financial, and monitoring needs. Our team includes business and human relations leaders, finance experts, actuaries, clinicians, behavioral health experts, pharmacy experts, and legal resources to guide you through the strategy and compliance process. Please contact us: [email protected].
Webinar Replay: A “Dope” Response to Pharmacy Transparency
Watch a replay of the third webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s Hidden Opportunities, Strategic Compliance Series, which focuses on why the new pharmacy transparency law will not increase transparency; will increase costs, administration, and litigation risk; and how to effectively respond.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Jack Towarnicky, LLM, JD, MBA, CEBS, attorney, strategy and compliance consultant
- Scott McKibbin, strategy and pharmacy consultant
Objective
Beyond basic compliance, this series addresses how to strategically leverage the No Surprises Act to create a competitive financial advantage for both the plan sponsor and plan participants. This session focuses on leveraging Acquisition Cost Based Pharmacy Pricing as well as Behavioral Design and Messaging as an example of a strategic action organizations can take to optimize this compliance opportunity.
Pharmacy Transparency Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn:
- Transparency is a misnomer – New rules don’t provide transparency
- Pharmacy is likely to continue to be rather “opaque”
- The conundrum – mere compliance will likely increase costs, administration, and litigation risk
- How to use Acquisition Cost Based Pharmacy Pricing as well as Behavioral Design and Messaging as examples of strategic actions to:
- Avoid what can be avoided
- Provide true transparency with pharmacy benefits
- Empower consumers to make better, more clinically appropriate decisions
- Communicate all negatives as the result of compliance
- Inform/educate consumers (before they become patients)
Available Support
We are available to support you in your strategy, design, compliance, financial, and monitoring needs. To that end, our team of consultants, including actuaries, clinicians, behavioral health, pharmacy, and legal resources are available to guide you through the compliance process. Please contact us: [email protected].
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Watch the Hidden Opportunities: Preserving the Harvest…Leveraging HSAs Webinar Replay below, or via Rumble or YouTube.
Webinar Replay: Preserving the Harvest…Leveraging HSAs
Watch a replay of the second webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s Hidden Opportunities, Strategic Compliance Series, which focuses on Surpassing Mere Compliance and includes an example of leveraging Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to use tax preferences to finance what can’t/shouldn’t be avoided, promote financial well-being, and make benefits more distinctive in talent attraction and retention.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Jack Towarnicky, LLM, JD, MBA, CEBS, attorney, strategy and compliance consultant
- Kelley C. Long, CPA/PFS, CFP®, accountant, financial well-being planner, coach, and consultant
Objectives
Beyond basic compliance, this series addresses how to strategically leverage the No Surprises Act to create a competitive financial advantage for both the plan sponsor and plan participants. This session focuses on Surpassing Mere Compliance and includes Reference Based Pricing as an example of a strategic response to use tax preferences to “preserve the harvest” by financing tax effectively what can’t/shouldn’t be avoided with the No Surprises Act.
Leveraging HSAs Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn:
- Why the No Surprises Act is likely to be inflationary – increasing employer and employee costs
- How employees are financially fragile and aren’t prepared for out-of-pocket expenses
- Why Transparency Rules present opportunities to help employees become better consumers
- How to communicate all negatives as necessary due to compliance
- How HSA-eligible coverage with an HSA is one strategic action you can take to:
- Use tax preferences to finance what can’t/shouldn’t be avoided
- Use design levers to reduce plan and participant cost
- Create a distinctive design to attract and retain talent (self-selection)
Available Support
We are available to support you in your strategy, design, compliance, financial, and monitoring needs. To that end, our team of consultants, including actuaries, clinicians, behavioral health, pharmacy, and legal resources are available to guide you through the compliance process. Please contact us: [email protected].
Watch
Watch the Hidden Opportunities: Preserving the Harvest… Leveraging HSAs Webinar Replay below, or via Rumble or YouTube.
