Embracing Transparency and Fiscal Responsibility: The Quest for Medicare-inspired Pricing Strategy

Major business organizations tend to use a self-funded, Medicare-based insurance plan. If you ask them what factors propelled them to transition out of their insurance plan, you’ll get to know they turned to what is known as “reference-based pricing” after seeing double-digit rate increases with each renewal of their carrier’s plan.  This scenario is frustrating…

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Is Reference-Based Pricing a Cost-Cutting Tool for Employers?

Cost-caps for health plans are gaining popularity. A relatively new solution to controlling health plan expenses, Medicare reference-based pricing (RBP), has been buzzing among employers and advisers alike. Referral-based pricing from Medicare lets employers save too, allowing them to control short- and long-term health care costs. In spite of all the buzz about reference-based pricing,…

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