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It’s one thing to put together a benefits program. It’s another to design a benefits strategy. One serves your employees today; the other prepares your business for tomorrow and beyond. Health benefits should be clear, affordable, and easy for your employees to use. But too often, hidden fees, complex contracts, and lack of transparency keep you in the dark. It’s time to take control. In this presentation, you will learn the three essential areas to focus on with your benefit programs. You’ll leave with practical insights to uncover inefficiencies, reduce spend, and improve member outcomes. Join us for real talk on what’s broken, what’s working, and what to do next!

Key Takeaways:

• Identify Hidden Costs and Contract Complexities: Understand how hidden fees and murky contract terms impact the overall cost and transparency of healthcare benefits and learn strategies to uncover and address these issues.
• Evaluate and Rethink Benefits Strategies: Gain insights into designing a forward-looking benefits strategy that balances affordability, transparency, and employee usability, preparing your organization for 2026 and beyond. Focusing on quality care and steering to centers of excellence vs. cost shift within the plan.
• Optimize Healthcare Spend and Member Outcomes: Learn innovative new-to-market medical advancements and a different approach to uncover inefficiencies within current benefit programs, reduce unnecessary expenses, and enhance health outcomes for employees.
• Navigate the Evolving Healthcare Landscape: Develop awareness of current industry challenges and opportunities, enabling you to make informed decisions in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.
• Implement Actionable Next Steps: Leave with concrete, practical insights and tools to reframe your benefits approach, improve transparency, and better align your healthcare programs with organizational goals.