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How Self-Funded Employers Are Saving Up to 30% with Reference-Based Pricing

Searching for a solution that would offset fast-rising healthcare costs and provide more savings than a traditional PPO discount, Custom Design Benefits introduced a reference-based pricing (RBP) program for its self-funded plans that is returning great results. When compared to traditional PPO plans, the third party administrator (TPA) reports fixed cost savings of 15-20%, and READ MORE>

Price Transparency a Factor as Self-Funded Employers Realize $10 Million in Savings

Appearing as a guest on an episode of The MiddleGround, Jay Kempton discusses why his Midwest-based TPA firm became involved with the movement toward price transparency in self-funding and how it helped contribute to nearly $10 million in savings by 2015. Kempton explains how partnering with facilities that advertise the costs of medical procedures upfront READ MORE>