Posts by Strategic Healthplan Consulting LLC

Have you ever purchased something with certain expectations, only to find that they either exceeded what you thought you bought, or were disappointed in the purchase? And sometimes we think that certain things are similar when in fact they are different – either better or worse. We assume that because some things appear to be the same…

Like Liberty Mutual’s car insurance advertising – “only pay for what you need” – would you like to maximize cash flow and free up funds for other needs? Would you like to eliminate those expenses charged by an insurance company that you really don’t need? Your health plan you can do just that. Self-funding your…

An Electrical Cooperative in Northern Colorado discovered that there was a better way to provide health plan to their employees than the traditional program that they had had for years. The group had been participating in a nationwide Association Plan which was fully insured through a major insurance company. They thought that because they were…

Let’s agree on the obvious: businesses are trying to survive in many different ways from the effects of COVID 19 – financially, administratively, safety protocols, health of employees, etc. The survival of the business requires a great deal of focus on the immediate needs during this time. Understandably, businesses have to keep their eye on…

Rather than write my typical article about the cost of healthcare and what you can do about it, I thought it might be beneficial to give you a little insight into the upcoming webinar this Thursday morning at 9:00 AM MDT. I know that the some invitations don’t necessarily give you all the information needed to make…

There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding upcoming health insurance renewals. About two-thirds of all companies in the U.S. have their group health insurance renewal in January. I have talked to a number of health insurance underwriters recently and they are a bit perplexed about how the rate increases will look like in the fourth quarter.…