Posts by Frank Stichter
Employer Health Alliance
The Employer Health Alliance (EHA) is a network of physicians in Mesa County, Colorado. Grand Junction is the County seat with a population of approximately 71,000 residents. There are 3 hospitals in Mesa County, one of which is a Tertiary Care Facility. EHA was formed by interested employers seeking direct contracts from providers who were…
Read MoreWestern Slope Health Plan Receives National Rosie Award from Health Rosetta
Western Slope Health Plan was selected to receive the prestigious Rosie Award at the Health Rosetta Summit, taking place las month in Denver, Colorado. The award recognizes organizations that have achieved exceptional results by transforming their health plans to deliver better care, lower costs, and improved employee satisfaction. Founded in response to the growing need…
Read MoreCase Study: Western Slope Iron & Supply, Inc.
Company OverviewWestern Slope Iron & Supply, Inc. is a privately owned company that has been a leader in the steel fabrication industry in Colorado since 1974. The company specializes in the fabrication of structural and miscellaneous steel for high-end commercial, industrial, residential, and governmental projects. Their market spans the western United States, including Colorado, Arizona,…
Read MoreEnstrom Candies: A Case Study in Innovative Healthcare Cost Management
Company Overview Enstrom Candies is a renowned, family-owned toffee maker based in Grand Junction, Colorado. With over 60 years of tradition and three generations of family leadership, Enstrom Candies has grown to include multiple locations across Colorado while shipping its premium confectionery products nationwide. Challenge: Managing Rising Healthcare Costs A client since 2014, Enstrom Candies…
Read MoreHOW CIGNA GENERATES HIDDEN REVENUES FROM THEIR PBM
I had the pleasure of meeting Chris Deacon at Health Rosetta in Denver. She is an attorney by profession and was responsible for the Employee Benefits Plan for the State of New Jersey (800,000 members). She is the author of “The Great American Healthcare Heist” https://www.amazon.com/stores/Chris-Deacon/author/B0F8RBX2DV?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true She is a vital voice for the reformation of…
Read MoreAre You Playing the Game—Or Playing to Win?
Are you standing on the sidelines, playing defense, instead of taking control and playing offense? Too many employers today are passive players in the health insurance game. They react to every cost increase handed to them by their insurance company—raising deductibles, increasing out-of-pocket expenses, hiking payroll deductions, or scrambling for a short-term fix by switching…
Read MoreStrategic Healthplan Consulting and IEN Risk Management Announce Exclusive Partnership
CLEVELAND, OH, August 1, 2024 – A new partnership has formed between healthcare’s most innovative health plan architects, IEN Risk Management Consultants (“IEN”), and Strategic Healthplan Consulting (“SHC”), a pioneer in high performing self-funded consulting. This partnership is another step in the significant alignment being made to expand high-performing, clinically led health plans across the…
Read MoreNow This Is A Client Success Story!
How often do you hear from a broker or consultant about how they can save you money, only to find that they changed insurance companies and the savings were only marginal? I can tell you from experience – it happens all the time. We were referred into a Municipality that had a BUCA carrier (Blue…
Read MoreWhat! You say you’re happy with your health insurance cost?
No one is happy with their insurance cost! I hear this all the time from employers or their HR when I call to try to have a chat about how I could help them lower costs. Everyone would like their insurance cost to be lowered. The question I have is “why are they doing something…
Read MoreAre You Shuffling The Chairs On The Deck?
I’ve been in this business for 40 years and I continue to see the same thing that employers are doing every few years, and that is shuffling the chairs on the deck with insurance companies. It’s like Einstein‘s Definition Of Insanity. Employer‘s seem to think that BUCA (Blue Cross, United, Cigna, Aetna) has all the…
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