Many large self funded employers have, in the past, considered establishing their own Employer Sponsored Health Clinic (ESHC) but have determined it did not fit their business model for a number of reasons. However, with the advent of Obamacare and the pressures being applied to the health care delivery system, it might be time to revisit and reconsider.
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By William Rusteberg
Today we find ourselves in a dynamic and somewhat unpredictable market, particularly the political dimensions as government interference in health care continues to evolve. However, we do know, to a large degree, how we will be affected and what we must do to survive in each of our individual and unique places in health care.
RiskManagers.us was a co-guest speaker and panelist at the Physician Hospital Association meeting in New Orleans on September 19. The topic of the discussion was “How to Contract Directly With The Self-Funded Community and Win Every Time.” William Rusteberg and Harvey Billig, M.D., conducted the session which included a brief 20 minute overview followed by a question and answer session with the attendees.
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“What the ACA has done is put all 300 million-plus Americans in the mode of thinking about health care,” said Jim Winkler, a chief innovation officer at Aon Plc. (AON) The London-based company runs the private exchange that will serve Walgreen’s employees……You’ve got CEOs reading articles and going to conferences, and that leads to a lot of discussions with Finance and HR about, ‘What are you going to do to solve our health-care cost problem?’”
“The companies realized they cannot continue to be a social insurance system for the American people,” he said by e-mail. Businesses, he said, have been “woken up by the ACA.”
