Empowering Employers
Empowering employers with the data and tools to make smarter benefits decisions, negotiate better rates, and lower healthcare costs for their workforce.
Policy ·Employer
Unpacking the mechanics and award sizes of the IDR process
Actuary Tia Goss Sawhney unpacks the No Surprises Act's independent dispute resolution process: how qualifying payment amounts are set, why awards run so high, and what self-funded employers can do.
Podcast · Episode 2 · September 2026 · 42 min
Employer
Verification Has Replaced Belief: What Self-Funded Employers Can Now Check, and What Happens When They Do
Self-funded employers are opening renewals of 39, 33, and 100 percent. The negotiated rates behind their network discount and what their vendors are paid are now public, and the employers who rebuilt their plans started by checking both.
September 2026 · 7 min read
The market only works when prices are visible
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