Donovan Ryckis, an accidental healthcare advocate, left the securities industry after saving a client 40% on healthcare costs. He now helps employers control healthcare costs by aligning interests, disclosing financial data, and removing conflicts of interest inherent in the brokerage insurance sales model. He believes that employers can control healthcare costs and aims to inform employers who cover 183 million Americans.
#1 4 Categories of Risk
There are just 4 ways to deal with Risk - Retain, Transfer, Avoid, Reduce.
Let’s move away from just Retaining the risk and then transferring more to the employees by understanding these categories.
#2 Understanding Frequency, Cost and Severity of Claims
Lowering and reducing claims isn’t about the medical conditions of employees. Understand the nature of claims and how they’re billed.
#3 A better Framework for structuring benefits
Take away a framework on understanding these categories and how to ask your current Healthcare advisor on how you can apply these strategies for a comprehensive strategy.
Understanding Healthcare Strategy in just 4 moves
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