The National Business Coalition on Health has is launching two risk solution programs focused on pharmacy benefits and musculoskeletal management, in an effort to help employers focus on value-based benefit programs from their employees.
Here are five key notes:
1. Charles Smithers, Interim CEO for NBCH, believes they can employers recover from excessive healthcare costs, with better health outcomes.
2. In partnership with National Employers' Choice Rx, NBCH estimates a 15 percent to 25 percent savings with a healthcare spend reduction of 2 percent to 3 percent compared to conventional PBMs.
3. Another program partnership with Integrated Mechanical Care offers a guaranteed savings of at least 2.5 percent to 10 percent to employers.
4. IMC are a musculoskeletal management group that uses evidence, analytics, and proprietary guidelines to resolve orthopedic conditions, minimize lost work time, and reduce pain and disability recurrence rates.
5. NBCH plans to extend these risk solution services to other areas, including ambulatory surgery centers.
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