Insights

Preparing for Renewal Season: Key Strategies to Strengthen Your Negotiating Position

Benefits renewal negotiations are won before they begin. Discover how early planning, claims analysis, vendor evaluation, and benchmarking can strengthen your negotiating position and help control long-term healthcare costs.

Pharmacy Cost Containment Beyond Traditional PBM Models

Rising prescription drug costs are pushing employers to rethink traditional PBM arrangements. This article explores alternative pharmacy cost containment strategies including transparent PBMs, carve-out programs, specialty drug oversight, and clinical management approaches that improve visibility and long-term savings.

Benefits Budgeting for 2027: Building a More Predictable Cost Strategy

As employers prepare for the 2027 planning cycle, benefits budgeting is becoming more data-driven and strategic. This article explores forecasting methods, trend analysis, and financial modeling techniques that can help organizations reduce renewal surprises and create more predictable healthcare spending.

Benefits as a Tool for Employee Retention in 2026

Mar 12, 2026

Employee turnover remains a challenge in 2026, and benefits strategy plays a growing role in retention. Discover how healthcare, pharmacy management, mental health support, and financial security benefits influence whether employees stay or leave, and how employers can design benefits programs that strengthen workforce stability.

TrumpRx and Group Insurance: What Employers Should Be Watching

Feb 25, 2026

TrumpRx is emerging as an alternative to traditional PBM contracting structures. While it does not replace employer-sponsored group insurance, it may influence pricing pressure, formulary shifts, and contract negotiations. Here’s what employers need to understand and why pharmacy contract visibility still matters.

Direct Primary Care: Can It Work for Your Organization?

Feb 12, 2026

Direct Primary Care offers employers an alternative approach to primary care by prioritizing access, prevention, and predictable costs. This article explores how the DPC model works, where it fits within a broader benefits strategy, and key considerations for organizations evaluating new care delivery options.