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Over the last four posts, we’ve moved from the annual renewal problem to a more useful question: How can employers improve the way employees actually[...]

Yesterday we looked at why self-funded employers have a more direct interest in the actual cost of care. Now let’s connect that with Direct Primary[...]

In yesterday’s post, we looked at Direct Primary Care as a better front door to the health care system. But better access is only part[...]

Yesterday I made the case that employers need more than a better insurance renewal. They need a better health care strategy. A good place to[...]

For a lot of employers, the annual health insurance renewal meeting feels like a bad version of Groundhog Day. The numbers change. The frustration doesn’t. Premiums[...]

Do you have a health savings account (HSA) with your health insurance plan? Recent changes in U.S. tax law have made HELPcare Clinic's already-affordable membership[...]

What if employers could improve care for employees while reducing one of the largest categories of health plan spending? Brian McQuilkin and Jake Hoeppner of[...]

Most employers don’t really want to buy health insurance. They want their employees and families to be able to get excellent health care when they[...]

Two years ago, Mower County was facing the same frustrating situation confronting employers throughout the country. Its health insurance costs kept increasing, but county leaders[...]

For years, employers have been told that health insurance is the solution to their health care problem. So every year they sit through the renewal[...]

Health care costs keep going up. Wages aren’t keeping up. And in southeastern Minnesota, employers are often paying 60-70% more than employers in the Twin Cities for[...]

What if your primary care provider wasn’t just looking for disease — but looking for optimal health? That’s exactly why I’m excited to introduce Sara[...]