This webinar features Candace Shaffer from Purdue University and Natalie Roberts from Monarch Beverage Company discussing how their companies have leveraged the RAND Hospital Price Transparency findings in their health care strategies.
Ryan Olmstead, MPH
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With 20 years of experience in healthcare benefits, I have provided strategic guidance to employers, ranging from hands-on health and welfare benefits consulting to mission-oriented marketplace education and advocacy. At Catalyst for Payment Reform, I strategized and delivered membership programming to 30+ of the country’s most innovative purchasers, published 80+ pieces of thought leadership to educate employers and the broader marketplace on value-based purchasing strategies, managed a large funder grant and was instrumental in its $2.5M renewal, and generated $300K-$400K annual recurring revenue from memberships and other products and services. At Mercer, I facilitated complex healthcare procurements and consulting engagements for Fortune 500 employers representing up to $600M+ in annual benefits spend.
I bring expertise in several areas, including strategic account management/customer success, consultant relations, business development/revenue growth, benefits/healthcare innovation, and grant administration. My commitment to advancing healthcare purchasing innovation is evident in my published works and leadership roles across diverse teams. This site links to my writings, podcast interviews, original research, tools, and events I’ve hosted over the last several years.
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With healthcare a large part of an employer’s budget, embracing big data is more important than ever.
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Genetic testing presents bioethical issues in benefits.
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Given the effort for purchasers to implement innovative benefit and network designs, they must also have a communications strategy. CPR worked with large purchasers and Benz Communications on this Toolkit.
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Find out how Self-Insured Schools of California (SISC) achieved a significant reduction in its cost trend and PMPM savings by overhauling its pharmacy benefit, implementing a waste free formulary.
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Here are recommended questions for your upcoming renewals.
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This How-To Guide helps employer-purchasers tackle substance use disorders. Various consequences of these diseases are likely impacting your organization’s health care costs, workplace safety and productivity.
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What do the letters V, Q, P, and D have in common? Besides being the remaining letters in your Scrabble tile holder, they also can make or break your health care strategy, individually and collectively. Hear us out below.
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Pharmacy spend eats up 20 cents for every health care dollar a purchaser spends. Purchasers are very concerned about the high price of prescription drug costs, seeking ways to increase the value of their pharmacy dollars.
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