The Real Reason Your Renewal Keeps Going Up
A look at the structural reasons most employer health plan renewals climb each year, and what employers can do to break the cycle with proactive, data-driven plan management.
Featuring: Tyson Parker
Video & Podcast Library
Healthcare Insights for C-Suite Leaders
Short, practical video and podcast content from Tyson Parker and Skyler Cleveland on the financial and strategic decisions that shape your employer health plan — pharmacy strategy, plan design, vendor alignment, and more.
Schedule a Strategy SessionHealthcare strategy belongs in the boardroom — and so does the conversation around it. Browse the library below for short clips covering the questions Utah employers ask us most often. New videos and podcast episodes are added regularly.
Cost Management
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The Renewal Negotiation Playbook
What to ask, what to demand, and what to walk away from when your carrier delivers next year's renewal. Tyson Parker on the negotiation moves that consistently reduce double-digit increases.
Featuring: Tyson Parker
Strategy
Aligning Vendor Incentives with Employer Outcomes
Most carriers, brokers, and vendors make more money when your costs go up. Skyler Cleveland on how to choose partners whose incentives are actually aligned with reducing your healthcare spend.
Featuring: Skyler Cleveland
Plan Design
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Self-Funding Fundamentals: When It Makes Sense
Tyson Parker breaks down when a self-funded health plan is the right move for a mid-market employer — the cash-flow realities, the stop-loss math, and the operational lift most brokers gloss over.
Featuring: Tyson Parker
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Level-Funded vs. Fully Insured: Picking the Right Funding Model
A side-by-side look at level-funded, fully insured, and self-funded arrangements — who each one actually fits, what the cost-volatility tradeoffs really are, and how to evaluate quotes apples-to-apples.
Featuring: Skyler Cleveland
Pharmacy
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Pharmacy Spend: The Three Levers Employers Miss
Specialty drugs now drive a disproportionate share of plan costs. Skyler Cleveland walks through three concrete levers — formulary design, PBM transparency, and patient assistance pathways — that materially move the needle.
Featuring: Skyler Cleveland
Compliance
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The 2025 Employer Compliance Checklist
ACA reporting, ERISA, the Mental Health Parity rule, and the latest PCORI and transparency requirements — a plain-English walkthrough of what HR leaders need to have buttoned up this year.
Featuring: Tyson Parker & Skyler Cleveland
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