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EDHC Introduces the National Marketplace for Planned Medical Procedures.
31-Oct-2011
Employer Direct Healthcare unlocks the power of competition in healthcare for the benefit of all participants: health plan sponsors, plan members, and healthcare providers. Arboretum Health delivers the tools to enable plans to direct their members toward efficient, high quality providers.
Plans save through lower total procedure costs, independent case review eliminating unnecessary procedures, and improved patient care quality reducing complications, re-dos and recovery time.
Plan members share in the cost savings and quality improvement. For plan members, Arboretum Health is an enhancement to their existing plan benefits.
Employer Direct Healthcare is the first and only Hotwire / Priceline service for planned medical procedures. Providers with excess capacity have the opportunity to offer additional financial incentives shared with both the plan and the member. The platform also creates the opportunity for suppliers (implantable devices, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment) to offer financial incentives directly to the plan and the patient. Arboretum Health is the first true competitive market for healthcare.
Employer Direct Healthcare is a supplemental network that can be added to any health plan by the plan sponsor (if self-insured) or by the plan carrier (if fully insured).