May 17, 2020 | Alternative Plan Design, Direct-to-Employer Contracting, MedBen University, Prescription, Reference-Based Pricing, Roundtables, Savings, Self-funding, Third party administration
Self-funding provides unique ways to save plans money, and MedBen knows how to deliver those savings, said President & CEO Kurt Harden at the 4th Annual Employer Roundtable Webinar on May 14. “In this time that we’re all trying to look at cost,...
May 3, 2020 | Cost Savings, MedBen Rx, MedBen University, MedBen WellLiving, Municipalities, Reference-Based Pricing, Trend, Webinars
From 2015 to 2019, MedBen’s municipality block saw just a 2.7% trend on total claim costs. At the 14th Annual Municipality Roundtable Webinar on April 30, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Brian Fargus shared that municipality medical costs trended at 3.4%...
Apr 17, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, Direct-to-Employer Contracting, MedBen University, Reference-Based Pricing, Roundtables, Webinars, Wellness
On April 16, MedBen University (MBU) held its first event of the 2020 season with the 5th Annual Broker Roundtable Webinar. This webinar brought together brokers from five states to review cost and utilization trends, market strategies, and ways to help maximize value...
Feb 9, 2020 | Alternative Plan Design, Announcements, Direct-to-Employer Contracting, Government, Health Plan Management, Hospitals, MedBen Rx, MedBen University, Municipalities, Plan Design, Prescription, Private employers, Reference-Based Pricing
Our educational seminar series MedBen University (MBU) offers a range of informative and timely topics about benefit planning. This year’s topics of discussion include: Direct-to-employer contracts and reference-based pricing strategies; Rx solutions that are proven...
Jul 28, 2019 | Announcements, Claims Management, Client Report, MedBen Analytics, MedBen Employees, MedBen Rx, MedBen University, MedBen WellLiving, News, Self-funding, Third party administration
“2019 marks the 30-year anniversary of Medical Benefits Administrators (MBA). The third party administrator began as a subsidiary… but has grown into our signature enterprise” states Kurt Harden, President and CEO of MedBen, in the 2019 Client Report. Over those 30...
Apr 21, 2019 | Alternative Plan Design, Cost Savings, Direct-to-Employer Contracting, MedBen University, Municipalities, Prescription
“In 2018, per-employee net claim costs for our municipality block decreased 4.9% from 2017,” announced MedBen Vice President of Sales & Marketing Brian Fargus at the 13th Annual Municipality Roundtable on April 11. This reduced cost factors both...
