Direct-to-employer contracting: What healthcare providers need to know

Healthcare providers face an array of challenges in the current healthcare landscape: increased industry consolidation, pressure on margins, price transparency requirements, legislative uncertainty, and managing the ongoing public health crisis—to name just a few. As the organizations tasked with providing high-quality care in this ever-changing, uncertain environment, it can be hard to prioritize and determine the best path forward to support a mission and achieve profitability. Perhaps more now than ever before, direct-to-employer contracting is proving to be an excellent revenue stabilization strategy and competitive differentiator.  

In this report, we’ll explore the:  

• Growing momentum behind direct-to-employer contracts, with a focus on two key pressures that they can help healthcare providers alleviate 
• Primary forms of direct-to-employer arrangements 
• Five essential considerations for any healthcare providers looking to pursue direct-to-employer arrangements