The Recognized Experts in Direct Provider Contracting
Helping employers implement the boldest and most effective method for cutting health plan costs:
Eliminating the managed care middleman and contracting directly with medical providers.
Since 1994, A.J. Lester has helped major self-insured employers build their own directly contracted networks of medical providers. We’ve negotiated direct agreements on behalf of our clients with tens of thousands of doctors and hundreds of hospitals across the U.S. Our strategic consulting has saved our clients millions, helping them break free from the escalating costs and declining service of the profit-bloated managed care industry.
Given the overwhelming influence that managed care companies have over corporate HR departments, direct provider contracting has proven an effective board-level strategy best driven by strong CFO or CEO involvement. Top executives, who know the value of cutting out the middleman from any business transaction, appreciate A.J. Lester’s “outside-the-box” approach and unique strategy of direct provider contracting.
We’ve helped our clients achieve both immediate savings and long-term cost containment through direct provider contracting. While employers have struggled against annual double-digit increases in plan costs, our clients’ average trend has remained flat. After years of having their own networks, our clients’ annual medical costs per employee still run 50-60% below the national average.
Direct provider contracting isn’t for everyone, especially those companies satisfied with the excuses given by their insurance carriers for rising costs and declining service…year after year. It takes a special kind of employer who’s fed up with the excuses and ready to do things differently on their own. A.J. Lester & Associates, Inc. specializes in working with such employers, providing sharp and effective strategies for controlling medical plan costs and regaining ownership of their health plan.
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