Transcript: What is a level-funded health plan? 4 ways it may help contain costs

Upbeat jazz music plays as a blue u-shaped logo appears against a white background. The logo unravels

into a ribbon and swipes across the screen, revealing text.

ON SCREEN TEXT: Let’s talk level funding

A man in a suit sits in an office. A white banner appears at the bottom left with blue text.

ON SCREEN TEXT: James Guemple

Regional VP, UnitedHealthcare

JAMES: A level funded product looks and feels just like a fully insured product, with an upside. And the

upside being the opportunity for surplus.

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ON SCREEN TEXT: UnitedHealthcare Level Funded

The text fades and more words take their place as James speaks.

ON SCREEN TEXT: A great strategy for controlling costs

JAMES: The UHC level funded product is a great strategy for controlling costs.

Back in the office with James.

JAMES: The portfolio of plan designs and network strategy allow employers and brokers to select the

right employee benefit strategy and help employers maximize their healthcare spend.

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ON SCREEN TEXT: Transitioning

to level funding

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ON SCREEN TEXT: Client example:

70-80 employees

Looking to control costs

Saved with level funding

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JAMES: And in the first year, they did receive a surplus and they got excited about that.

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connecting them, like a graph. Below the white line, the chart is sky blue. The dots move up and down

before settling in almost a straight line. The first dot is lowest, the second and only orange dot is second

highest, the third dot is slightly lower, and the fourth dot is the highest on the chart. Three yellow lines

radiate out from the orange dot to highlight it. Our view returns to the office.

JAMES: They also catered their plan design and their network strategy to the claims data and the

utilization data that they now received that they didn’t receive with their fully insured incumbent.

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papers. A man in a maroon suit and glasses explains the papers to a more casually dressed man and

woman.

JAMES: They were able to control their cost for an extended period of time.

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ON SCREEN TEXT: Managing risk with level funding

James sits in the office.

JAMES: The right level funding product mitigates the risk associated with the more traditional and more

well-known self-funded products.

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in blue replies with both hands gesturing.

JAMES: The UHC level funded product is going to include two different types of stop loss protections.

Back with James, a blue block appears to the right with white text.

ON SCREEN TEXT: 1. Individual

stop loss

2. Aggregate

stop loss

JAMES: The first is the individual stop loss. Individual stop loss is designed to protect the level funded

plan from large claims. The second stop loss is the aggregate stop loss. The aggregate stop loss is

designed to protect the level funded plan from high claims utilization.

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ON SCREEN TEXT: Eyeing opportunity

for surplus refund

The view returns to James’ office.

JAMES: The most popular reason that an employer considers a level funding plan is the opportunity for a

surplus return at the end of the plan year.

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ON SCREEN TEXT: Claims are lower

than the maximum

claims liability

JAMES: In a best-case scenario, claims are lower than the maximum claims liability. When this happens,

the employer receives a surplus return at the end of the plan year.

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wallet graphic. Three lines appear from the coin to highlight it, then the wallet and coin lower out of

sight and more text appears.

ON SCREEN TEXT: At the end of the plan year

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ON SCREEN TEXT: Using data to manage costs

James sits in the office.

JAMES: Not only does the UHC level funding reporting package allow for an employer and a broker to

make more strategic decisions.

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In a glass-walled conference room, a short-haired woman sits alone, typing at a laptop. She checks her

phone.

Two men wearing ties sit at a restaurant table looking at a computer tablet.

JAMES: It’s actually gonna give the employer a little more control over their healthcare plan.

With James.

JAMES: Some great examples of that is you’ll be able to tell how often are they actually going to urgent

care versus the ER, right? Are they seeing the right in-network physicians?

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sign points right with a speech bubble containing an orange cross. The slightly lower sign points left with

a stethoscope. A third sign under the highest sign also points right and has “ER” on it. The pole grows

smaller and moves left as white text appears on the right side.

ON SCREEN TEXT: The right

network

physicians

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ON SCREEN TEXT: UnitedHealthcare Level Funded

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ON SCREEN TEXT: A more widely talked about product

JAMES: Level funding is definitely becoming a more widely talked about product.

Back in the office.

JAMES: We do see brokers requesting a level funding solution more often and more frequently than

they were a couple years ago, but there’s still a huge opportunity to educate both brokers and

employers.

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ON SCREEN TEXT: Talk to your broker, consultant or

UnitedHealthcare representative

to learn more

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background. Small text appears along the bottom of the screen.

ON SCREEN TEXT: Administrative services provided by United HealthCare Services, Inc. or their

affiliates, and UnitedHealthcare Service LLC in NY. Stop-loss insurance is

underwritten by All Savers Insurance Company (except in CA, MA, MN, NJ and

NY), UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company in MA and MN, UnitedHealthcare

Life Insurance Company in NJ, UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company of New

York in NY, and All Savers Life Insurance Company of California in CA

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ON SCREEN TEXT: United

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