Intelligence
Reverse-chronological coverage of deals, platform launches, benefit design shifts, and the operating mechanics behind direct contracting.
Oxbridge Health closed a $45 million Series B and opened 2027 quotes for self-funded employers in four states, proposing guaranteed episode prices and employer-defined allowances. Its 10%–25% savings claim remains a projection.
Read the analysisAon introduced Access Choice, an employer-facing route to curated direct-to-consumer healthcare options across weight management, diagnostics and women's health, with broader activation expected in early 2027.
Read the analysisThe Association for Direct Care is pushing six federal policy reforms to make employer-provider direct contracting easier to implement, expand, and scale.
Read the analysisDigbi Health has added menopause and hormone replacement therapy care to its existing employer and health-plan platform, allowing 300+ contracted organizations to add the service without another standalone point solution.
Read the analysisIncluded Health is launching two health plan configurations for self-insured employers that combine primary care, navigation, network design and embedded specialty partners into a more integrated alternative to legacy carrier-led plans.
Read the analysisBlackwell Captive Solutions is making Apta Cash available to employers in its medical stop-loss captive programs, embedding negotiated cash-pay healthcare into self-funded plan infrastructure.
Read the analysisWaltz Health and Fresenius Kabi are giving employers and plan sponsors direct access to three specialty biosimilars through transparent per-unit pricing plus a disclosed flat fee.
Read the analysisHendry County School District is partnering with Hendry Regional to give employees on its self-funded plan near-zero-cost access to primary care, diagnostics, pharmacy, and specialty services beginning October 1.
Read the analysisCuraechoice is adding Chrysalis Health's 80+ outpatient locations and virtual behavioral health services to its no-cost care model for self-funded employers.
Read the analysisCorpus Christi approved a three-year, $5.7 million agreement with Next Level Urgent Care for employee primary, urgent, and preventive care — a useful example of employer purchasing helping support local care expansion.
Read the analysisThe Association for Direct Care has launched with employers, clinicians, purchaser groups, and healthcare companies pushing a federal policy agenda around direct contracting, claims-data access, transparency, and ERISA protections.
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