The Challenge: Control health insurance cost increases while continuing to meet employee coverage expectations.
The Challenge: Control health insurance cost increases while continuing to meet employee coverage expectations.
With a history of 14 to 15 percent annual health insurance cost increases, the Oregon Research Institute (ORI) enlisted broker Pacific Benefit Consultants, plan service provider Manley Services, and insurer PacificSource Health Plans to develop an innovative approach to controlling costs while continuing to meet employee expectations.
ORI is a Eugene, Oregon-based non-profit research institute dedicated to developing a greater understanding of the causes, treatment, and prevention of social and medical problems. ORI’s focus is on studying human behavior and developing programs to improve health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities.
ORI has been a PacificSource Health Plans client since 1998. They employ over 200 scientists and staff who tend to be highly educated, health conscious, well-informed, and have high expectations of their healthcare providers and employer-provided benefits. The staff is composed of 70 percent women and 30 percent men, with an average age of 47. As an institute largely funded by federal grants, ORI is subject to oversight by funding agencies and federal regulations affecting how it structures benefits.
