“For the fifth year, KelseyCare has been rated ‘the most cost-effective plan in the market."

Hewitt Associates has just released the latest findings of its annual Health Value Initiative survey, which benchmarks all health plans in all major metropolitan areas on both quality measures and total cost. For the fifth year, KelseyCare has been named by Hewitt Associates as “the most cost-effective plan in the market” for the greater Houston area. Click here to read the the full report.

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According to Hewitt Associates, KelseyCare’s cost effectiveness is 19% better than the average PPO, 22% better than the average POS plan, and 14% better than the HMO market average. The analysis normalizes for plan design and demographics.

Shouldn’t you be getting the advantage of KelseyCare? With this level of savings, and Kelsey-Seybold Clinic’s undisputed reputation for quality and convenience, every employer in the greater Houston area with more than 50 employees, should be putting KelseyCare to work for their employees and their bottom line.

KelseyCare delivers quality and enrollee satisfaction. KelseyCare also regularly outscores other plans on quality measures and enrollee satisfaction. Here are a few examples: KelseyCare regularly scores above the market average on quality measures in the Hewitt Health Value Initiative. Our KelseyCare Advantage plan, designed specifically for seniors, is the only Medicare Advantage plan in this area to receive the coveted “5 Star Rating” from Medicare for health plan quality. Kelsey-Seybold physicians were recently recognized by the National Commission for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for excellence in management of diabetic patients. KelseyCare regularly scores higher than traditional plans on important enrollee satisfaction measures in the annual Consumer Assessment of Health Plan Satisfaction, an independent, national benchmarking study.

KelseyCare is a popular choice. When employers offer KelseyCare – employees choose it in large numbers, and stick with it. You’ll hear from our competitors that “no one will choose a select network,” and “you can already get the advantages of KelseyCare through our PPO plan.” False, on both counts. Here are the facts: more than 50% of H-E-B’s Houston-area employees choose KelseyCare from a menu of plans including PPO’s. More than 40% of St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System employees – very discriminating health care consumers – choose KelseyCare from a menu of options including PPO’s and HDHP’s. Employees just plain like the plan design and affordability. Company leadership is pleased with the employee satisfaction and the cost savings to the bottom line. Take the opportunity to talk with our references – and find out for yourself what their experience has been with KelseyCare versus its competitors.

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If you’re not offering KelseyCare – you’re not getting the full benefit of cost savings.  You can’t get this level of cost savings from a PPO or POS plan. Large listings of providers are unable to operate seamlessly in a “coordinated care model,” focused on prevention, early identification and ongoing intervention, connected by electronic medical records 24/7. With KelseyCare, you’re putting a true “Accountable Care Organization” (ACO) to work for your company. In study after study, Accountable Care Organizations like the Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Scott and White, Geisinger Clinic and others consistently deliver above-average quality and below-average cost.  Read the studies and journal articles on this Web site – from The New Yorker, the The New York Times and the Dartmouth Atlas of Health.

Offer KelseyCare on your plan menu. Allow your employees to choose the plan design that works best for them – from a menu of options. Our employer partners always offer KelseyCare as a “choice.” That way, employees and their family members can decide what level of spending, savings and plan design works best for them. In our experience with H-E-B, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System, Spring ISD and many others – the KelseyCare option is popular and highly selected when offered.

There’s plenty of evidence that the KelseyCare model works. If you’re not putting KelseyCare to work for your company, you’re spending more than you need to on employee health benefits.

Put KelseyCare to work for you company. We invite you to find out more about KelseyCare. Call our representative for a personalized quote and meeting. Contact Shaina Carr at 713-442-0067 or Shaina.Carr@kelsey-seybold.com to schedule a meeting with Ann Cook, Mark Lamendola and Christine Tricoli.

Organized systems of care deliver superior results
KelseyCare's model of coordinated care is the same used by the most trusted names in health care, such as the Mayo Clinic, Kaiser-Permanente, the Geisinger Clinic and Scott & White Clinic. With KelseyCare, you gain access to quality health care provided by the collaborative practice of Kelsey-Seybold physicians. This model offers advantages not available with large network PPO plans, as shown in the following chart:

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