Picture this: Your employee wakes up sick. They call their primary care doctor - no appointments available for three days. They're told, "Go to urgent care or the ER." So they head to urgent care, where there's no lab or CT scanner. Guess where they end up? The ER.
And there goes $3,000 of your healthcare spend.
This isn't occasional. This is happening every single day.
ER volumes keep climbing year after year. Why? Primary care is overwhelmed. Services in the urgent care are limited. The ER becomes the default option.
And if you've had the misfortune of visiting an ER lately, you might have experienced "hallway care." That's exactly what it sounds like - being treated in a hallway because the rooms are full. And you're still paying premium prices for that hallway real estate.
Many patients who end up in the ER don't actually need to be there. They get discharged home after basic care that could have been provided elsewhere - at a fraction of the cost.
The Solution: Smart Care Navigation
The key isn't just avoiding the ER - it's getting employees to the right care setting the first time. This means:
Direct primary care access
Employer-sponsored clinics
Care navigation services that understand the system
Instead of playing healthcare ping-pong, your employees get directed to the right place immediately. No more urgent care visits that end up in ER transfers. No more unnecessary ER visits for problems that could be handled in a clinic.
Every time your employee ends up in the ER unnecessarily, you're paying thousands of dollars for care that could have cost hundreds. Multiply that by your workforce, and you're looking at serious money walking out the door.
Your health insurance premiums are driven by healthcare costs. Without the right information, your employees can’t make informed healthcare decisions.
Sympl Benefits provides a dedicated team of "Symplifiers" who actively work with employees to:
Connect them with the right care immediately
Bypass the usual bottlenecks
Save thousands per avoided ER visit
Improve employee satisfaction with their healthcare
Healthcare costs aren't rising because care is getting better. They're rising because the system is broken. The question isn't whether you can afford to change your approach - it's whether you can afford not to.
Want to learn more about how companies like yours are changing their healthcare strategy and reducing costs? The solution is simpler than you might think, and the savings are very, very real.
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