Design Dictates Disruption with Lee Lewis

Healthcare costs keep rising, but many employers are still approaching benefits the same way they did 20 years ago. And those who are taking a more radical approach might want to consider these three words: design dictates disruption.

Lee Lewis, Chief Strategy Officer and GM of Medical Solutions at the Health Transformation Alliance, shares a blueprint for getting the lower costs you need while rocking the boat (or pirate ship—tune in to learn more) just the right amount. 

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How to reduce healthcare disruption through smarter benefit design
• Why simplicity helps employees make better healthcare decisions
• The ABC framework employers use to strengthen healthcare benefits 

Highlights:

(00:00) Meet Lee Lewis

(01:41) Why employers are embracing healthcare innovation

(02:23) How alternative health plans simplify care

(05:20) Does innovation always create disruption?

(07:09) What makes a modern Center of Excellence work

(12:00) Why employees just want "the good doctor"

(17:10) The biggest barriers preventing change

(19:55) Lee's playbook for improving benefits plans

(26:27) Why behavioral health access matters

(33:03) Why trust changes healthcare outcomes

(35:07) Predictions for the future of employer healthcare

Resources:

Nancy Ryerson’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyryerson/

Lee Lewis’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leewlewis/ 

Health Transformation Alliance’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/health-transformation-alliance/