Fixing Healthcare Costs Without Cutting Benefits With Carl Pecoraro & Lindsay Leeder

Healthcare costs keep rising, and most employers feel stuck.Carl Pecoraro, Chairman of the Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund, and Lindsay Leeder, SVP of Labor Union and Trust at Lantern, share how one fund changed that. Carl walks through building a plan with 21-point solutions and holding inflation to 1%. Lindsay brings the provider's view on what better care looks like.In this episode, you'll learn:How to build point solutions that lower long-term healthcare costsWhy primary care access changes outcomes and spendHow better provider experience leads to better patient resultsHighlights:(00:00) How one fund beat healthcare inflation(00:28) Meet Carl Pecoraro and Lindsay Leeder(01:38) Think, feel, do on today's healthcare reality(04:11) Lindsay on primary care and better outcomes(07:05) Building a point solution strategy that works(11:25) Finding Lantern and moving to direct contracting(17:53) Driving utilization through better navigation(21:48) Who the members are and why benefits matter(24:43) Plan design: wellness incentives that actually work(28:59) Fund leaders have more power than they think(33:08) What happens when you get all your vendors in a room(34:46) What the future of healthcare could look likeResources:Nancy Ryerson’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyryerson/Carl Pecoraro’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-pecoraro-93ab4142/ Lindsay Leeder’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-leeder-msn-arnp-6a3740146/ Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Health & Welfare Fund: https://www.cbtfunds.com/