EP479: Part 2. What Could Go Wrong Covering High-Cost Claimants With Stop-Loss Reinsurance?

In this second discussion with Andreas Mang and Jon Camire of Blackstone, Stacey Richter has  an advanced discussion on the intricacies of stop-loss reinsurance for high-cost claimants.  This show today, for sure, it's for plan sponsors and anyone on or about plan sponsors; but also listen if you are serving high-cost claimants some other way. Because what you'll learn here today is some insights relative to how plan sponsors go about making sure that they can pay you—like if you work for, for example, some clinical organization. There's a, I don't know, 101 starting point of this conversation if you need it on stop-loss, which is episode 478 from a couple of weeks ago. This show is the, let's say, 201-level conversation that I'm having with Andreas Mang and Jon Camire about, as I said, stop-loss insurance and stop-loss insurance considerations. Emphasizing the importance of eligibility audits and aggregating buying power, the guests highlight best practices to avoid overpaying for coverage and ensuring comprehensive risk management. This episode is sponsored by Havarti Risk, which I am so thankful for. The show, Relentless Health Value, actually does cost an unexpectedly large sum of money to create and produce; so I always appreciate when somebody offers to sponsor a show or help sponsor a show. === LINKS === 🔗  Show Notes with all mentioned links: https://cc-lnk.com/EP479   ✉️  Enjoy this podcast? Subscribe to the free weekly newsletter: https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/join-the-relentless-tribe   🫙  Support the podcast with a small donation to the Tip Jar: https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/join-the-relentless-tribe   🎤  Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed/id892082003?ls=1   🎤  Listen on Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/show/6UjgzI7bScDrWvZEk2f46b   📺  Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RelentlessHealthValue   === CONNECT WITH THE RHV TEAM === ✭ LinkedIn   https://www.linkedin.com/company/relentless-health-value/ ✭ Threads  https://www.threads.net/@relentlesshealthvalue/ ✭ Bluesky   https://bsky.app/profile/relentleshealth.bsky.social ✭ X   https://twitter.com/relentleshealth/   07:47 What are the best practices for plan sponsors to use for stop-loss coverage? 10:11 What are the "unknown unknowns" within stop-loss coverage? 15:25 What are some policy provisions that plan sponsors should be aware of? 19:02 Why is it so important to do eligibility audits? 20:41 What are some common mistakes made with stop-loss coverage among the self-insured? 23:21 What's a panel approach, and why is it important for negotiating stop-loss coverage?