The continued rise of health care costs for employers, despiteincreasing efforts to shift some of the expenses to employees—andthe fact that employees are paying more yet using health care less—areleading to some unconventional efforts to solve the costproblem.

According to a Modern Healthcare report,that solution is cutting out the middle man—the insurance company. Whole Foodsin Southern California has done it, making arrangements directlywith the Adventist Health hospital system for a plan that istailored specifically for Whole Foods’ employees.

And the skills the hospital chain gained in accommodating thesupermarket’s needs will be useful as Adventist pivots to scale itsnew care navigation expertise to its whole Medicare-accountablecare organization.

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