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We’re excited to welcome Edward Costello to the ParetoHealth team as Senior Vice President, National Partnerships. In this role, Ed will lead ParetoHealth’s long-term growth with national consulting firms. He brings more than 20 years of enterprise healthcare experience including leadership roles at Mercer, Labcorp, and meQuilibrium. Ed is a graduate of Bucknell University and earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Please join us in welcoming Ed to the right side of the fight. #ParetoHealth #RightSideOfTheFight #EmployeeBenefits 

Most Fortune 500 companies are self-insured. Why? Because self-insurance gives employers greater control, data transparency, and lower fixed costs. In the past, midsize employers have been slower to adopt self-funding because they didn’t have the scale to absorb the volatility of large claims. Self-funding with a ParetoHealth captive levels the playing field. ParetoHealth gives midsize employers all the advantages of self-funding while adding the stability of a powerful community that lowers volatility and protects against large claims. Check out our latest article to learn how employee benefits captives are redefining self-funding for midsize employers. 👉 Read the article: https://lnkd.in/ekupQxRa #SelfFunding #EmployeeBenefitsCaptives #MidsizeEmployers #ParetoHealth

To the ParetoHealth community—In 2025, you showed up. You made an impact. You helped this community grow stronger than ever.    As we kick off a new year, let's take a quick look back at what the ParetoHealth community accomplished in 2025. Here’s to being on the right side of the fight and your continued success in 2026. #ParetoHealth #RightSideoftheFight

Fully insured vs. self-funded with a ParetoHealth captive: why more midsize employers are rethinking traditional health insurance.  👉 Swipe to compare

For most employers, healthcare is the second-largest expense after payroll. Yet fully insured health plans keep employers stuck managing this investment one year at a time. 👉 For a 150-employee company, healthcare typically exceeds $2 million per year. 👉 With annual medical trend currently at 9.5%, that’s $33 million spent on healthcare over the next decade. If this were any other $33 million line item, leaders would ask: 🔹 What can I do to lower this spend? 🔹 How do I get more value for every dollar I’m spending? Addressing these questions requires moving beyond year-to-year health plan renewals and adopting a multiyear benefits strategy to take control of healthcare costs and maximize the value of benefits for employees. Learn what a multiyear benefits strategy looks like in practice. Read the full article👇 https://lnkd.in/eVSpastG

👋 Please join us in welcoming our newest team members! We wrapped up our final Philly Week of 2025 with an outstanding group of new hires. The December class immersed themselves in our mission, heard from leaders across the organization, and built meaningful relationships that will fuel their success long after their first month. We’re inspired by their energy and excited for the impact they’ll make. Welcome to ParetoHealth! #ParetoHealth #RightSideoftheFight #PhillyWeek

Business Group on Health’s (BGH) latest trends report signals that 2026 may be one of the toughest years yet for healthcare affordability.    As the leading nonprofit representing employers on workforce strategy and healthcare, BGH brings critical insight into the challenges ahead.    According to BGH, employers must be “willing to disrupt the current benefits approach to drive improved accountability and outcomes.” The message is clear: employers and their consultants need to rethink the status quo. A challenging landscape, yes. But also an opportunity to reset the healthcare cost trajectory and build a strategy that reduces volatility and maximizes the value of benefits for employees. Worth a read for employers and consultants preparing for 2026. 👇 https://lnkd.in/e854gH56   #HealthcareAffordability #EmployeeBenefits #2026Trends 

27,000 a Year for Health Insurance: A Wake-Up Call  https://lnkd.in/eU5wA8Cj At the ParetoHealth Members’ Meetings this year, we had the privilege of hosting Zack Cooper, whose work consistently clarifies what’s truly driving America’s healthcare affordability crisis. Zack's latest New York Times piece, “$27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?”, is a must-read. He lays out what employers and families feel every day: skyrocketing healthcare spending is eroding wages, straining businesses, and widening inequality.  At ParetoHealth, we see firsthand how unsustainable costs threaten employers and employees alike.  That’s why we’re committed to giving midsize employers:   - Unmatched scale  - Volatility protection  - Cost containment levers  - Data transparency  - A powerful community Grateful to Zack for continuing to push this conversation forward. Highly recommend giving this article a read.

What can healthcare learn from the NFL? More than you might think.    The NFL uses unified data across all 32 teams, tracking everything from helmets to GPS movement, to prevent injuries and improve healthcare outcomes.  That’s the power of data transparency and scale. At ParetoHealth, we’re bringing that same level of insight to midsize employers. We don’t just collect data. We turn it into action. Through the Pareto Risk Shield, our Savings Engine, and a like-minded community that shares best practices, we help employers make data-informed decisions to take control of healthcare costs and maximize the value of benefits for employees.    Because better outcomes start with scale and they're fueled by data transparency.     This mindset drives the ParetoHealth community. And it’s why our community grows stronger every day.     👉 Read the article: https://lnkd.in/gtqqvD6E #RightSideoftheFight #NFL #FlyEaglesFly #GoBirds 🦅

ParetoHealth welcomes First Stop Health to the Pareto Savings Engine  https://lnkd.in/gFHFn4Pv More than 75 million Americans live in areas with primary care shortages. These critical access gaps lead to delayed diagnoses and poor health outcomes.     That’s why we’re excited to announce that First Stop Health is now available to Pareto Members through the Pareto Savings Engine. This collaboration expands access to virtual primary care for more than 4,000 employers and 1.3 million people, helping to close critical gaps in primary care. Here’s what this collaboration means for Pareto Members and their employees: 🔹 Affordable care: Unlimited virtual primary care and urgent care visits at no cost to the patient.   🔹 Fast and easy access to providers: Urgent care visits are available in less than five minutes, and primary and mental health appointments are available in three days or less.  🔹Impactful outcomes: Employers saved an average of $1,100 per-in-network referral. 80% of patients saw improvement in blood pressure and glucose levels in just three to five sessions with no medication. Primary care referrals into health coaching and dietician support led to a 6% average weight loss. Together, Pareto and First Stop Health are committed to making affordable, accessible primary care available to every employer and their employees. #PrimaryCare #VirtualCare #EmployeeBenefits #ParetoHealth #ParetoSavingsEngine #RightSideOfTheFight #FirstStopHealth