Plugging the Leak: How Health Systems Can Stop Employee Healthcare Dollars from Walking Out the Door
Hospitals that self-insure their employee health plans are facing a quiet but costly crisis: employee leakage. This isn’t about turnover. It’s about employees seeking care outside their own health system for surgeries, diagnostics, specialty consults, even primary care. That leakage can cost tens to hundreds of millions annually and undermine both operational efficiency and employee engagement.