Health Plans Are Rebuilding Their Tech Stack Around Distribution, Not Homegrown Solutions

For years, health plans have relied on systems to manage distribution that were never designed for it. Sometimes those systems were off-the-shelf CRMs. More often, they were homegrown combinations of spreadsheets, legacy tools, and heavily customized software stitched together over time. These systems became the center of the tech stack not because they were the […]
Brokers, Business, and Big Gains: How Health Plans Can Drive Profitable Growth in a Rapidly Changing World

At this year’ Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP) conference, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion titled “Brokers, Business, and Big Gains: How Texas Health Plans Can Drive Profitable Growth in a Rapidly Changing World.” I was joined by industry leaders Cristin Hopkin-Bishop, Chief Operating Officer at The Brokerage Inc.; Kari Klass, […]
Inside Abacus — Why We Built It and What It Changes for Health Plans

Insuring Growth explores the biggest challenges and opportunities facing health insurance leaders, focusing on what executives need to know now. In our latest episode of Insuring Growth, I sat down with Kyle Mitchell, our VP of Product, to talk about one thing at the center of every plan’s growth challenges: distribution. For years, plans have invested […]
Strategic Revenue Management: The 6-Step Plan to Market Leadership

In the final post of this series, e123 President Brendan McLoughlin recaps the detailed 6-step guide on how you can implement the Strategic Revenue Management (SRM) framework within your organization. Over the past few months, the Strategic Revenue Management (SRM) blog series has walked you through the process of how to use data to focus your […]
Strategic Revenue Management Step 6: Repeat

How carriers grow smarter with SRM as a cycle
Strategic Revenue Management Step 5: Optimize

Optimize open enrollment with real-time data
Strategic Revenue Management Step 4: Pull

Motivate agents, grow markets, push smarter in strategic revenue management (SRM).
Strategic Revenue Management Step 3: Push

Motivate agents, grow markets, push smarter in strategic revenue management (SRM).
Strategic Revenue Management Step 2: Plan

Move Beyond Product Planning: Strategic Alignment Drives Local Market Wins
Strategic Revenue Management Step 1: Assess

Assess Where You Can Win With local relative market share (LRMS)