Platform

Parallel intelligence to optimize employer health plans

Handl supports the full lifecycle of self-funded plans: evaluate the network, design the benefit, activate an alternative plan, and monitor performance, with plan and member data at every step

3x

Faster benchmarking

2.5M+

Providers in the benchmark library

$112M

In network & benefit-design savings

Plan and Member Intelligence

The intelligence layer for health plans

Handl combines rate comparisons, claims history and utilization signals to give brokers and plan sponsors continuous visibility into what a plan costs and where to make improvements.

The challenges

Built for the complexity of self-funded employers

Benchmarking is hard

Building defensible plan recommendations takes significant time. Handl delivers negotiated rate comparisons in minutes.

Benefit design is guesswork

Identifying higher-value providers, steering to lowest-cost facilities and optimizing employee copays requires data that's hard to access.

Risk is constant

Compliance and health plan fiduciary risk increases plan costs.

Platform capabilities

Integrated capabilities link plan and member data

Network Analytics

Benchmark intelligence across every market

Are you on the right network? Benchmark network allowed amounts by plan, provider and service. Use a market basket of claims for approximations or claims files, census and provider utilization for a more detailed analysis.

  • Rate benchmarking by geography and specialty
  • Peer-group comparisons by employer size and industry
  • Exportable data and charts for client presentations
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Cost by service category

Benefit Design

Design cost-efficient plans with provider tiering

Model benefit design scenarios with actuarially-certified data; identify cost savings opportunities with provider tiering, focusing on improving outcomes while lowering costs.

  • Interactive plan modeler with live cost projections
  • Side-by-side scenario comparisons with member impact
  • Drill down into highest-utilized providers and procedures
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Steerage Opportunities

Dynamic Copay Plans

Build a custom health plan on your preferred network

Offer a variable copay plan with a member navigation experience to steer patients toward high-value providers.

  • Proactive care navigation
  • Variable copays
  • No member disruption
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Plan Monitoring

Savings found between plan renewals

Assure CFOs they are meeting employer fiduciary duties by providing ongoing claims monitoring.

  • Payment integrity reviews
  • Continuous claims repricing
  • Plan performance monitoring
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Claims repriced — network monitoring overview
Testimonials

We were winning maybe 15% or 20% of the time on these really difficult cases because we're going up against big competition; we wanted to increase that by 5% or 10%. We had a 45% close rate when we used Handl. We won an $800,000 client, and there's a very good chance we would not have won it had we not used Handl.

National Practice Lead

Employee Benefits, Top 20 Brokerage

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Most employers are surprised by the wide disparity in plan costs – by provider, specialty or geography. For self-funded employers, healthcare price transparency MRFs help answer the most fundamental question in benefits strategy: How cost effective are the unit prices my plan pays its network of providers? Handl's benchmark intelligence draws on negotiated rate data across thousands of plan and network combinations, giving employers, TPAs and benefits consultants the power to see if plans are over- or under-performing relative to peers of similar size and industry.

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