Major employers are innovating new ways to improve their employee benefit plans and control costs. Below are a handful of examples of these new models and the attention they garner in the marketplace:
The Medicare Direct Contracting Model on its own resource page
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180127/NEWS/180129919
Adventist Health is direct contracting with employers like Whole Foods, and now is utilizing their ACO for care navigation. Many ACO and employer examples are also referenced.
ACOs and other innovative models are being developed by some of America's largest employers including Walmart and others.
The president of a Texas health system ACO discusses the benefits of Direct-to-Employer ACO Arrangements. He illustrates with their Dallas Area Rapid Transit example.
https://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/2017/11/direct-contracting-boeing-cuts-out-middleman
Managed Care magazine discusses how Boeing reduced costs by direct contracting with ACOs.