Group Market News
Published October 21, 2019
For producers who sell to groups of all sizes and funding types in Pierce, Spokane, and Thurston counties
Our Peak Care plans offer lower costs for your group clients’ bottom line and an innovative healthcare experience for their employees. And it’s now available in more counties.
For 2020, Peak Care will no longer be available for just employers in Pierce County. Now enrolling in Peak Care is an option in Spokane and Thurston counties as well.
Want to know more? The Peak Care producer toolkit has all the resources to help you understand the product and talk to your clients about how this health plan will benefit their business–especially as a dual-choice option.
What is Peak Care?
Peak Care is an exclusive provider organization (EPO) plan that:
- Can save employers as much as 15% on the cost of a traditional preferred provider organization (PPO) plan**
- Offers benefits that help attract and retain employees
- Uncovers better ways to meet employees’ needs with transparent, integrated care
- Helps employers manage their health plan online through our secure employer website
- Includes access to ready-to-share employee communications in B’link that will help your group clients understand their plan with flyers, emails, and content for Peak Care.
Access to care
- Peak Care plans offer access to the Tahoma network. Beginning in 2020, the Tahoma network will have more than 4,100 providers, including:
- MultiCare Connected Care Clinically Integrated Network, Physicians of Southwest Washington, Capital Medical Center, and Vivacity Care Clinics
- Contracted healthcare facilities, chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopaths, and massage therapists.
The breadth of providers available in the Tahoma network ensures access to a full range of services to meet the needs of your group clients with employee populations in the Pierce, Thurston, and Spokane counties.
Dual choice
Whether your group clients want access to the most providers in Washington state, or the highest savings, give them the ability to offer their employees the ability to choose what best meets their needs. Talk to your clients about the benefits of offering their employees the opportunity to choose from two Premera medical plan options, such as a Premera PPO plan and a Peak Care plan.
*Available January 1, 2020. **Comparison of Premera preferred provider organization plan pricing.