When employer-sponsored health plans improve patient health, Everybody wins.
We Celebrate Those Doing the Right Thing.
Now Accepting Applications
for Next Round of Awards
Meet the 2022 Health Plan Heroes
John Soules Food
John Soules Foods is a family owned company that provides great tasting beef and chicken through retail sales, food service distributors, restaurants, and school nutrition programs.
Woodard Cleaning and Restoration
Woodard Cleaning and Restoration is a family-owned business in St. Louis, Missouri that began in 1946 when Earl and Nancy Woodard began to offer their customers in-home rug cleaning door-to-door, an innovation at the time.
Shine Solar
Shine Solar is a solar panel home solution company headquartered in Arkansas and operating in three other neighboring states and Utah. The company has 85 employees using the health plan, and prior to transforming their health plan, the company was paying over $600,000 per year to United Healthcare…
Matheny Motors
Matheny Motors is a family owned company of automotive and truck dealerships, headquartered in Parkersburg, WV with more than 300 employees in 12+ locations across 5 states.
Kenny Pipe & Supply
Kenny Pipe & Supply Inc. is a family-owned, 130-employee, wholesale plumbing, pipe, and valve distributor based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company had been on a carrier-controlled, self-funded plan for a number of years, however, with an aging population and growing company, the health plan began it see costs spiraling out of control…
Schaefer Autobody
Schaefer Autobody is a collision repair company operating in numerous locations in the St. Louis, MO metro area. With almost 150 employees, the company was paying an outrageous rate with Anthem BCBS of about $2M a year, including more than $13K per employee per year.
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2022 Health Plan Hero award recognizes businesses with high-value, low-cost health insurance plans for employees.
Six small businesses from across the country are among the first companies ever to receive a national award for their innovative, outstanding employer-sponsored health program. The companies received the 2022 Health Plan Hero award in a ceremony held in the Washington, D.C. area.
Why Should My Employer Be A Health Plan Hero?
Health Plan Hero companies have adopted innovative benefit design features in their health plans that:
- Expanded patient access to care
- Lowered patient out-of-pocket costs
- Lowered employer spending at the same time
As a patient, you may have had the opportunity to choose a job based on the benefits package that really works for you. If you are happy with your plan’s benefits and find value in the way your health insurance is structured, you can nominate your company to be a Health Plan Hero.
Now Accepting Applications for Next Round of Awards
Patients Rising accepts applications for its Health Plan Hero certification on a rolling basis throughout the year.