A Richer Health Plan Is Not Always a Better One:

Insights from Dalton Drumm

Kelly Bowman welcomes Dalton Drumm, Financial Strategist, Data & Insights at IMA, for a conversation about what employers may be getting wrong about health plan design. As healthcare costs continue to rise, many organizations are questioning whether investing in richer benefits is truly delivering the value employees want. Dalton shares how data and analytics can help employers better understand their workforce, evaluate plan utilization, and align benefits spending with employee needs.

In this episode, they discuss:

• Why workforce demographics should influence plan design
• How to determine if employees are getting value from their benefits
• The role of actuarial value and plan utilization data
• How employers can move beyond annual renewals to year-round strategy
• The growing impact of analytics, AI, and total rewards planning on benefits decisions

Listen to this episode below.