Evaluating Alternative Health Plans

A guide to RFPs for alternative plans

Alternative health plans (AHPs) are disrupting the employer health benefits landscape, promising better cost containment, quality, and member experience. Because they take differentiated approaches to plan design, navigation, and even care delivery, evaluating them requires a more tailored approach than traditional health plans.

Evaluating AHPs can feel like a huge undertaking, but this guide and our accompanying RFP template will simplify the process and help you select a plan with confidence. From initial planning and customization to scoring responses and making an informed decision, it provides a roadmap for RFPing alternative plans.

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AHPs differ from traditional plans in plan design and care integration, technology, cost structure, and customization and flexibility. Learn why that calls for a distinct RFP approach.

Define your objectives, understand your needs, and prepare for a successful RFP process, from customizing the template to gathering the right attachments.

Use our exclusive RFP template as a guide to the critical questions to ask, why they matter, and the red flags to watch for, from plan design and navigation to pricing and performance guarantees.

Build a scoring rubric that goes beyond price, review proposals, and compare finalists on cost, quality, member experience, and technology.

Don't let the flexibility of AHPs overwhelm you. Our guide offers a clear roadmap for navigating the RFP process, asking the right questions, and finding the right AHP partner.