The Hidden Market Failure Driving Up Your Healthcare Costs

Self-insured healthcare costs climbing 8%+ a year isn't bad luck. It's a market that was never built to be shopped, and a structural gap most employers don't realize they have: without a procurement lens, no one is actively directing where care dollars go. This paper breaks down why the cost keeps rising and the procurement discipline that puts control back where it belongs.

July 24, 2026 Andovia 1 min read

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Webinar July 27, 2026 Watch

Controlling Employer Healthcare Costs

Webinar on controlling employer healthcare costs with Dave Magnan of Andovia. Why costs keep rising, where the money actually goes, and the strategies employers use to take control: price variance, waste and abuse, provider tiering, cash network options, and continuous cost governance.
Case study July 24, 2026 1 min read

State of the Healthcare Industry: Why Employers Can't See What They're Actually Buying

Healthcare spend doesn't work like every other expense: employers pay first and only find out what they bought after the money's gone. A quick look at the price variation, blind spots, and waste hiding in plan costs today.
Podcast July 22, 2026 Watch

The Health Plan Blind Spot: Who is Watching Your Spend Podcast

Self-insured healthcare costs are among the largest and least visible expenses employers carry, and price variance is a major driver. For self-insured employers, the same procedure can cost wildly different amounts from one in-network provider to the next, with no difference in quality, and because these employers pay claims directly, that variance lands straight on their bottom line. In this episode, Dave Magnan of Andovia explains how self-insured healthcare costs got this opaque, why price variance stays hidden from the employers actually paying for it, and the practical ways to see it, control it, and reduce spend.