446: Health Insurance Category Briefing w/ Eric Krieg

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the fact that it isn't frequently discussed as a spend category, health insurance represents an ideal opportunity for procurement to create value for the business. It is a large category in terms of spend, involves a lot of nuances and complexity, and it has been the exclusive domain of Human Resources - until now.</span> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">​​This episode is based on a recent category briefing held within the AOP Mastermind community. Philip Ideson was joined by Eric Krieg, the Managing Director of Risk International Services, experts in helping organizations manage the health insurance spend category. He provided a category overview and then answered live questions. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the conversation, Eric shared how procurement can strategically manage the health insurance category, including: </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The nature of the health insurance market today </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tips on how procurement can engage with stakeholders to manage this critical and sensitive category</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The opportunities that exist for procurement to create lasting value once we are engaged</span></li> </ul>