Employers and their employees shoulder an outsized share of total health care costs in America. Accordingly, employers demand tighter cost management from health plans but these employers also don’t want to restrict networks and risk upsetting employees when the unemployment rate is at a record low level.

Instead, health plans in the employer line of business are looking towards expanding nonclinical and wellness services to manage member health at a reasonable price. The challenge here is in navigating through the world of wellness which has few demonstrated clinical or financial benefits.

Plans must use existing network management capabilities to become the manager of this new product feature network. To achieve this goal, there are three network questions plans must answer.

Three questions to answer to manage a new partner network

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