Health Plans
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Easily Folds Into Existing Healthcare Plans
SMS helps members understand their surgical care options and guides them to specialty surgeons in their communities who help them choose the appropriate settings for their procedures. SMS-affiliated surgeons regularly use high-quality ASCs, opening up the possibility for members to receive outpatient surgeries at significant cost savings.
Specialist Management Solutions (SMS) is an add-on to an employer’s existing health benefits. SMS partners with health plans to reduce surgical care costs and create a seamless experience for employers and members.
- Seamless integration to existing health plans
- Simple communication through existing employer touchpoints or your customer service center
- Integrated: No changes to benefit plan design needed
- In-network: Because the SMS alliance of surgeons and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) is a subset of the health plan network, there are no out-of-network surprises for members
How It Works
Streamlined, Simplified Healthcare
Built-In Simplicity
- Add-on program that integrates with your employee health plan
- No changes to your benefit plan design
- No out-of-network surprises for employees
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- Proactive engagement to help employees make more informed, confident choices about outpatient surgeries
- Connection to SMS through existing employee touchpoints
Broad Reach, Local Expertise
- Extensive national alliance of surgeons and ASCs
- Commitment to keeping care local
- All outpatient surgical specialties covered
Unmatched Value for Clients
"You did a great job, it was probably the most well run and organized implementation I have seen"
Senior Account Manager,
Optum
"Thank you for making it so easy."
Account Manager,
Optum
"The SMS team is wonderful to work with, great communication which lead to a great implementation"
Client Management Consultant,
UHC