Northwest Service Cooperative provides a group health purchasing coalition of local governmental entities including schools, cities, counties and other governmental agencies (hereinafter referred to as pool members). As the fiscal host of self-funded group health pools, Northwest Service Cooperative provides members with health insurance information and specific strategies aimed at minimizing and/or controlling rising health care expenses. Some of the strategies include:
Assumption of Risk
Care Support/Disease Management
New Alternative Health Benefit Designs
Purchasing Coalition
Risk Management and Pooling Excess Claims
Provider Network
Joint Request for Proposals
Health Care Utilization Reports
Consumer Information
Joint Purchasing Supplemental Benefits
Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) Trusts