Healthcare + Fiduciary

WHAT IS PRETEKT?

verb: pro·tect | prə-ˈtekt
To keep (someone or something) from being harmed, lost, etc.; to save (someone) from financial loss.

Through our toolkit of services, the Pretekt team helps advisors and employers manage fiduciary responsibilities of their health plan.

About

the playing field has changed, focus on healthcare and not health insurance.

The need for Pretekt was born on December 27, 2020 with the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA).

Most people remember this legislation for the COVID-19 Relief and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The overlooked portion of the bill was the No Surprises Act and that legislation has put the job of fixing healthcare in America on its Employers – ERISA would call them Plan Sponsors. Employers now have the tools necessary to be true fiduciaries of their healthcare plans subject to ERISA fiduciary standards.

The CAA legislation cements the same Fiduciary requirements for health plans that applied to the Retirement Plan Industry in the previous decade. Those requirements started as of December 27, 2021 – time to play catch up.

A new type of solution was needed. One that could bring the Fiduciary Expertise of the modern retirement plan advisor and apply it to the complicated world of Health Insurance.

Pretekt was born in the fall of 2021 as the solution.

WHAT IS A fiduciary?

noun: fəˈd(y)o͞oSH(ə)rē
A fiduciary is a person or organization that acts on behalf of another person or persons, putting their clients’ interests ahead of their own. Being a fiduciary requires being bound legally and ethically to act in the other’s best interests.

“According to Howard Schultz, CEO of the company in 2008, Starbucks spends $300 million annually on healthcare, which is more than what they spend on coffee beans.”

Source: Food News

WE DO THREE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR YOU AS A TRUSTED ADVISOR;

  • We make you the hero – You can tell them about CAA and provide a solution at the same time.
  • We become the enemy – Your Insurance Carriers will be required to give your clients data they don’t want to give them and change contracts that are currently considered trade secrets. We help your clients comply with those requirements without you upsetting your current carrier and TPA relationships.
  • We take work off of your account management team Covid and the ACA have likely put a strain on your account management team for a decade. Your team does not need more regulations to manage.

ADVISOR services

The Group Health Insurance industry has changed dramatically over the last decade and it is going to change again.  The Consolidated Appropriations Act will force your clients to be subject to compliance and transparency regulations.  We want to help you manage this change.

Our Team

Jeff Cullen
CEO

Jennifer McCoy Dumas
COO

Patrick Moore
Co-CEO