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Apta Health's Medical and Rx Market Checks help self-funded employers and advisors see what is driving up plan costs, where vendor value may be falling short, and what to address before renewal.
ENGLEWOOD, CO / ACCESS Newswire / June 23, 2026 / After two years of building and refining its market check technology, Apta Health is bringing new visibility to its Medical and Rx Market Checks through Apta Connect.
Apta Connect is Apta Health's proprietary software platform that reviews a group's medical and pharmacy claims, compares them to industry data sets, and shows where the plan may be overpaying or missing lower cost opportunities.
Many employers have historically treated their health plan as something they buy once a year, but for self-funded employers, the plan is something they help fund, manage, and improve. That means they need a clearer way to see what the plan is paying for, why costs are changing, and whether better options exist.
The Market Checks are built for the questions that usually get buried inside a health insurance renewal: What are we paying for and why? Are utilization patterns normal? What is going on with GLP-1s or specialty pharmacy? And what can we do now to avoid the same cost pressure next year?
They are also built for the fiduciary responsibility employers carry when they manage a health plan. For plan sponsors and Form 5500 signers, it is not enough to accept a renewal and hope the numbers make sense. They need to know what the plan is paying for, whether vendors are doing their job, where costs may be out of line, and whether there is a clear record behind the decisions being made.
By comparing health insurance claims data against Medicare and national datasets, Apta Connect identifies pricing and utilization gaps, then ties recommendations back to the group's real claims data.
Getting a Medical and Rx Market Check is the first step in the process. The report identifies where the plan may be overpaying, which cost drivers deserve attention first, and which issues you can act on.
The next step is matching those findings to the right strategy.
When Apta Connect surfaces an opportunity, employers and advisors can connect it to Apta Health's broader set of proprietary programs, including cash-pay strategies for high-cost medical procedures, pharmacy sourcing strategies through Apta Rx, specialty drug support, and other expert-led solutions designed to address underlying cost drivers.
Most health insurance reporting platforms only focus on pointing to a problem that has already occurred. Apta Connect is built to proactively identify the problem, prioritize it, and help move the group toward a strategy that can be implemented.
"Clients don't need another report confirming that costs went up. That's not insight, that's a receipt," said Melissa Saturnino, COO and co-founder of Apta Health. "They need a clear understanding of what changed, why it changed, when to respond, and how to take action. Apta Connect was built to deliver that kind of transparency. It does not just show clients where they have been. It helps them understand where to go next, with a team beside them to turn insight into real strategy and measurable results."
For employers, HR teams, CFOs, and benefit advisors, the Medical and Rx Market Checks create a more practical way to evaluate plan performance, vendor value, pharmacy costs, and stop-loss strategy before renewal. Instead of relying on broad assumptions, Apta Connect analyzes plan data at the line-item level and connects the findings to specific medical and pharmacy strategies.
The Medical and Rx Market Checks are designed for self-funded employers and the benefit advisors who support them, including brokers, consultants, HR leaders, CFOs, and benefit decision-makers.
Apta Health helps self-funded employers and benefit advisors lower healthcare costs and improve employee outcomes through innovative self-funded solutions, real-time analytics, optimized stop-loss strategies, and modern cash-pay programs.
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SOURCE: Apta Health