Collective Health

Tomorrow is the day! ⏰ If you've been meaning to register for our SHRM webinar — The Power of 'Tú': How Inclusive Design Bridges the Healthcare Gap for Spanish Speakers — this is your last chance. We'll be live on May 19 at 2:00 PM ET with Ernesto Lúcar and Nicolas Doyle, Ph.D., diving into what it really means to support your Spanish-speaking population. Not just translation. Inclusive design. The kind that leads to an 84 NPS among Spanish-dominant members, with 76% reporting they feel more confident navigating their health plan. If you're an #HR or #BenefitsLeaders professional who wants to move the needle on health equity and employee engagement, this one's for you. 💻 Register here before tomorrow: https://lnkd.in/gyDtJc3X

This #WomensHealthMonth, we're thinking about one of the most personal journeys an employee can take: growing their family. 🌱 For millions of employees, fertility and family building comes with real emotional weight and real financial burden. And when benefits don't cover the full picture, or exclude certain paths to parenthood, it sends a message employees don't forget. 65% of employees would change jobs for fertility benefits. It's one of the most powerful signals in benefits today. That's why we're proud to spotlight Carrot as a Collective Health Premier Partner. Carrot supports every journey, egg freezing, IVF, IUI, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause, for employees of every background, orientation, and family structure, in 195+ countries, with 24/7 expert support every step of the way. Through our Premier Partner Program™, Collective Health ties together utilization, engagement, and claims data to vet and measure our partners, something only we can do as both a claims administrator and a curator of digital health partners. That's what it means for Carrot to earn a spot in the program. This Women's Health Month, make sure your benefits say we see you to every employee. 💜 Learn more about our Premier Partner Program™: https://lnkd.in/gnG7-dkz

Healthcare is personal. But for too many employees, navigating their benefits feels anything but. That's the problem our CEO Ali Diab tackles in a new piece for Employee Benefit News. He writes about how AI is changing benefits administration in practical ways: automating routine tasks so HR teams can focus on strategy, personalizing the experience so employees can make informed decisions about their care, and helping employers identify trends and gaps in their benefits programs before they become bigger problems. His argument is that AI isn't just an operational upgrade. For HR leaders, it's a strategic opportunity to design benefits programs that actually reflect the needs of their workforce and help them compete for talent. It's also what we built Collective AI (CAI™) to deliver, developed in collaboration with Google Cloud. CAI™ brings AI into the moments that matter most: a member trying to understand what's covered, an HR team managing open enrollment, an advocate on the phone who needs the right information fast. If you're a benefits or HR leader thinking about where responsible, human-centric AI fits into your strategy, Ali's piece is worth your time: https://lnkd.in/geXdxCxR See CAI™ in action: https://lnkd.in/gMQmjbYt

Health benefits have operated behind a black box for too long. Hidden fees. Limited data. Incentives that don't actually serve you or your people. We built Collective Health to change that. 🔎 This May and June, we're hitting the road — from Chicago to Irvine to Philadelphia to Seattle — to connect with #BenefitsLeaders and #Consultants who are ready to bring their benefits strategy into the open. Find us at events with DisruptHR, Orange County Employee Benefits Council (OCEBC), Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, Alliant Insurance Services, and Hinge Health — and let's talk about what transparent, aligned benefits actually look like in practice. Because no one should be managing their benefits in the dark. Planning to attend any of these events? Drop a comment, and let's connect. 👇

This Mother's Day, we're thinking about Sarah. Sarah's story was shared at our #Together2026 conference by Caroline Shanholtz of Lyra Health — and it stayed with us. Sarah came to her employee mental health benefit with one goal: manage her depression. She was postpartum, back at work, and doing what so many women do — showing up for everyone else while quietly falling apart. Her therapist listened. And in that conversation, something else surfaced: chronic back pain that had been getting worse for years. Pain she hadn't connected to her mental health. Pain she hadn't mentioned because nobody had asked. Because her care was connected, Sarah didn't have to figure out the next step on her own. A warm handoff got her into physical therapy — and for the first time, she was getting support for both things at once. No extra research. No second referral to chase down. No navigation tax. That's what whole-person women's health care actually looks like in practice — and it's just one moment from a conversation we didn't want you to miss. Halle Tecco, MPH, MBA sat down with Bijal Toprani, PT, DPT (Hinge Health), Caroline Shanholtz (Lyra Health), Hilary Bartlett (Carrot), and Jenny Buntich (Collective Health) to explore what it really means to move from point solutions to connected care for women and families. 🎥 Watch the full panel on demand: https://lnkd.in/g7zvxfdk

This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, the data is hard to ignore. 🧠 📊 Complex conditions like severe anxiety, depression, and trauma are up 88% year over year. Managers are navigating their own challenges while supporting their team's well-being. And as the nature of work evolves, so do the mental health needs of the workforce. The right mental health solution isn't just good for people — it's good for business. Employers who invest in workforce mental health through our Premier Partner, Lyra Health, see 26% lower overall healthcare costs annually. But too often, health benefits operate like a black box — limited data, hidden costs, and no clear picture of what's actually working. Collective Health is uniquely positioned as both a claims administrator and a curator of digital health partners, giving employers a transparent view of utilization, engagement, and claims data together. That's how we know Lyra delivers. 🔗 Learn more about The Premier Partner Program™: https://lnkd.in/gnG7-dkz P.S. Making healthcare better is a team sport — and we love supporting our teammates! Shoutout to our very own Dane Thorwaldson, Manar Bustami, and Tyler Young for representing Collective Health at Lyra's Breakthrough Conference this week. 💙

We're heading to the Windy City next month! ✈️ As a proud Hinge Health partner, you'll find us at their Movement conference in June 9-10. We'll see you there!

Healthcare is complex. For the millions of people in the United States who are Spanish-speaking members, including those who are monolingual or Spanish-preferred, it becomes even harder when support isn’t available in the language they’re most comfortable with. That’s why The Wonderful Company partnered with Collective Health to reimagine the employee benefits experience around clarity, access, and language-first support. Led by Manveen Mahal, MBA, CAPM, Director of Global Benefits, The Wonderful Company, prioritized: – Concierge-level support to help members navigate a complex healthcare system – A truly bilingual experience for Spanish-speaking members, including those who are monolingual or Spanish-preferred – On-demand access to Spanish-speaking Member Advocates—built into the experience, not added on When members feel heard and understood, the entire experience changes. As an employee shared, it creates “seguridad y confianza”—security and confidence—especially during complex health journeys. This is what it looks like when employers design benefits around how people actually live, communicate, and get care. 💚 Watch the full story below. https://lnkd.in/gfgj8wZV

🔎 Your employees are already using ChatGPT to research their symptoms before they ever see a doctor. AI is changing healthcare fast — and there's a real opportunity for benefits leaders to get ahead of it. In the latest episode of The Benefits Playbook, host Kirk McConnell sits down with Dr. Spencer Dorn — Vice Chair of Medicine at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — to explore how AI is reshaping medicine from the inside out. The conversation is a masterclass in nuance: where AI is genuinely helping, where it's falling short, and why the answers are almost never simple. A few things that stood out for benefits leaders: 💡 Members have more health information than ever — but more isn't always better. AI is democratizing medical knowledge, but it can also send members down the wrong path. Helping employees make sense of what they're finding is an increasingly important role for benefits teams — and one with real cost and care quality implications. 🔢 Healthcare has a math problem. There aren't enough providers to meet demand — and when employees can't get timely care, they delay treatment or make decisions without one. AI-powered navigation is starting to fill that gap. 🤝 Trust is the most important currency. Dr. Dorn points out that people trust their clinicians and their employers far more than they trust big tech. That's an opening for benefits teams to play a more active role in helping members navigate the noise. 🎧 This is one conversation you don't want to miss. Tune in to the full episode on: YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gAmfgkuJ Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gE54hEje Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g6CBZpGZ The Collective Health website: https://lnkd.in/gUh5vaVn

We're grateful to have participated in the Spring 2026 Employer Benefits Roundtables hosted by World 50 Accelerator alongside other employer and partner organizations. These conversations brought together Fortune 500 leaders and innovative partners to discuss some of the most urgent challenges in employee benefits today — from cost containment and pharmacy to mental health. A consistent theme throughout: the shift toward more connected, integrated approaches across cost, care, and the employee experience. We appreciate the opportunity to engage with peers on these important topics, and look forward to continuing the conversation. 🤝