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>>> Scorecard Login Home About Meet Our Team Mission & Maxims Testimonials Services Analytics Strategic Advice Plan Management Vendor Selection High Performance Wellness Exchange Evaluation Eligibility Audits Total Rewards Statements Insights & Resources In Focus Blog COVID-19 Updates Legislative Updates Benefits Roundtable Select Page Lighting Your Way Whether the seas are calm or angry, it helps to have a reliable navigational aid – something or someone you can rely on to get you safely where you want to go. We are built and operate to do just that. Learn More How Does Your Specialty Drug Spend Stack Up? We empower clients by integrating the latest technology and analytics to help control the growing cost of traditional and specialty drugs across the pharmacy and medical benefits. Learn More Know Your Numbers We’re introducing an innovative update to our popular Performance Scorecard to help you measure and manage what really matters. Learn More Benefit from Our Experience At the Chelko Consulting Group, we serve our clients’ benefit plan management needs and empower them with the tools and resources to out-manage their competition. We assist medical, life and disability plan managers in becoming high performers and guide them in ways to improve employee health and productivity. For more than fifteen years, we’ve filled a significant gap in the marketplace – the gap between enormous, market-setting consulting firms and insurance company producers/brokers. The market has responded by its demand for our unique combination of depth, expertise and affordability. We continue to grow and to serve this marketplace by delivering independent, fact-based, validated and practical results at a fraction of the cost of higher-priced firms. Learn More Services We offer a broad range of services to organizations who want to understand and actively manage the cost drivers within their health, life and disability plans. Analytics Numbers don’t lie. We believe in taking a deep dive into data to not only understand, but properly address the real cost drivers within plans. Learn More Strategic Advice We engage executive stakeholders in the development of strategic direction without expecting them to work through plan design details. Learn More Plan Management Effective plan management doesn’t begin at enrollment or renewal time. It takes ongoing diligence and continuous process improvement. Learn More Vendor Selection No matter the reason for conducting a competitive search of the market, we offer an unparalleled ability to identify and secure best-in-class vendor arrangements. Learn More Exchange Evaluation Confused about private exchanges? We can help. Turn to us for for sound, independent advice. Learn More Dependent Eligibility Audits Verify the eligibility of individuals covered under your health care plan with a tailored audit that’s respectful of employees. Learn More Total Rewards Statements Show the full value your company’s benefit offering by providing employees with personalized and easy-to-read statements. Learn More Pumping the Brakes on Accelerated Approvals The world is full of patients suffering from diseases without available therapeutic options and the FDA’s “accelerated approval” pathway offers many an additional degree of hope. Introduced in 1992 and later modified in 2012, the program is not without its downsides.... Read More Bullet Holes & Benefits: Measuring What Matters Maybe you’ve heard this story before, but probably never as it relates to employee benefits. During World War II, planes would come back from battle riddled with bullet holes. The Allies did an analysis and determined which areas of the returning aircraft were most... Read More Cars & Colonoscopies: Hospital Price Transparency and Consumer Behavior Can you imagine car shopping without knowing prices? While the very idea may seem absurd, medical consumers in the U.S. ― particularly those covered under high deductible health plans ― have been doing it for decades. New price transparency rules appear poised to... Read More We Have a Vaccine. Now What? As the vaccine rollout progresses through the early part of 2021, the broader employer response appears to be a bit more measured than some anticipated just a few short weeks ago. While the path forward is looking a bit more clear, some employers are still struggling... Read More Apples to Apples: Comparing the Vaccines After nearly a year of facing the challenging mystery of the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears relief is on the horizon. On December 11 and 18, the FDA granted emergency use authorization to the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. These... Read More “Chelko helps us hold our healthcare vendors accountable and helps deliver results to our bottom line.” Senior Vice President, Finance & Controller “The Chelko team is relentless in compliance, innovation and treating our dollars like they were their own. WOW!” Chief HR Officer “We are very glad that we used Chelko. We made a much better decision than we would have made otherwise.” Director of Benefits “We appreciate the knowledgeable and aggressive stance that Chelko took on the marketing of our program. A big thank you for the excellent job.” Vice President, Total Rewards “I am very pleased that we have added the Chelko Group. We feel their knowledge assisted us in the long run in keeping our health plan a strong one — from both the employer’s and the employee’s viewpoints.” Chief Financial Officer Join Our e-Mail List Subscribe to receive our monthly e-mail newsletter and other periodic updates. Success! 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