Lower-cost preventive care. Better clinic access.

An international agriculture employer with more than 1,000 distinct members utilizing healthcare services, wanted to improve preventive care access while controlling long-term healthcare costs. Like many agriculture employers with distributed and field-based workforces, encouraging employees and dependents to consistently utilize preventive services can be difficult.

The organization needed better visibility into healthcare utilization patterns and opportunities to guide employees toward more cost-effective care settings without disrupting access to care.

Pinnacle conducted a detailed clinic utilization and preventive care analysis comparing Cedar Health Center utilization against all other provider settings.

The analysis focused on:

Pinnacle helped the agricultural employer identify opportunities to increase utilization of Cedar Health Centers for preventive services and routine care while lowering overall healthcare costs.

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The analysis showed that preventive visits completed through Cedar Health Centers averaged $133.15 per visit compared to $172.07 at other providers, resulting in approximately 22.6% lower costs per preventive visit and an estimated savings of $38.92 per visit.

Nearly half of all preventive-service members utilized Cedar Health Centers, with particularly strong utilization among employees and spouses. In total, 260 members utilized Cedar Health Centers for preventive services compared to 268 utilizing other providers.

Pinnacle analyzed more than 19,600 claims across 1,053 distinct members, helping the farming company better understand utilization patterns, diagnosis category spend, and opportunities to improve care efficiency and long-term population health management.

The utilization review identified key healthcare spend categories, including:

This helped create stronger visibility into population health opportunities and future cost management strategies.

Reach out to learn how Pinnacle helps agricultural industry employers improve preventive wellness engagement and population health visibility through biometric screening and HRA programs.