Three Pillars of NextGen

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Every true transformation needs three things: a catalyst, a foundation, and a strategy. In the NextGen model, those elements aren’t abstract ideas — they’re concrete pillars that determine whether an employer breaks free from the status quo or stays trapped in it.

Pillar 1: The C-Suite Leads
Change doesn’t begin in HR. It begins in the boardroom.
When CEOs and CFOs understand the business impact of healthcare — cost, volatility, risk, and productivity — they become the catalyst. They set expectations, align incentives, and create the mandate for real reform. Without C-Suite leadership, transformation stalls. With it, everything accelerates.

Pillar 2: Self-Funding Empowers
Self-funding moves employers from reacting to controlling.
It provides the transparency, data, and financial structure needed to eliminate waste and reinvest savings where they matter most. Once leaders see how stop-loss caps downside and data unlocks opportunity, they gain the confidence to take ownership of their plan — and their outcomes.

Pillar 3: Supply-Chain Management Sustains
Transformation isn’t a one-time fix. It’s a system.
By managing the healthcare supply chain like any other business function — tracking transactions, aligning incentives, evaluating partners, and eliminating low-value spend — employers create a sustainable model where quality rises and cost falls, year after year.

Master these three pillars and you don’t just deliver better benefits — you deliver measurable business performance.

At ASCEND 2026, you’ll learn how to integrate all three into a unified, repeatable strategy that reshapes your advisory practice and empowers employers to take control of their future.

The NextGen model isn’t theory. It’s a blueprint.
Learn it — only at ASCEND.

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