COST PLUS WELLNESS

Health care cost containment; Health care cost review; Consulting services in the cost management of health care; Administering discount medical service programs, namely, negotiating contracts with providers of medical services, to enable participant members of self-insured employer plans to obtain discounted medical services through the use of transparent, cash-price contracts; Providing business information via a website in the fields of healthcare pricing and contracting, healthcare provider networks, specialties, and facility locations; Providing a website featuring pre-negotiated pricing for medical services, whereby buyers of medical services can locate and receive quotations from multiple competitive sources with transparent, pre-established rates; Providing a website featuring information about healthcare providers, specialties, and facilities for use by employers seeking to contract for medical services; Providing an online marketplace featuring pre-negotiated healthcare service contracts for employers and healthcare providers; Facilitating direct contracting between self-insured employers and healthcare providers for medical services at transparent, pre-established prices; Providing business networking services for connecting employers and healthcare providers; Providing sales leads and business referrals to healthcare providers; Business administration of health care provider networks; Business management of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and preferred provider organizations (PPOs); Consulting services in the field of health care provider network management; Business administration of health insurance plans and benefit programs; Providing business information in the field of health insurance provider networks and managed care organizations.