Healthcare Industry Veterans Establish Objective Cost-Management Solution

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A group of veterans from the healthcare industry has established a consultancy, aimed at providing mid-market companies with fully objective cost management solutions for employee health plans. Branded as Optimatum Group, LLC, this vendor-neutral healthcare consulting firm offers the mid-market a unique, independent, objective viewpoint previously available only to larger firms. Efforts are focused on plan and vendor management, with the goal of reducing healthcare costs by up to 15% starting within nine months, and holding them to 5-7% reductions over the long-term, without shifting costs to employees or reducing benefits.

Principals in the firm include David Neikrug, Mitchell Nudelman, Mark Saccone and Robert Bonstein.

• David Neikrug brings extensive experience in employee benefits and human capital management, with specific concentration in benefits cost reduction and operations improvement, having designed and implemented more than 300 health plans.
• Mitchell Nudelman, MD, JD, FCLM, has comprehensive experience as a Medical Director for a wide variety of health plans. Dr. Nudelman, a licensed physician, is also an active member of the Georgia Bar and is a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Legal Medicine.
• Mark Saccone co-founded Emplanet, the retirement industry’s first fully automated service platform. Mark also led strategic marketing at Fidelity Investments’ retirement group, and held strategic, financial and marketing positions at Allmerica Financial.
• Robert Bonstein brings broad experience with health care information technology development and IT/operations consulting experience to the team.

Optimatum Group, LLC, founded in early 2007 by industry experts, assists clients across the US in optimizing health plan costs without raising premiums or reducing benefits, operating from offices in Atlanta, Boston and New York. Independent and vendor-neutral, Optimatum Group provides strong expertise in pharmacy, medicine, nursing, actuarial science and plan management. The company delivers comprehensive, immediate, visible plan savings, maintained by ongoing plan and vendor management. Company principals draw on long experience designing over 300 health plans for various types of organizations including private, family-owned, public and non-profit entities.

If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with David Neikrug, please call Bill Wear at 212/652-8512 or e-mail Bill at bwear@optimatumgroup.com