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title: Problem - Rising Healthcare Costs
description: Healthcare costs are skyrocketing — not only because employees are overusing healthcare, but also because they’re using it inefficiently. Start with Summus.
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# Healthcare Costs Are Out of Control

When Healthcare Costs Surge, Employers Pay the Price

The Problem: Costs are skyrocketing — not only because employees are overusing healthcare, but also because they’re using it inefficiently. Fragmented care, unnecessary procedures, and poor-quality decisions lead to inflated spend with limited value.

## Why it Matters

- ### Employers now bear greater financial risk, especially self-insured groups

- ### Rising costs squeeze budgets and impact overall benefit strategy

- ### There’s no easy way to ensure employees are making high-value care decisions

## Smarter care decisions. Better outcomes. Lower costs.

Summus connects employees to top-tier doctors at any point in their healthcare journey — guiding them to the right care, avoiding waste, and leveraging a connected network of specialists who can validate or redirect care paths.

- #### Clinical Navigation at the First Sign of Need
  
  Employees talk to top doctors before they enter the system, not after costly choices are made
- #### Avoids Unnecessary Tests, Procedures, and Referrals
  
  Summus helps employees understand all options and prevents missteps
- #### Unlocks Value from Existing Benefits
  
  We guide employees to high-quality in-network providers and employer-sponsored solutions
  
   

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# Sharpen Your Strategies

Download our helpful guide that outlines strategies forward-looking companies are taking to address top healthcare-related problems.

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### The Power of Doctor-Led Navigation 

In the first year of implementing Summus, our clients have seen a striking and consistent reduction in healthcare costs. The chart below shows real member cases across employers and risk-bearing entities.

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- Each blue bar represents a path that would have unfolded **without**** Summus:** care that, on average, would have cost nearly $700,000. 
- Each teal bar shows what happened **with**** Summus:** thoughtful, doctor-guided interventions that brought those costs down to roughly $230,000. 

[That’s a nearly 70% reduction](https://www.summusglobal.com/blog/rethinking-roi-in-healthcare/)—without compromising on care quality, speed, or outcomes.

## Rein in rising healthcare costs — without cutting benefits.

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