We all know that the opioid crisis we are currently facing is unlike anything we have seen before. Dave Chase, co-founder of Health Rosetta, authored a new book, The Opioid Crisis Wake-Up Call, about “upstream, systemic fixes designed to stop the crisis at its source.”
The book begins by outlining the current situation and how the opioid crisis is not an anomaly. Part I also discusses health care costs, pressures and constraints that are facing insurance executives and the impact on patients, and how health care is impacting the future of millennials.
Part II then goes through the different reasons Chase believes we are in this predicament, including seven “tricks” to redistribute money from your organization to the health care industry, criminal fraud, and an interesting take on workplace wellness programs.
Part III begins to touch on possible solutions to the crisis. Chase discusses different topics, such as how to pick a benefits consultant, habits of “highly effective benefits professionals,” the way the future of the health industry is headed, the impact mayors can have on the opioid crisis, and how to ensure opioid mitigation plans actually work to mitigate the right things.
The last section, Part IV, discusses how to restore hope, health, and well-being in our own communities. He talks about value-based primary care, a transparent medical market, transparent pharmacy benefits, and ERISA fiduciary risk.
The book ends with six appendices on various topics, including evidence-based services for people with opioid use disorder; status quo benefits vs. Health Rosetta type benefits; a handbook for systems change; and a sample compensation disclosure form.
Case studies are riddled throughout the book and focus on different industries and aspects of the current crisis.
Health Rosetta is a nonprofit organization that works with employers and organizations to lower healthcare benefit costs and provide access to more reliable care. They do this through developing an open platform with a range of resources to discover what doesn’t work in the world of healthcare and help implement what does work.