Self-Funded With Spencer VālenzONE: A Deep Dive Into Optimized Healthcare | with Rob Gelb
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Jun 10, 2025 Rob Gelb, CEO of Vālenz, leads a firm at the forefront of healthcare innovation. He discusses the unique VālenzONE platform, which acts as a health plan optimizer, aiming to simplify healthcare costs for employers. Gelb dives into the complexities of today's healthcare market, addressing issues like over-insurance and the need for integrated solutions. He emphasizes the importance of preventive care and using data to tackle high-cost claims early, advocating for partnerships over competition within the industry.
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Platform Over Point Solutions
- Vālenz unified several point solutions into an integrated platform to simplify payer and employer workflows.
- The company serves TPAs, carriers, health plans, and self-funded employers with modular or fully integrated options.
From Acquisitions To A Chassis
- Rob recounts Vālenz starting as loosely affiliated acquisitions including United Claim Solutions, Inetico, Zeebu, and NX Health Networks.
- He explains how those pieces were combined into a chassis and platform to offer integrated services.
Point-Solution Fatigue Drives Integration
- Customers showed point-solution fatigue from managing multiple vendors and integrations.
- Vālenz decided to become a single platform and chassis to reduce integration burdens for payers and TPAs.