Vendor Profile: Gravie
Vendor Profile: Gravie
We live in the Age of Options. There are innumerable choices available to the American consumer today. All the TV shows, smartphone apps, internet content, clothing brands, etc. The American workplace is following suit, also offering more flexibility and options for working professionals. So why shouldn’t employers and their employees have options when it comes to health insurance?
Well, now those options are an option! Enter Gravie: an industry-changing healthcare company whose goal is to make health benefits easier and more affordable for both employers and employees. More than half of Americans still get their healthcare insurance through their employer, which can be costly and time consuming for the employers, and a headache for employees.
Like tailors do with fine suits, Gravie does with healthcare plans. They know there's no ‘one-size-fits-all’ health plan that works for everybody. Acting as a third-party broker through employers, Gravie helps employees find the best healthcare plan to fit their needs and budget— both on-exchange (through the government-run marketplaces), and off-exchange (directly through insurance companies, i.e. HealthPartners, UCare, BlueCross BlueShield, UnitedHealthcare etc). Whether a high or low deductible is appropriate for the employee, they offer the best plans from the best insurance companies, at affordable rates. Their goal is to remove any obstacle that stands in the way of someone understanding how their plan and coverage works.
Why did we choose Gravie?
In 2014, Creatis was looking for a new way to provide health insurance options for our employees. As a small company, it was becoming extremely difficult to find a group health plan that worked as costs were rising and yet the options for coverage were becoming more limited. We needed a partner who could help us navigate the changing health care landscape and provide us with more flexible, affordable options for our growing number of employees.
On our search, we connected with Gravie, a company based in our hometown Minneapolis. They answered our questions about the shifting insurance market and how a creative/marketing company of our size might best provide insurance options for its employees. Another equally important factor in our decision was that the Gravie team - led by CEO and co-founder Abir Sen - embodied values that aligned closely with our own. Gravie, like Creatis, is a people-first, service-oriented company. And like us, they understand the principle that connecting people with the right choice – whether in creative/marketing or healthcare plans – is essential. They help us help our employees and alleviate so much stress. Our Gravie representative, Darius, says it best, “We focus on providing and administering employee benefits, so Creatis can focus on what they do best - creative & staffing solutions.”
How does the Gravie and Creatis partnership work?
When a new Creatis employee is seeking individual health insurance, we connect them with a Gravie advisor who then walks the employee through the process of selecting and utilizing a customized healthcare plan. Employee benefits are incredibly complex, and Gravie knows that providing people with options only works if those people have a guide for the process. Their advisors are always available – throughout the year – for a call or online chat to answer our employees’ questions about everything from which primary care doctors are in their network, to what an in-office visit might cost under their specific plan. The feedback we’ve received from our employees about Gravie is universally outstanding. Their expertise on healthcare is made even better by their unique ability to explain healthcare in plain English!
Learn more about Gravie here: https://www.gravie.com/
