Thomas Laster exemplifies health plan excellence and stewardship.

Health Rosetta recognizes the top health plans in America at the annual Rosie Awards. The Rosie Awards recognize high-value, low-cost health plans from employers and unions across the U.S.

Rosie Award winners are chosen from plans recommended by benefits advisors, solution providers, or clinical leaders who meet two important criteria: a high Plan GraderTM score and excellent use of their Health Rosetta Dividend.

The Plan Grader™ is the first comprehensive independent plan assessment to measure and improve your health plan strategy. Plan Grader is an independent 360° health plan risk assessment that provides actionable insights to create an effective 2-3 year strategy to lower costs and improve benefits. Plan Grader is built on the Health Rosetta’s eight components that have been modeled on the successes of hundreds of high-performance plans. Employers and unions can evaluate how their health plan benchmarks to other employers or union plans adopting a Health Rosetta-style health plan. Reach out to Thomas Laster to get your Plan Grade today.

Health Rosetta Dividend refers to the well-documented over $1 trillion of industry waste that can be reinvested back into an organization or community to improve wellbeing and build the foundation to restore the American Dream. Examples of Health Rosetta Dividend reinvestment include free college education, advanced primary care services, free or subsidize healthy food, pay increases, Dream Manager, $0 medications, or other tangible improvements that have a direct impact on the health and wellbeing of their workforce, dependents, and communities.

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Thomas Laster

Broker/Owner

Merit Benefits Southwest
tlaster@meritbenefitssw.com
405.820.3655

Health Rosetta Advisor since 2021

A veteran of 43 years in designing, marketing, administering, and servicing employee benefits plans from the perspectives of wholesaler, retail broker as well as the insurer, Tom has been active in professional associations and legislative advocacy to benefit the insuring public by promoting competition, access to coverage, and transparency. Recognized as a top producer in America for group health plans and income replacement strategies.

The company founder is an avid proponent of Rosetta-style plan management. After reading The CEO's Guide to Restoring the American Dream, he adopted a stance to embrace all the tools afforded to employers to regain control of healthcare costs. This spirit is reflected in their mission statement and open enrollment materials.

  • Industry: Engineering Services
  • # of Employees: 185
  • Location: Oklahoma

No Cost DPC Membership

  • TPA: Edison Health Solutions
  • PBM: Liviniti (Formerly Southern Scripts)
  • Stoploss: Ioa Re
  • PrimaryCare: Primary Health Partners
  • Individual Stewardship: Connect Benefit
  • Other Solutions: Medwatch; Connect Benefits; Aware Health; Script Sourcing
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