Robert Gearhart

BOB GEARHART JR. is the CEO of DCW Group and responsible for helping its clients better manage the healthcare supply chain - to improve benefits and increase earnings.

As a nationally recognized speaker on Healthcare Supply Chain Management, Bob frequently appears on radio, television, and in print to provide insight into the ever-changing landscape surrounding healthcare in America. Bob also co-authored the Amazon Best Selling book, "BREAKING THROUGH THE STATUS QUO: How Innovative Companies Are CHANGING THE BENEFITS GAME To Help Their Employees AND Boost Their Bottom Line."

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A Health Insurance Strategy of Charging Your Employees More is Not a Strategy

Here’s a familiar conversation. A manufacturer says, "We need to keep our costs down." Their broker responds, "No problem, we can do that. Let's bring in a high-deductible plan." DCW Group knows that is not a health insurance strategy. It’s a cheap...

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You Can't Reduce Insurance Costs When Incentives Are Misaligned

Manufacturing firms want to know, "why are our health insurance rates continuing to increase year after year?" It’s simple. You're trusting the other...

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Health Insurance "Trend" Is Not Why Your Manufacturing Firm’s Annual Benefit Premiums Increase

When informing manufacturing clients of yet another annual premium increase, brokers will commonly reference industry “trend,” or the average...

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Competing For Qualified Workers: Does Your Manufacturing Firm’s Benefit Plan Help or Hurt

We get asked this question all the time: “What’s everyone else doing?” Manufacturers want to know, how do we stack up in a difficult labor market...

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Benefits Cost-Savings are Within Reach for Manufacturers Who Understand These Four Healthcare Supply Chain Verticals

When we ask manufacturers what they’re doing to control the 80% of their health insurance costs that are coming from four key areas in the healthcare...

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