Local 157: CDPHP is a true partner

CDPHP goes above and beyond for the members and employer groups we serve, providing high quality, affordable health care coverage and impeccable customer service to help you and your family live your healthiest lives.

But don’t take our word for it.

Check out how Mike Brady, administrator for the Local 157 Laborers Union, describes his organization’s experience having a self-funded plan from CDPHP.

“Going with CDPHP is a name that we felt comfortable with because most of our members knew the name. They knew the brand right away.

Currently, we have over 500 members, but it’s a very interesting demographic where a lot of these guys come off the farms, and they’ll tell you that a day in the hole is easier than a day on the farm. And a lot of those guys will actually go home after a long day and work in the fields and work on the farm.

We have a lot of older participants whose sons are now members of our local. It’s an investment for us to keep them healthy at a younger age. So hopefully, they maintain that health through their older age and don’t really need the medical services and are able to live a healthy life.

CDPHP has been here for a long, long time, and they’re doing the right things.

I’m an administrator that I feel I have to touch everything. I feel if a call comes into the office and it’s a problem regarding medical services, that I have to walk over and hold hands. With CDPHP, I learned rather quickly that I don’t have to do that. When we re-sign a contract with CDPHP, it’s how much are you gonna charge me to pay my claims, to answer our phone calls, to implement case management, to help me with stop loss reimbursements, and more importantly, to negotiate with doctors and hospitals to try to keep our medical costs low.

So they really were able to help us minimize costs where if we were buying an insured product, it would cost us a lot more money. And therefore, if it costs us more money, it costs the contractors more money, and the cost of doing construction in upstate New York would be higher. But because I’m with CDPHP, I believe we’re able to keep those costs down. For businesses out there in the Capital District in particular, it’s a great fit.

CDPHP has been here for a long, long time, and they’re doing the right things. And we’re very happy. If you ever wanna call me up and ask me any question about CDPHP, feel free to do so.”

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