William Colopoulos, Jr.
President
Next Generation Healthcare Economics
2970 Highwood Drive
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Phone: 612-987-4155
Email: bc@nexgenhce.com
Bill
Colopoulos is a healthcare economist and benefits consultant providing
high quality consultative health plan audit and benefit management
services to employers and their employees. Formally trained as a health
care economist, Bill provides expertise in wellness and prevention,
funding group benefit programs and health and welfare plan employer
administration.
Bill has an extensive background. He has
managed several large pooled health insurance programs and has helped
employers design and implement financial policies that leverage
economies of scale; improve and maintain the financial integrity of his
clients’ benefit programs.
Bill’s 30 year career includes client
management work for major insurance companies. He has served as a
National Account Executive for CIGNA Corporation, Marketing Manager of
Disability Reinsurance for ReliaStar and Director of Pharmacy Management
for United Health Group. He is currently the President of Next
Generation Healthcare Economics, a healthcare economic think-tank and
benefits consulting firm that Bill founded in 2007.
Bill is a
noted authority in many different aspects of health benefits, including
medical, pharmacy and disability. He has written numerous published
articles on topics of interest to employee benefit managers. Bill also
provides continuing education classes for his fellow professionals. He
is currently an instructor at the Kaplan Professional School providing
the following courses: Health Care Economics, Health Care in Other
Nations, Healthcare Reform: A “to do” List for Employers and
Self-Insuring Health Benefit Plans.
Currently, Bill specializes
in helping health and welfare plan sponsors audit and manage their group
benefit plans. His work has also focused on exploring patient-focused
cost control strategies to facilitate the education, design and
implementation of wellness incentive-based health plans. Recently, he
has advised his clients on the impact of healthcare reform and how to
measure employer and employee health care affordability. In 2012, he
worked with the state of Minnesota’s Health Exchange Advisory Task
Force, serving as a member of the Small Employer and Employees Technical
Work Group.
Bill received a B.A. in Economics from Connecticut
College. He has also conducted graduate studies in economics at the
University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the American Economic
Association, National Association of Health Underwriters and the Society
of Human Resources Managers.