Fixing Healthcare

Donovan Pyle is the CEO of Health Compass Consulting and author of "Fixing Healthcare: How Executives Can Save Their People, Their Business, and the Economy." He also serves as a Senior Advisor at the Validation Institute in Boston. Backed by the highest designations in the employee benefits industry, Donovan brings a unique blend of creative vision and analytical rigor to the complex world of healthcare and employee benefits.

While working on the insurer and brokerage side of the industry, Donovan witnessed how the misaligned incentives between brokers and employers significantly undermined the financial and physical health of organizations. To counter the brokerage industry, Donovan founded Health Compass Consulting in 2018. The pioneering fiduciary-based management consulting firm is dedicated to helping employers with 100 to 10,000 employees combat the estimated $300 billion in annual waste within the U.S. employer-sponsored healthcare system. To achieve this, the firm developed three proprietary frameworks: Assess, Procurement, Implement, Manage™, Total Benefits Assessment™, and the Health Plan Maturity Model™. These frameworks empower clients with the clarity essential for identifying opportunities, setting goals, and developing roadmaps to achieve them. As a result of their data-driven approach and role as fiduciaries, Health Compass clients save an average of $1,856 per employee per year, with better coverage.

As Chairman of the Validation Institute’s Certified Health Value Professional (CHVP) Advisory Board, Donovan further contributes to the industry by elevating the professional standards of benefits consulting through leading education on health plan innovation.

Donovan's insights on transforming employee benefits from a cost center to a strategic asset are regularly featured in publications such as Employee Benefit News, Yahoo Finance, SHRM, and Seeking Alpha. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and a contributor to podcasts, offering actionable strategies for executives seeking to improve the financial and physical health of their organizations.

For collaborations, contact Donovan at [email protected]