Press releases, articles, and updates from Manifest and the partners reshaping employer healthcare.
Manifest partners with OVD Insurance, one of West Michigan's fastest-growing independent brokerages, to help Michigan employers access more affordable, locally coordinated care.
Manifest co-founder Rick Abbott named a Crain's Grand Rapids 2026 Notable Leader in Health Care for co-founding Manifest with Aaron Friedkin, MD.
Choice in healthcare feels like value, but it's often the mechanism through which cost control, quality standardization, and outcome improvement are quietly lost.
WGVU News covers Manifest's Provider Collective launch and its partnership with Kapnick Insurance, highlighting the model's potential to help Michigan employers manage rising healthcare costs.
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, Manifest teams up with Kapnick Insurance, Michigan's largest independent family-owned benefits agency, to make the Provider Collective available to Kapnick's employ
Sanford Behavioral Health explains its decision to join the Manifest Provider Collective and the opportunity to connect directly with self-funded employers across Michigan.
Crain's Grand Rapids profiles Manifest's approach to building a collective of independent providers willing to partner with self-funded employers to contain rising healthcare costs.
Healthcare's many-to-many-to-many structure makes consistent execution nearly impossible. Providers can't optimize across infinite permutations of benefits, incentives, and care models.
Manifest launches the Provider Collective, a curated group of Michigan provider organizations committed to improving access, affordability, and experience for self-funded employers and their employees
Manifest co-founders Rick Abbott and Aaron Friedkin named Crain's Grand Rapids 2025 Newsmaker of the Year finalists for their model connecting self-funded employers with local providers.
Employers don't need to change health plans to unlock savings. They need to understand cost drivers, identify high-value providers, and build a curated access path for members.
Manifest and Exponential Health team up to make proactive, relationship-based primary care and wellness services more accessible to self-funded Michigan employers and their employees.
Manifest co-founder Rick Abbott named a Crain's Grand Rapids 2025 Notable Leader in Health Care Technology for launching a virtual urgent care program for uninsured Michigan residents.
Certificate-of-need laws were built to guide healthcare investment. Instead, they've restricted competition, slowed innovation, and raised the cost of care for employers and employees.
Crain's Grand Rapids profiles Manifest's founding by former Priority Health and Blue Cross executives Rick Abbott and Aaron Friedkin, and their plan to bridge the gap between employers and local provi
Manifest officially launches with a mission to build a connected healthcare ecosystem for West Michigan employers, partnering with local providers to make high-quality care more accessible and afforda
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