Mr. Chris Cosgrove reports

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 710 HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND SELECTS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS FOR GLP-1 UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT POWERED BY NOVUS 360

The Teamsters Local 710 Health and Welfare Fund has selected Comprehensive Healthcare Systems Inc. to provide utilization management for GLP-1 medications. Effective Nov. 1, 2026, Comprehensive Healthcare Systems manages clinical review, prior authorization and continuing appropriateness monitoring for GLP-1 prescriptions for the fund's participants and their families, with the program delivered through the company's Novus 360 platform.

Why GLP-1s matter to Taft-Hartley funds

GLP-1 receptor agonists, used to treat Type 2 diabetes and, increasingly, obesity, have become one of the largest and fastest-growing categories of pharmacy spend for employer and multiemployer health plans. For Taft-Hartley funds, which are jointly managed by labour and management trustees and financed through collectively bargained contributions, unchecked growth in this category can put pressure on the benefits members rely on.

How the program works

The Comprehensive Healthcare program is designed to make sure these medications reach the members most likely to benefit, consistent with clinical evidence and the fund's plan design. Because it runs on Novus 360, clinical determinations, eligibility and plan reporting are managed in one integrated system rather than across disconnected vendors. The program includes:

• Clinical prior authorization -- review of each request against evidence-based criteria, including diagnosis, relevant clinical history and Food and Drug Admininstration-approved indications;
• Reauthorization and outcomes monitoring -- periodic review to confirm that members on therapy are seeing clinical benefit and that continued use remains appropriate;
• Fast, member-friendly turnaround - timely determinations and clear communication with prescribers and members, so eligible participants are not left waiting for care;
• Trustee reporting through Novus 360 -- regular reporting on utilization trends, approval and denial rates, and spend, giving trustees the data they need to make informed benefit decisions.

"GLP-1 medications are reshaping pharmacy spend for multiemployer plans, and trustees need a way to manage that growth without putting up barriers for the members who truly need these drugs," said Chris Cosgrove, president and chief executive officer of Comprehensive Healthcare Systems. "By running clinical review and reporting through Novus 360, we're giving the Local 710 trustees clear visibility into utilization and spend, and giving their members fast, fair decisions. That balance between access and stewardship is exactly what Taft-Hartley funds need from a partner."

The Local 710 engagement builds on Comprehensive Healthcare's work with Taft-Hartley and multiemployer funds, where Novus 360 supports benefits and pension administration for more than one million lives.

About Comprehensive Healthcare Systems Inc.

Comprehensive Healthcare Systems is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta and is the parent company of Comprehensive Healthcare Systems Inc. (Delaware). The company is a vertically integrated software-as-a-services (SaaS) company focused on digitizing health care with Healthcare Benefits Administration solutions, providing reliable and high-volume transaction-capable systems. The company's state-of-the-art Novus 360 Healthcare Welfare and Benefits Administration (HWBA) SaaS platform is used by clients for all aspects of healthcare benefits administration (including self-financed employers, providers and labour unions), providing health care administrative software and technology-enabled services.

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