Eric Parmenter
LeagueEric Parmenter is established as a national expert on health benefits and health improvement at work. A consultant with deep experience in health plan strategy, design, prevention care, and productivity and behavioral economics, Eric serves as the Vice President of Health Advisory at League, a benefit platform company in Canada and the US. A former executive at Collective Health, Evolent Health and principal with Towers Watson, he has worked in the employee benefits business for 30-plus years as an advisor to hospital and health system clients, developing health benefit and prevention care strategies that align with the health system’s population health business. Eric focuses on improving the poor health of healthcare workers and professionals as a first step to improving patient satisfaction and quality outcomes. He frequently speaks about the direct link between improving healthcare workers’ health and boosting patient satisfaction and quality outcomes.
Eric is a published author including the book STOP: 21 STOPs to Reduce Stress and Enhance Joy and has authored more than 20 articles on employee benefit topics including “Fixing the Broken Triangle”, “Healthcare Benefit Crisis—Ten Years Later” in 2015, “Choice Architecture—a Tool for Ratcheting up Benefit and Wellness Results,” “eACOs—The Health Plan of the Future,” and “Healthcare Benefit Crisis.” A member of several “Who’s Who” lists for business executives, Eric graduated from the University of Illinois with a BA in Psychology and earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Eric lives in Nashville, TN, with his wife Sherry and enjoys travel related to history, architecture, and baseball. Together, Eric and Sherry have seven children and ten grandchildren. He has been a volunteer docent for the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.