How Next Level cracked the code on rising employer healthcare costs

At a time when most employers are bracing for double-digit increases in healthcare spending, one Houston-based company has taken a different path, quietly sidestepping the crisis and helping others do the same.

Next Level, the name behind Houston’s ubiquitous urgent care clinics, isn’t just in the business of treating colds and sprains. With just over 800 employees of its own, the company faced the same challenge plaguing businesses across the country: how to offer meaningful, accessible healthcare…