-: So, how would you say that this relationship is,
is different from either prior relation,
vendor relationships that either Basset's had
or you've experienced in the past?
-: You know, we certainly had explored the opportunity of,
you know, looking outward
and bringing in multiple vendors to,
to create, probably, you know,
what would have been a similar sort of arrangement.
Having said that though,
to find a single solution in an organization
with as much depth as much experience, you know, with it,
with an advanced and, and very,
I would say good reputation
in each of these capabilities is quite hard to find.
And as we piece this together,
as we saw the value proposition of having a backbone,
an organization that can bring so much innovation
and technology and support and expertise
in one partner really was important
for us to explore and I'm happy that we did.
-: And your employees are obviously
a big central focus of the relationship
and 95 plus percent of them are moving over
to Optum as part of this relationship.
How, how big of a driver of the relationship
was that for you and for the vast organization overall?
-: Yeah, I mean,
I can't underscore enough how important that was,
you know, going into this, you know,
particularly in an environment like ours,
small communities that we serve, you know,
the question of how are our people going to be impacted
was central to all of this.
I think as we went through this process very collaboratively
through the due diligence, you know, Mike, very well,
that, that was a question that, you know,
was appropriately positioned by our board,
appropriately positioned by our leadership team,
and one that we continually dwelled on, you know,
invested a ton of time to ensure that we were doing this
the right way for our people.