Fixing Healthcare:
How Executives Can Save Their People, Their Business, and The Economy
Stop wasting millions on healthcare. Download the free executive summary today.

Uncover the
"Brokerage Blind Spot"
Gain clarity on how the industry works against you
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"Benefits Dream Team"
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Reclaim millions
in profit per year
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25% of healthcare spending is waste
Research shows that a quarter of all U.S. healthcare dollars—nearly $1 trillion a year—goes to wasteful practices, inflated pricing, and administrative overhead.
$4,000+ wasted per employee each year
Employers overspend thousands annually on healthcare benefits due to inefficiencies, misaligned incentives, and a lack of transparency.
Healthcare costs are a top concern for CEOs
Rising healthcare expenses now outpace wages and inflation, making them the top budget strain for U.S. businesses.
About Donovan
Donovan Pyle is the CEO of Health Compass Consulting and author of "Fixing Healthcare: How Executives Can Save Their People, Their Business, and the Economy." He also serves as a Senior Advisor at the Validation Institute, where he was named 2025 Benefits Advisor of the Year.
Backed by the highest designations in the employee benefits industry, Donovan brings a unique blend of creative vision and analytical rigor to the complex world of healthcare and employee benefits.
While working on the insurer and brokerage side of the industry, Donovan witnessed how the misaligned incentives between brokers and employers significantly undermined the financial and physical health of organizations. To counter the brokerage industry, Donovan founded Health Compass Consulting in 2018. The pioneering fiduciary-based management consulting firm is dedicated to helping employers with 100 to 10,000 employees combat the estimated $300 billion in annual waste within the U.S. employer-sponsored healthcare system. To achieve this, the firm developed three proprietary frameworks: Assess, Procurement, Implement, Manageâ„¢, Total Benefits Assessmentâ„¢, and the Health Plan Maturity Modelâ„¢.
These frameworks empower clients with the clarity essential for identifying opportunities, setting goals, and developing roadmaps to achieve them. As a result of their data-driven approach and role as fiduciaries, Health Compass clients save an average of $1,856 per employee per year, with better coverage.
As Chairman of the Validation Institute’s Certified Health Value Professional (CHVP) Advisory Board, Donovan further contributes to the industry by elevating the professional standards of benefits consulting through leading education on health plan innovation.
Donovan's insights on transforming employee benefits from a cost center to a strategic asset are regularly featured in publications such as Employee Benefit News, Yahoo Finance, SHRM, and Seeking Alpha. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and a contributor to podcasts, offering actionable strategies for executives seeking to improve the financial and physical health of their organizations.


