The Employer-Provider Interface Council (EPIC) was founded on the principle of helping to make change happen in the real-world marketplace of employee healthcare benefits. To achieve meaningful change, the purpose of select initiatives from EPIC is to focus on key business issues and/or health conditions that matter to employers and providers of care or services. That has provided a path forward to find the common ground around interests across all parties in healthcare purchasing and payment. Reviewing options within general areas of consensus, EPIC has begun various work efforts on specific themes bringing together our contacts, key opinion leaders, content experts, and real-world examples of innovations and visions of the future in employers and their investment in employer health and healthcare benefits.