By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 23:11:32 +0000

Hi Joe,
Thanks for all you do. I am a fan.
Regarding prevention fund d by employers, the ROI comes years after an employee leaves the company plan and goes on Medicare. CFOs are smartening up and realizing their traditional wellness vendors expenses (plus the bribes to the employees to participate) far exceed any claims cost reductions in the under 70 population. Al Lewis offers a $2mm if a traditional wellness vendor can show even one dollar if Claims cost ROI.
Having some well-being programs is the right thing to do, so will be a staple forever, but downsizing these vendor contracts is the norm now. Finding vendors (like PTX Therapy or Quizzify) that guarantee a first year ROI (on claims cost reductions exceeding fees and incentives) to the CFO and also guaranteeing to the HR managers that employee health and well-being will also improve, will become the norm for healthcare 3.0! Traditional wellness vendors are one-trick ponies- only focused on cardiometabolic risk reduction and well-being (which mostly appeals to the “worried well” who spend little). They need to go from being a one trick pony to a three ring circus- add and equally promote musculoskeletal wellness and consumerism (Choosing Wisely) training to cardiometabolic risk reduction. The ROI from musculoskeletal wellness (which costs employers three times what they spend a year on cardiometabolic claims and drugs) and from Health Literacy education can fund the traditional wellness stuff (if it is cut back).
Best regards,
Bob

By: joe

joe — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:33:46 +0000

tests don’t improve health – eating healthy and exercising does. there is no easy button. if MD’s are paid based on their patients BMI then they will take interest and get them to lose weight. we are talking about behavior changes of the doctor and the patient. my mom is overweight with multiple chronic conditions and her doctors never says anything about losing weight – he just gives her another pill.
you can lead a horse to water…

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