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When we think about wellness programs, disease and case management. We tend to think of these programs as silos and independent. We get an image of recommending a patient eats more healthy, is told about the dangers of high cholesterol or when faced with the catastrophic medical event asked if they understand their condition and directed to bring things up with their physician. This is all well and good, but what does this really mean for a member covered under your health plan. What's healthy for one person or advice given may not be sufficient for the next. Are there incentives and accountability for the person to become aware of their health. Is the advice given to an individual with chronic disease really helpful or just another lecture about the evils of eating fast food.
Further complicating this picture is that accountability and tools for wellness, chronic disease management and support to individuals with catastrophic health care expenses are spread across multiple vendors that operate in silos, independent of one another, resulting in redundant or conflicting messages.
Most of the time, these programs are spread across multiple vendors that operate in silos independent of one another resulting in redundant or conflicting messages. Covered members can get messages to call their doctor read pamphlets, eat better, exercise, lose weight, etc. from multiple sources. Unfortunately, employees and dependent sometimes see this as intrusive, or as a lecture from their employer about their lifestyle, instead of feeling as though their employer really cares about their well-being. Today’s approach to population wellness amounts to a check list of activities with little impact on actual health or cost. The system is fragmented and focuses on process not outcome. At Real Health Solutions, more emphasis is put on making the employee feel that they are the focus, and they are seen as an individual, not just a population, or a checklist.
Health Care Trends
Health care reform was the catalyst of an increasing focus on managing the health of covered populations to reduce health care cost trends. Although health care trends are at historically low levels this has been achieved by significant increases in what employees and dependents now pay for health care Plan sponsors are turning to wellness programs, disease management and other tools to manage the health of the population to reduce cost and improve health of tier employees and their dependents.
Individualized Approach
Real Health Solutions knows that the true path to wellness requires a much more individualized approach, which is what we provide. By getting employees interested and excited in the process, the result is better retention, more productivity, and in the end, a decrease in health care costs for the employer. Studies from different employers have shown that employees who participate in a company's wellness program are far less likely to leave that company, and if they do, that is the single biggest thing they miss the most. This provides a source of competition for employers - healthy employees are happy employees. Contact us to learn how to get your employees involved and on the right track to wellness!