How can our organization improve employee health and reduce healthcare costs?
USI’s primary strategy for managing healthcare costs is to incentivize employees to have an annual physical with a primary care physician (PCP). The annual physical identifies employees at risk for disease and encourages them to take action to improve their health.
Financial incentives encourage employees to engage with their primary care physicians and help lower your organization’s total health plan costs by 3-5%. The average annual program cost is $15 per participant per year, when considering net cost impact.
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- Proprietary analytics combined with carrier data to track physician engagement levels
- Programs designed to enhance compliance with physician-recommended screenings
- Year-over-year decreases in population disease prevalence
Traditional wellness initiatives, including biometric screenings, health risk assessments, weight loss challenges, and tobacco cessation programs typically fail to improve the health of a population and do not drive engagement with primary care physicians.
Primary care measurably improves adherence to recommended screening and testing for early detection and prevention. Connecting plan members to primary care is the most effective first step toward improving overall health care and management of chronic conditions and, over time, reducing the severity/frequency of health care claims.
Designing a comprehensive wellness strategy is a multi-step process. USI Population Health Management Consultants provide support with:
- Contribution strategy
- Compliance considerations
- Vendor selection and implementation
- Communications strategy
I’d like to explore further how USI’s Population Health Management Consultants can help our organization drive better primary care engagement among our workforce.
Incentivized Physician Engagement is part of USI's CORE Strategy, a multi-year program designed to reduce long-term costs and improve overall population health outcomes. To learn more about our CORE Strategy, let's set up a conversation with a regional USI Population Health Consultant.