Solutions By Continuum of Care
Disease Management & Treatment
Carena Mobile Medicine Implemented by The Microsoft Corporation
The Microsoft Mobile Medicine program, in partnership with Carena Inc. and its medical group, provides in-home medical treatment from a physician 24-hours a day, 7 days per week for urgent, non life-threatening medical situations. The program is available to all members of the Microsoft enrollees living in the Puget Sound area. Microsoft's membership in the Puget Sound has grown from 80,000 when the service was first implemented to approximately 98,000 as of May 2009 and we have recently delivered our 10,000 house call.
Schneider National, Inc. Health & Wellness in Partnership with Healthways
Schneider is the largest long distance truckload carrier in the U.S. employing over 20,000 associates, the majority a high risk population of truck drivers. Schneider's self insured medical claim history showed cardiovascular expenses trending 30% above the U.S. average. Schneider conferred with the incumbent vendor, Intracorp, and together they decided to introduce a third party, Healthways. These three companies collaborated, each sharing their learnings and best practices to design a customized disease management that posted remarkable results in the third year: increased participation, fatal heart attacks were down by over 50%, and the ROI for the entire program almost doubled.
The Microsoft Mobile Medicine program, in partnership with Carena Inc. and its medical group, provides in-home medical treatment from a physician 24-hours a day, 7 days per week for urgent, non life-threatening medical situations. The program is available to all members of the Microsoft enrollees living in the Puget Sound area. Microsoft's membership in the Puget Sound has grown from 80,000 when the service was first implemented to approximately 98,000 as of May 2009 and we have recently delivered our 10,000 house call.
Schneider National, Inc. Health & Wellness in Partnership with Healthways
Schneider is the largest long distance truckload carrier in the U.S. employing over 20,000 associates, the majority a high risk population of truck drivers. Schneider's self insured medical claim history showed cardiovascular expenses trending 30% above the U.S. average. Schneider conferred with the incumbent vendor, Intracorp, and together they decided to introduce a third party, Healthways. These three companies collaborated, each sharing their learnings and best practices to design a customized disease management that posted remarkable results in the third year: increased participation, fatal heart attacks were down by over 50%, and the ROI for the entire program almost doubled.
Bridges to Excellence
Bridges to Excellence (BTE) is a not-for-profit organization developed by employers, physicians, health care services researchers and other industry experts with a simple mission: to create significant leaps in the quality of care by recognizing and rewarding health care providers who demonstrate that they have implemented comprehensive solutions in the management of patients and deliver safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered care. One focus of BTE is diabetes care.
Bridges to Excellence (BTE) is a not-for-profit organization developed by employers, physicians, health care services researchers and other industry experts with a simple mission: to create significant leaps in the quality of care by recognizing and rewarding health care providers who demonstrate that they have implemented comprehensive solutions in the management of patients and deliver safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered care. One focus of BTE is diabetes care.
Bank of America Health & Wellness Program
When Bank of America and Fleet Boston Financial merged on April 1, 2004, the new company's leaders leveraged the best wellness practices of both organizations. With an associate population of 42,000, Fleet had offered creative, comprehensive, wellness and prevention initiatives for over 20 years. Bank of America's use of Six Sigma methodology and its fresh experience with wellness.
Caterpillar, Inc. - Zero Dollar Drug Copay
Statins, cholesterol lowering drugs, rank #1 by both volume and cost at Caterpillar. In many clinical situations, generic statins are equally effective and safe as the more costly brand statins. Evidence-based plan design changes instituted in 2007 and 2008 increased generic statin utilization from 36% (2006) to 81% (2008) while lowering costs for both the consumer and the enterprise and increasing the utilization of this very beneficial class of drugs.
ConAgra Foods
Program objectives include engaging employees in their own health decisions to reduce risk and provide baseline health measurements; improving individual well-being that leads to organizational benefits of increased morale, higher productivity, reduced absenteeism and lower healthcare costs; maintaining and enhancing the productivity of employees by helping them manage their health, fitness and work-life balance; and finally, creating a financial management tool for employee healthcare costs.
Destination Rx
Through www.Rxaminer.com and www.destinationrx.com consumers have access to a medication consultation system that enables them to drive cost containment through a better understanding of their treatment options. Consumers, employers, and other payors can achieve 20 to 70 percent savings on the out-of-pocket costs of their medications by purchasing different brand or generic drugs with similar effectiveness. The Rxaminer tool and approach is used by Medicare (available at www.medicare.gov), pharmacy benefit managers, health plans, self funded employers, and uninsured consumers to reduce prescription drug costs.
Federal Express Health Risk Reduction and Cost Reduction Program
FedEx offers a variety of Human Capital Management (HCM) programs to its employees as part of the FedEx Express-Health Risk Reduction and Cost Reduction Program. A number of different internal organizations contribute to the program including: Safety and Risk Management, Health and Wellness, Disability and Human Resources Services and Operations.
Gulfstream Aerospace - Partners in Quality Physician Program
In 2003, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation partnered with Memorial University Medical Center to create a program called "Partners in Quality" (PIQ), a quality improvement initiative for Memorial's network of primary care physicians who were delivering care to Gulfstream employees.
HealthScreen Disease Management, LLC
HealthScreen Disease Management seeks to provide health plan sponsors with a proven method of identifying and managing healthcare costs and to provide plan enrollees with proven disease management protocols to manage their disease states.
Lumenos
Lumenos health plans offer an integrated health improvement strategy that provides tools, services and incentives to make it easier for consumers to do the right things for their health.
When Bank of America and Fleet Boston Financial merged on April 1, 2004, the new company's leaders leveraged the best wellness practices of both organizations. With an associate population of 42,000, Fleet had offered creative, comprehensive, wellness and prevention initiatives for over 20 years. Bank of America's use of Six Sigma methodology and its fresh experience with wellness.
Caterpillar, Inc. - Zero Dollar Drug Copay
Statins, cholesterol lowering drugs, rank #1 by both volume and cost at Caterpillar. In many clinical situations, generic statins are equally effective and safe as the more costly brand statins. Evidence-based plan design changes instituted in 2007 and 2008 increased generic statin utilization from 36% (2006) to 81% (2008) while lowering costs for both the consumer and the enterprise and increasing the utilization of this very beneficial class of drugs.
ConAgra Foods
Program objectives include engaging employees in their own health decisions to reduce risk and provide baseline health measurements; improving individual well-being that leads to organizational benefits of increased morale, higher productivity, reduced absenteeism and lower healthcare costs; maintaining and enhancing the productivity of employees by helping them manage their health, fitness and work-life balance; and finally, creating a financial management tool for employee healthcare costs.
Destination Rx
Through www.Rxaminer.com and www.destinationrx.com consumers have access to a medication consultation system that enables them to drive cost containment through a better understanding of their treatment options. Consumers, employers, and other payors can achieve 20 to 70 percent savings on the out-of-pocket costs of their medications by purchasing different brand or generic drugs with similar effectiveness. The Rxaminer tool and approach is used by Medicare (available at www.medicare.gov), pharmacy benefit managers, health plans, self funded employers, and uninsured consumers to reduce prescription drug costs.
Federal Express Health Risk Reduction and Cost Reduction Program
FedEx offers a variety of Human Capital Management (HCM) programs to its employees as part of the FedEx Express-Health Risk Reduction and Cost Reduction Program. A number of different internal organizations contribute to the program including: Safety and Risk Management, Health and Wellness, Disability and Human Resources Services and Operations.
Gulfstream Aerospace - Partners in Quality Physician Program
In 2003, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation partnered with Memorial University Medical Center to create a program called "Partners in Quality" (PIQ), a quality improvement initiative for Memorial's network of primary care physicians who were delivering care to Gulfstream employees.
HealthScreen Disease Management, LLC
HealthScreen Disease Management seeks to provide health plan sponsors with a proven method of identifying and managing healthcare costs and to provide plan enrollees with proven disease management protocols to manage their disease states.
Lumenos
Lumenos health plans offer an integrated health improvement strategy that provides tools, services and incentives to make it easier for consumers to do the right things for their health.
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