The Health Risk Spectrum (Source: Buck Consultants 2005), when viewed as a function of healthcare cost, is well known by most members of the health insurance industry.

It has been documented in many forums that approximately 65%, of American workers have one or more chronic health conditions.  The incidence of chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, depression and arthritis is not only increasing, but is exacerbated by behavioral factors such as obesity, inactivity, and stress. 

As a result, more than 60% of corporate health claim dollars are associated with chronic disease. 

The goal of any responsible health benefit plan and functional administration is to move employees with chronic conditions from their current risk level to a healthier and less costly risk level.  Doing so will not only improve the healthcare cost component of Health and Productivity Management, but will also provide a measurable improvement in overall employee productivity.  In an effort to affect the health risk spectrum, many companies provide their employees with a variety of disease management, health promotion, and wellness benefit options.  Unfortunately, most providers of these benefits are unable to demonstrate their effectiveness toward improved health and productivity.  This is due to a non-integrated management approach of the interdependent HPM components.

CHMS Solution: CHMS can demonstrate the bottom-line benefit of improved employee health. CHMS works with a company’s internal and external providers of disease management and health promotion to demonstrate both efficacy and financial impact.

We help companies with more than 500 employees develop custom Health & Productivity Management strategies that include the following: