Only the best wellness programs are able to achieve a health care cost trend of zero. What does it take to make this happen? Is it even possible? We'll take a critical look at how effective wellness programs can not only control health care costs, but also influence stop loss premiums, pharmaceutical costs and out of pocket expenses for employees.
In this presentation, you will:
• Discover the essential wellness ingredients required to impact health care costs
• See research evidence and actual case studies that prove that good programs can produce a zero trend.
• See how wellness can impact stop loss and pharmaceutical costs.
• Learn how wellness done right can transform any organization
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1. How to Get a Zero Health Care Cost Trend
Steven Aldana, Ph.D
CEO WellSteps
2. Medical Costs per Person per Year
$147 $356
$1,112
$2,851
$4,884
$8,411
$9,163
$9,597
$9,982
$0
$1,500
$3,000
$4,500
$6,000
$7,500
$9,000
$10,500
$12,000
$13,500
$15,000
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Kaiser Family Foundation
3. Medical Costs per Person per Year
$147 $356
$1,112
$2,851
$4,884
$8,411
$9,163
$9,597
$9,982
$10,448
$10,942
$11,504
$12,132
$12,808
$13,488
$14,204
$14,944
$0
$1,500
$3,000
$4,500
$6,000
$7,500
$9,000
$10,500
$12,000
$13,500
$15,000
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Predicted
Kaiser Family Foundation
4. Zero Health Care Cost Trend
$11,590,407
$12,386,288
$13,603,419 $13,308,112
$12,273,168
$11,390,481
$0
$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$20,000,000
$25,000,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Zero Health Care Cost Trend
Preventive Medicine, 2015 (in review)
12. The Problem
• Health care costs have and will continue to increase.
• They will increase faster than salaries or inflation.
• Employers and employees carrier the burden.
• What can be done to slow the cost increases?
• What can wellness do?
13.
14. Drivers of Health Care Costs
• Unhealthy behaviors
• Salary and drug costs
• Expensive technologies
• Fragmented care
• Lack of cost consideration
• Fee for service
• High admin costs
• End-of-life care
• Provider consolidation
http://web1.millercenter.org/commissions/healthcare/HealthcareCommission-Report.pdf
19. Claims 75%
Pool Charge 5%
Base Admin 11%
Risk Charge 3%
commission 3%
Contribution to Profit or
Reserves, 2%
Ancillary benefits, 1%
Where Your Insurance Premium Goes
20. Pool Charge
How much of the
Carrier’s Pool
Experience
is used?
How much of the
Group’s
Experience
is used?
400
200
100
2
300
# of employees
10% / 90%25 employees
21. How much of the
Carrier’s Pool
Experience
is used?
How much of the
Group’s
Experience
is used?
400
200
100
2
300
# of employees
40% / 60%90 employees
Pool Charge
22. How much of the
Carrier’s Pool
Experience
is used?
How much of the
Group’s
Experience
is used?
400
200
100
2
300
# of employees
80% / 20%250 employees
Pool Charge
23. How much of the
Carrier’s Pool
Experience
is used?
How much of the
Group’s
Experience
is used?
400
200
100
2
# of employees
95% / 5%380 employees
300
Pool Charge
24. Claims 75%
Pool Charge 5%
Base Admin 11%
Risk Charge 3%
Commission 3%
Contribution to Profit or
Reserves, 2%
Ancillary benefits, 1%
Where Your Insurance Premium Goes
27. Salt Lake County Wellness Program
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Participants Non Participants
AverageCostPerClaim
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28. Bend the Trend, Not a Zero Trend
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Participants Non Participants
AverageCostPerClaim
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29. Program Cost Program Savings ROI
$1,456,788
($919,542 for
incentives)
$4,841,898 $3,385,110
Cost Benefit Ratio of 3.32
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011 May-Jun;17(3):225-32
30. • Self funded
• Wellness program started in 2004
• Included biometric screening
• Small campaigns
• 41% participation
• Significant incentive program
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011 May-Jun;17(3):225-32
31. Salt Lake County Wellness Program
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Participants Non Participants
AverageCostPerClaim
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011 May-Jun;17(3):225-32
38. Changes in Health Behavior
Baseline Year 1 Year 2
<2 days of exercise/week 1.46 days 2.29 days 2.47 days (+69%)
<60 minutes/week 18.79 min 113.20 min 134.71 min (+617%)
<3 daily servings fruits/veggies 2.46 servings 3.48 servings 3.63 servings (+47%)
<3 days of restful sleep/week 2.23 days 3.17 days 3.36 days (+51%)
Smokers (days per week) 4.35 days 5.43 days 4.27 days (-1.6%)
Alcohol Use (drinks/day) 1.31 drinks 1.16 drinks 1.10 drinks (-16%)
American Journal of Health Behavior, Volume 39, Number 3, May 2015, pp. 345-351(7)
42. Exercise Days per Week
Baseline (n) Year 2 (n) Change (%)
Exercise (days/wk)
≤2 days/wk
3-4 days/wk
5 or more days/wk
502
845
526
American Journal of Health Behavior, Volume 39, Number 3, May 2015, pp. 345-351(7)
43. Exercise Days per Week
Baseline (n) Year 2 (n) Change (%)
Exercise (days/wk)
≤2 days/wk
3-4 days/wk
5 or more days/wk
502
845
526
390
912
571
-22
8
9
American Journal of Health Behavior, Volume 39, Number 3, May 2015, pp. 345-351(7)
52. More Published Results
Group of Small Businesses 12 months
JOEM August 2013 - Volume 55 - Issue 8 - p 895–900
Mid-Sized Business 12 months
JOEM Volume 53, Number 9, September 2011
Mid-Sized Business Two-Year Follow-up
Popul Health Manag. 2012 Oct;15(5):261-6
Large Organization Biometric Risk reduction
JOEM Volume 56, Number 6, June 2014
56. Data Reviewed:
• 7 years of claims data
• Personal Health Assessment data
• Biometric screening data
• Employee eligibility data
• Wellness program participation data
Preventive Medicine, 2015 (in
review)
57. The Research Process
• Legal permissions, HIPPA compliance, decryption
• Data cleaning, outliners, merging, range checking
• SAS coding (6,000 lines of code)
• Define participation, group creation
• Adjust data for medical inflation
• Set study parameters
• Control for confounders: age, sex, baseline differences
• Calculate ROI, program costs
Preventive Medicine, 2015 (in review)
58. Predicted vs Actual Health Care Costs
$0
$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$20,000,000
$25,000,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
WellSteps
Begins
Predicted values from:
http://kff.org/interactive/premiums-and-worker-contributions/
59. Actual Health Care Costs for Wellness Participants and
Non participants
$3,308
$3,805
$3,280 $3,330$3,414
$5,839
$6,177
$3,875
$0
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
$6,000
$7,000
Baseline 2012 2013 2014
Participants Non participants
WellSteps
Begins
Preventive Medicine, 2015 (in review)
60. Stop Loss Premium Amount per Employee Per Month
Preventive Medicine, 2015 (in review)
$21.00 $21.00
$20.50
$20.20
$20.30
$20.40
$20.50
$20.60
$20.70
$20.80
$20.90
$21.00
$21.10
2012 2013 2014
Stop Loss Premiums
61. Limitations
• Not a randomized clinical trial
• Control for outliners
• Historical effects
• Regression to the mean
• Changes to benefits
62. Incentive Plan
Year Must complete: Incentive
2011-2012 PHA
Biometric screening
$20 lower office copay
$700 deductible reduced to $350
2012-2013 PHA
Biometric screening
$20 lower office copay
$700 deductible reduced to $350
$40/month premium discount
2013-2014 PHA
Biometric screening
WellSteps campaign or approved alternate
activity
$20 lower office copay
$700 deductible reduced to $350
$40/month premium discount
63. Employees Filing ≥ 1 Claims per Year
91% 91% 90%
67%
76%
69%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2012 2013 2014
Participants Non participants
Preventive Medicine, 2015 (in review)
64. $5,025,138
-the total cost savings from participation in the
wellness program over the three year period
Preventive Medicine, 2015 (in
review)
65. ROI Calculations
(3 years combined)
$0
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
$4,000,000
$5,000,000
$6,000,000
Costs Savings
Incentives
Salary
Screening
WellSteps
$1,412,736
$5,025,138
Preventive Medicine, 2015 (in
review)
69. Zero Health Care Cost Trend
$0
$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$20,000,000
$25,000,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Zero Health Care Cost Trend
Preventive Medicine, 2015 (in review)