2019 Fall Newsletter

White Papers & Articles

Abacus Health Diabetes Care Rewards Program, a previous NEEBC Best Practice Award winning program, has published 10 years of results in a scientifically controlled research paper.  The results prove the impact of the program on:

• Increasing care activities (e.g., a 32% increase in semi-annual HbA1c testing);
• Clinical measures (e.g., a 20.1% decrease in members with an HbA1c greater than 9);
• Shifts in service utilization (e.g., a 54% increase in physician visits versus a 40% decrease in hospital admissions);
• Documented cost of medical care decrease of $1395.60 per member annually, an over $16 million in avoided high claims costs.

To read Abacus Health's white paper "How an Innovative, Behavioral Science Approach Increases Patient Engagement, Improves Health, and Reduces Diabetes Cost Trend," click here.

Aetna has shared the following white papers:

• On Integrating Medical and Pharmacy Offering: "Integration is the answer."
• On Personalized Medicine: "Now it’s personal: How data and analytics are humanizing health care."
• On the Social Determinants of Health: "Promoting health equity for low-wage workers: How employers can reduce health care costs, increase productivity and help employees stay healthy."

Groom Law Group has shared their update on the Final HRA Regulations, "Hip, Hip, HRA? New Rules Regarding Account-Based Group Health Plans Could Have Some Employers Cheering."  To read Groom's update on the final regulation, click here.

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