A Major Problem Affecting Healthcare
The 5% of patients that account for 50% of health care costs primarily reside in the "red zone". These “persons with comorbid mental and medical conditions cost employers approximately twice as much as those with either condition alone" (RWJ, 2011).
These patients are:
- so depressed it's hard to get out of bed.
- so anxious it's hard to listen to doctor's advice.
- so paranoid that it's difficult to trust anyone.
These individuals consume unnecessary medical care as a result of their psychiatric, substance abuse, and other behavioral health needs langishing, with:
- 50% getting no treatment; and another
- 25% getting care that is ineffective or even harmful
- so depressed it's hard to get out of bed.
- so anxious it's hard to listen to doctor's advice.
- so paranoid that it's difficult to trust anyone.
These individuals consume unnecessary medical care as a result of their psychiatric, substance abuse, and other behavioral health needs langishing, with:
- 50% getting no treatment; and another
- 25% getting care that is ineffective or even harmful
Introducing the Outcome-Based Referral℠
Outcome Referrals saves the average self-insured employer with 10,000 employees more than $10M by improving worker productivity and reducing ineffective and harmful treatments - all for a cost that is less than $1/day/employee.
Employees take an anonymous, online assessment at WellnessCheck® that evaluates for medical and behavioral problems. Patented methods then deliver each screened-positive patient with a list of available practitioners with proven outcomes, resulting in:
- double the chances of treatment success;
- improved quality of life and productivity;
- reduced absenteesim and medical claims.
Employees take an anonymous, online assessment at WellnessCheck® that evaluates for medical and behavioral problems. Patented methods then deliver each screened-positive patient with a list of available practitioners with proven outcomes, resulting in:
- double the chances of treatment success;
- improved quality of life and productivity;
- reduced absenteesim and medical claims.
