Thursday, December 07, 2006

Health risk assessments reduce medical bills

Health risk assessments reduce medical bills


Medical


costs were between $101 and $648 less per year for Medicare recipients


who participated in an employer-sponsored wellness program and used a


health risk assessment, Thomson Medstat finds.


Retirees


who used a health risk assessment and one other wellness program


element, such as telephone-based lifestyle management counseling or on-


site medical screenings, yielded an average annual savings of $442.


Using a health risk assessment with two additional elements resulted in


annual savings of $569, Thomson Medstat reports. Conversely, using such


services without a health risk assessment yielded savings of just $30


per yea


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