Posted: October 6th, 2016

Why is disease management important to employers?

Why is disease management important to employers? What is the financial impact on the employer when an employee is out sick? Describe the key elements of a disease management program. Employers are increasingly shifting health care costs onto employees. What effect might this have on long-term costs and why? What effect might this have on employee motivation to stay healthy? How prevalent are pay-for-performance programs? How strong is the evidence of their effectiveness? How do critics describe them? Commonwealth Fund sponsored the first study to assess the effects of quality incentives in a large health insurance plan. What did the researchers examine? What were their findings?