Healthy Living Programs
The Healthy Living Programs (HLPs) are evidence-based health interventions that help your participants make positive lifestyle changes leading to better health and improved outcomes. The HLPs promote better health by encouraging sustainable changes in behavior. They provide cost-effective solutions that increase your organization’s productivity and reduce healthcare costs.
Healthy Living Programs empower low- to medium-health risk individuals to take a more active role in managing their own health. This means less reliance on more costly interventions, a scalable approach to managing health and reduced risks for broad populations.
The suite of action-oriented programs addresses a wide range of conditions and lifestyle factors:
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With custom meal plans, personalized fitness tools and tips to reduce stress, participants get immediate value from joining their program.
How the Healthy Living Programs Work
- Participants who complete a Health and Productivity Assessment receive an Action Plan with recommended programs prioritized based on their risk factors and readiness to make changes.
- Program participants get a To-Do List of action items that can help them take steps to reach incremental, achievable goals.
- Participants receive weekly email reminders with their goal for that week, highlights from their To-Do List and motivation to help keep them engaged.
- The Healthy Living Programs can also be integrated with third-party assessments.
Individual Benefits
- Action-oriented programs help participants see results and improve confidence.
- Self-paced, personalized system lets participants access programs at their convenience.
- Dynamic programming adjusts based on participants' progress.
- Fun interactive tools drive long-term engagement.
Organizational Benefits
- Cost-effective way to encourage better health and improve outcomes.
- High participation and satisfaction.
- Data-rich reporting enables client insight and incentives tracking.
- Programs accredited by URAC and can support clients in their own accreditations (e.g. NCQA, JCAHO).
By incorporating these programs as part of an integrated health management program, your organization can take concrete steps to improve the health of your population, yielding lower healthcare costs and increased productivity for the long-term.
Study Links Health
and Productivity
Health-related productivity losses combined with direct medical spending were found to cost $4 to every $1 of direct medical expenses in the study “Health and Productivity as a Business Strategy,” published in the July 2007 issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM). Learn more.
What’s Driving Participation in HRAs?
According to a study published in August 2008, the top factors are the monetary value of incentives, strong, effective communications and organizational commitment. The study, “Incentives and Other Factors Associated with Employee Participation in Health Risk Assessments,” was published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.