Reducing Population Health Benefit Costs with Health Promotion Tools a

[Guest Kathy Riggs]

I would be interested in talking to anyone who is looking for ways to decrease the rising costs of health care benefits for their employees. I work for a health promotion company called Summex, and we can significantly reduce these costs - which I am sure you are aware - are expected to increase another 10-12 percent this year. We provide tools and programs used to measure and reduce the high health risk level of your employees. Our all-inclusive employee package uses our Health Monitor health risk assessment to first measure the risk factors of your population. Next, we implement interventions to reduce that risk level -- tools such as telephone calls from our health educators, home-mailed self education, medical self-care books, and stage of readiness for change based information. Individual reports go out to the employee, group reports to the employer, and monthly activity reports are generated to track all interventions and results. ALL employee information is guaranteed CONFIDENTIAL.

Many employers use a health risk assessment tool, but unless you take the next step - targeting and reducing those high risk factors in your employees, nothing is really gained. Innovative employers are putting their wellness infrastructure in place now - and are of the "investment mentality" when thinking of their employees' health. A healthy employee is more productive, absent less often, have fewer accidents, and are more energetic.

Many of you may know our Chairman, Larry Chapman. Larry writes for the American Journal of Health Promotion and the Art of Health Promotion, and he is highly regarded for his ability to put successful, cost saving programs in place for corporations throughout the United States.

If you are interested in learning more about what health promotion can do for your company, please mail me. I'd also like to invite you to visit our website at www.summex.com, and check out our online HRA at www.summexhealthmonitor.com.

Thoughts or discussion? Post a reply and I will answer for everyone to read on this board too!

Thanks!!! Kathy

[Guest jlcowden]

Interesting but I think yuor message may be better suited for the commercial caregory.

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jlcowden