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June 2014

Employers Can Help to Prevent the High Costs of Chronic Diseases

Submitted by Karen Andalman on Tue, 06/17/2014 - 1:37pm

Pre-disease conditions can be managed before they develop into costly chronic diseases. Most employees with elevated cholesterol, elevated blood pressure or those that are overweight don’t normally incur costs to the health plan. But left untreated, these pre-disease risks can turn into high cost diseases. Because people are working longer today, the workforce and the employers are impacted by chronic diseases.

Statistics on adult Americans from the National Institute of Health are staggering:

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By: Karen L. Andalman President, WellChoice, Inc

Ms. Andalman founded WellChoice, Inc. in 1992 as a full service medical management company specializing in customizing programs and administering services for employee benefit plans. She has developed programs for clients in the areas of: Utilization Management (precertification, utilization review, discharge planning, medical necessity review services, and hospital bill auditing and negotiations) large case management, disease management, worker’s compensation case management, and corporate wellness programs (health risk assessments, biometric screenings, wellness coaching, and corporate wellness initiatives).

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