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Guy Clifton, Founder of ACTIN Care Groups

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Can a wellness program work?

How many employees take advantage of their wellness plans? 

Does your workplace offer a wellness program? The likelihood is close to flipping a coin - about half of U.S. employers offer them. Out of these, 80% of employer wellness programs screen their employees for health risk. Most plans also offer:

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Posted by Guy Clifton, Founder of ACTIN Care Groups on Apr 4, 2023 3:57:42 PM
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ACTIN Beats Private Insurance Price Inflation

What can we see when we compare price increases for employer-sponsored health care versus Medicare? And how does ACTIN Care stack up?

Employer-sponsored health care 

For the 5-year period from 2014 to 2018, employer-sponsored health care spending increased 18%. During this same period, inflation increased at 7% (Healthcare Cost Institute, 2018 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Report). After adjusting for inflation, prices accounted for three-quarters of the overall cost growth. The prices that employer-sponsored plans paid for healthcare services, when looking at cost (the product of the price paid per unit of service and the number of units of the service), grew at twice the rate of inflation

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Posted by Guy Clifton, Founder of ACTIN Care Groups on Mar 8, 2023 9:33:59 AM
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