Project Participant Resources

Redesigning an employee health benefit plan can present major challenges for self-insured employers, plan managers, insurance companies and enrollees. One key element of success is forward-looking information to evaluate current employee health status and health benefits based on value.

The following resource manual is designed to help employers navigate those challenges, provide templates of the key information tools, case studies and step-by-step guidelines to implementing new, more effective benefit design programs.

 

Employer Resource Manual

Contents are available in PDF format, unless specified. Guide may be downloaded in its entirety or as individual documents.

Using Value Based Benefits to Improve Employer Health Care Costs: An Employer’s Guide (Complete Guide)

G-1        Value Based Benefit Design: An Evidence-based Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment
G-2         An Opportunity to Achieve Higher Quality Care at Lower Costs: What You Need to Know
G-3a       Data Collection Guide: An Overview
G-3b       Data Collection Guides (Excel format)
G-4         Health Risk Appraisal Checklist
G-5         CDC Checklist: Successful Health Plan Approaches to Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
G-6         Value-based Benefit Design Interventions: Worksite, Medical and Pharmaceutical Recommended Actions for Employers


Additional Resources

• CDC Draft - Heart/Stroke Check (August 2009): A Worksite Assessment Tool for Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke

• Building Healthy Texans: A Guide to Lower Healthcare Costs and More Productive Employees

• CDC Reducing the Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke: A Six Step Guide for Employers

 

Project participants may find the "Employer Resources" section of
the Texas Coalition for Worksite Wellness Web site helpful, as well.


Project Contacts

To learn more about the project, its status or how you can participate, please contact:

Austin Pilot Project San Antonio Pilot Project
Name Jennifer L. Conroy, Dr. P.H., M.P.H Name Stacy Maines
Email jennifEARTH@yahoo.com Email Stacy.Maines@sanantonio.gov

 

 

Project coordinators

Jennifer Smith
Texas Association of Local Health Officials
Jennifer.smith@talho.org

Rick Schwertfeger
Department of State Health Services
rick.schwertfeger@dshs.state.tx.us