Health Care Benefits Redesign Project Near and Long-term Goals
Near Term Goal
A consortium of public and private sector health care experts and employers is working to show that strategic changes to employee health care benefits can make a positive difference in the health of employees.
The pilot project, funded through a grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), brings San Antonio and Austin area employers together to assess the impact of key health care benefits aimed at preventing or reducing the risk for heart attack and stroke in employees.
The project seeks to reduce the risk of heart attack and strokes by addressing key chronic conditions, including high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, obesity, diabetes and smoking within the employee population.
The Health Care Benefits Redesign Pilot puts into practice and seeks to measure the effects of value-based benefits design (VBBD). Many of the nation's leading employers are already using VBBD to lower costs and improve health outcomes for their employees. VBBD is a proven strategy for slowing the onset of chronic diseases and for effective disease management.
Long Term Vision
The pilot project will also lay the foundation for employers in Austin and San Antonio to create their own self-sustaining business and health care coalitions. The long-term vision of these early pilot project collaborators is to build the infrastructure needed for local coalitions that will convene employers and the health care community to foster information sharing, high quality programming and innovative ideas to ensure high quality, efficient and affordable care.