A growing number of employers, unions and trusts are learning they can lower company health benefit costs and increase productivity by promoting healthy behavior.

Consider these facts:

• 50 percent of health care costs can be attributed to patients’ behavior.¹
• Employers who invest in worksite health promotion programs can see a return of $3-$6 for every dollar invested over a 2-5 year period.²

What is a value-based health plan?
Value-based health plans offer incentives and rewards for plan members who take the initiative to improve their health.

Specific programs include:

• Health assessments – Participants receive a reward or other incentives for completing a simple health assessment. An assessment helps them identify what they’re doing well and ways they can improve their health.
• Weight loss programs – Employees get discounts for joining a gym or participating in programs like Weight Watchers®.
• Smoking cessation – Employees who actively try to quit smoking through plan programs receive a reward.

Here's how we can help.
A UnitedHealthcare value-based health benefits plan can:

• Offer financial incentives that encourage healthy behavior.
• Make it easy for members to access services that can improve their health.
• Provide easy-to-understand communications targeted to specific segments within your organization.

1. Uniprise Book Study of more than 8 million consumers for 12 months ending June 2007
2. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, December 2005

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