HealthMine Survey: 75% of U.S. Employees Believe Their Health Plan Has Never Alerted Them to a Health Risk, Even Though Their Plan Has Likely Done So

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- At a time when health plans are doing more to evaluate the health risks of plan members and stepping up communications to help them better manage their health, 75% of U.S. employees believe their health plan has never alerted them to a health risk. This finding of the HealthMine 2018 Rising Risk Survey underscores the challenges health plans face when educating members about potential health risks and motivating them to take action to prevent becoming ill.

"When a person is identified as having a health risk, it doesn't mean they will definitely get sick," said Bryce Williams, president and CEO of HealthMine. "However, it's well known that 86% of the nation's $2.7 trillion in annual health care costs are for people with chronic conditions. In addition, at any moment in time, about 20% of any defined population are likely to have multiple risk factors that can push them into the high-cost category if the risks are not addressed. And while people can't change all the attributes that determine a health risk-age, family history, or genetics-there are many things they can change. Examples include diet, physical activity, sleep, and habits such as smoking or alcohol consumption."

Keywords for this news article include: HealthMine, Managed Care, Health and Medicine, Risk and Prevention.

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