Top 12 Tactics Planned for 2012 by "Consistent Performer" Employers
Submitted By Clive Riddle, Created 05/17/2011 - 13:05
- Differentiate cost sharing for use of high-performance networks or centers of excellence (27%)
- Reward (or penalize) based on biometric out-comes other than smoker, tobacco-use status (24%)
- Change plan options (22%)
- Use value-based benefit designs (22%)
- Reward (or penalize) based on smoker, tobacco-use status (22%)
- Audit of medical claim payments (21%)
- Provide employees with information on provider and/or hospital quality (20%)
- Use centers of excellence for treatments other than transplants (16%)
- Reward (or penalize) only those who complete requirements of a healthy lifestyle activity (16%)
- Require employees to complete HRA and/or biometric screening to be eligible for financial incentives for healthy activities (16%)
- Reward (or penalize) enrollment in healthy lifestyle activities (14%)
- Use hard-dollar return-on-investment calculations to support future decisions (12%)
Source: 2011 16th Annual Towers Watson/National Business Group on Health Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care
Source URL: http://www.towerswatson.com/assets/pdf/3946/TowersWatson-NBG...
Notes: The percentages refl ect the consistent performers that were not using the tactic in 2010 or 2011, but plan to add it in 2012