Benefit Informatics Offering Personal Health and Cost Management.Program Integrates Behavior Change Behavior change refers to any transformation or modification of human behavior. Such changes can occur intentionally, through behavior modification, without intention, or change rapidly in situations of mental illness. , Provider Quality and Clinical Predictive Modeling TULSA, Okla. -- Controlling spiraling healthcare costs begins at the individual level. Benefit Informatics has created the Personal Health and Cost Management (PHCM PHCM Master Chief Photographer's Mate (Naval Rating) ) desktop solution to provide payer customers with a web-based, private-labeled environment that can be customized with health, wellness, behavior change and predictive modeling solutions for each employer group employer group Association of employers Managed care An entity with a current group benefits agreement in effect with a health plan to provide covered health care services to its employee-subscribers and eligible dependents. and each employee or plan participant. The program integrates the proven online behavior change interventions services from HealthMedia; healthcare provider quality and cost information from HealthGrades; and clinical predictive modeling from HC&RM and MEDai. Integration into each of these services includes single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. by each employee or plan participant. With Personal Health and Cost Management in place, payers administering health benefits for self-funded employer groups can provide a single source solution that allows employees and plan participants Plan participants Employees or other beneficiaries who are eligible to receive benefits from a company's employee benefit plan. to access a variety of health and wellness programs individually tailored for each participant. With this information in hand, individuals can make more informed decisions about their health and healthcare providers. PHCM is provided through Benefit Informatics' Desktop solution which combines customized content, ease of use and secure single sign-on capabilities. Personal Health and Cost Management Components: Online behavior change and intervention programs from HealthMedia: * Health risk assessment * Weight management * Smoking cessation smoking cessation Public health Temporary or permanent halting of habitual cigarette smoking; withdrawal therapies–eg, hypnosis, psychotherapy, group counseling, exposing smokers to Pts with terminal lung CA and nicotine chewing gum are often ineffective. * Chronic condition management * Nutrition improvement Quality and cost decision-support tools from HealthGrades: * Comprehensive hospital quality ratings and detailed physician profiles * Hospital quality ratings for 91 procedures and diagnosis * Physician quality metrics including board certification board certification n. The process by which a person is tested and approved to practice in a specialty field, especially medicine, after successfully completing the requirements of a board of specialists in that field. and sanction information * Actionable information such as physician/hospital affiliations, cost breakdowns and patient-experience survey results Personalized health impact profile utilizing MEDai: * Individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. compliance based on actual claims experience * Wellness and chronic condition analysis * Recommended preventative care procedures * Based on national standards of care Standards of care are medical or psychological treatment guidelines, and can be general or specific. They specify appropriate treatment protocols based on scientific evidence, and collaboration between medical and/or psychological professionals involved in the treatment of a given including ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. , AHA Benefit Informatics is offering special package pricing for PHCM with minimal implementation fees and affordable ongoing service pricing. Because BI is integrating and aggregating data and information from payers across the nation, pricing for these services is significantly less than each customer would be able to secure through direct contracting for the services. About Benefit Informatics Benefit Informatics Inc. enables the efficient planning, management and analysis of employee benefit plans through the delivery of online proprietary applications and services to insurance companies, Third Party Administrators, brokers and employers. Through its clients, Benefit Informatics currently serves more than 5,000 businesses, managing health benefits for more than 2 million members. Benefit Informatics works closely with customers to provide solutions that help attract new customers, retain current clients and operate more efficiently. For additional information, call (888) 802-INFO (4636) or visit www.benefitinformatics.com. For more information about: www.healthmedia.com www.healthgrades.com www.medai.com |
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