As the hospitals, insurers and large employers look for ways to save on health care costs, King County may be able to show private industry a thing or two.
Since undertaking a major change in its approach in 2006, the county’s award-winning Healthy Incentives program is credited with saving an estimated $46 million, cutting the smoking rate in half and helping employees lose a combined 24 tons of weight.
The outcome is exactly what the Affordable Care Act is meant to achieve – healthier employees…
As the hospitals, insurers and large employers look for ways to save on health care costs, King County may be able to show private industry a thing or two.
Since undertaking a major change in its approach in 2006, the county’s award-winning Healthy Incentives program is credited with saving an estimated $46 million, cutting the smoking rate in half and helping employees lose a combined 24 tons of weight.
The outcome is exactly what the Affordable Care Act is meant to achieve – healthier employees…