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Acase study about a Florida
school district’s approach to
maintain health and wellness among
its employees under the pressure of a
rapidly growing community and
a tight budget.
Fasco County is located just north of
the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan
region and is the state’s 12th most
populous county. From 2000 to 2010,
the county population increased 34.8
percent from 344,768 to 464,697, the
U.S. Census reports. This growth was
fueled by increases in housing and
jobs north of the Interstate 275 and
Interstate 75 intersection along the
state roads 52, 54, and 56. It’s esti¬
mated that the population is expected
By Dan Ross, Med-Vision, John Watson, Crowne
Clinics and Katherine Macrone, Deerwalk Inc.
9 October 2015 workspan | 51
Ifo tk& 2009-2010 the school board
created an Insurance Committee to meet with
consultants and identify programs to reduce health-care
spending and increase employee health and wellness.
to increase to 479,078 and to 527,000
by 2030. As more families move into
the county, increased service pres¬
sure is exerted on all government
services including schools.
Twenty-five percent of Pasco resi¬
dents are between the ages of 25-44
and another 26 percent between
the ages of 45-64. Families make up
67 percent of the population with an
average household of 2.7 persons.
The District School Board of Pasco
County (DSBPC) was, and continues to
be, the largest employer in the county
with 9,350 employees in 2010-2011
and rising to over 9,500 by 2015. High
school graduation rates have increased
from the baseline of 73.4 percent set
TV* Tuuire*
What is missing in medicine today
is a holistic approach authored
by consultants, employers and
led by physician-directed health
centers. In this model, doctors
are salaried and only worry about
their patient’s health, outcomes
and future good health.
“There are more than 9,000 billing codes for individual
procedures and units of care. But there is not a single billing
code for patient adherence or improvement, or for helping
patients stay well.”
— Clayton M. Christensen, “The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive
Solution for Health Care."
in 2007 to 81.9 percent in 2010 to
over 90 percent by 2015.
County growth and demographic
trends are shifting from a rural
community to a more suburban
population with increased demands
for housing, schools, roads, entertain¬
ment, retail and other services. With
the collapse of the housing market in
2007-2008 and resulting recession, the
county saw a net property tax revenue
decrease over the same time period as
the population was increasing.
The annual budget of $519 million
spends 94 percent on direct student
services. Within this context of
increasing enrollment and flat budget
increases, it became imperative for
the district to review all expendi¬
tures that were not directly related
to student services. Faced with the
double hit of decreasing tax revenue
and increasing population, the DSBPC
needed to find a way to reduce
administrative expenses while main¬
taining student expenditures.
Starting in 2008, the DSBPC targeted
the annual trend of 10-12 percent
increase in its health care spending,
a major target for cost reduction.
As with all health insurance plans,
every dollar spent on claims was
a dollar less to spend on other
administrative areas such as facilities,
staffing, technology and pay.
Without broker involvement where commissions and fees may, and
in most cases have, become a primary driver of recommendations
for programs, the partnership between the employer, health and
wellness centers, and consultants can and will lower spend,
improve health, and save employees and employer’s money. Data
analytics are now available to pinpoint inefficiencies and excess
waste in health-care costs, and opportunities abound for both cost
savings to employers and employees as well as future good health
and quality of life.
Team-Based Approach
In the 2009-2010 year, the school
board created an Insurance Committee
to meet with consultants and iden¬
tify programs to reduce health-care
spending and increase employee
health and wellness. The group
consisted of Med-Vision LLC, Care-
Here Crowne, LLC, the school district
superintendent, and the school district
52 | workspan October 2015
Insurance Committee. Med-Vision is the
data analytics company that compiles
and then analyzes an organization’s
health and pharmacy claims data in
order to identify areas and activities
where excess spending can be reduced.
CareHere Crowne was formed as part¬
nership between The Crowne Group and
CareHere LLC and it administered the
employee health and wellness centers
for the district. The following areas
were identified where excess spending
could be addressed through a program
of wellness, big data and physician-
directed health centers:
1 | Moving pharmaceutical drug
spending from higher-cost brand
names to lower-cost generics
2| Engaging members with chronic
conditions such as high blood
pressure, high cholesterol and
diabetes in active manage¬
ment of those conditions
3| Identifying the mix of claim dollars
between preventive and reactive
payments for existing disease and
Claims data are taken direct into the
Med-Vision system and analyzed in an
easy to read and understand reporting
format. The platform utilizes the Deer-
walk Plan Analytics platform, which
uses the practice of Big Data analysis
where information is stored in data
“lakes” and can be searched and reported
on in real time, much like Internet
search engine’s return information. In
addition, data from over 18 million
lives is benchmarked against the data
from the organization based upon the
organization demographics in order to
compare organization results against
statistically validated norms.
The team was able to identify key
action items to reduce spend and
increase member engagement in well¬
ness. Team members then then used
those parameters to develop a program
driven by employer-sponsored on-site
health centers and real-time data
analysis feedback on the results:
1 | Implement on-site physi¬
cian directed health and
wellness centers for employee
and their dependents (members)
medical and pharmacy use.
2 | In exchange for no co-pays
for medical and lower to no
cost for many pharmaceu¬
ticals, member blood work
and biometric data feed
into the clinical systems so
that data analytics are able
identify high-cost expense
and high-risk population.
3| By identifying these
employees who were either
currently high cost or at
risk of becoming high cost,
steps are taken to reduce risk
by driving these employees
to manage their conditions
through on-site physician
and health teams coach.
4 | Move pharmacy benefit
management (PBM) from a
traditional PBM model to a
transparent PBM that operates
on a pass-though pricing model.
AWarJi/AccotaJeÿ &During 2014, Healthiest Employers, the
leader in employee health analytics best
practices and benchmark data, inducted
the District School Board of Pasco County
into the 2014 Healthiest 100 Workplaces
in America. The district school board
was also designated by the American
Heart Association as the Platinum Fit
Friendly Workplace.
In 2013 the Tampa Bay Business Journal
named the District School Board of Pasco
County as the healthiest employer in the
1500+ employee category and second
place overall winner out of 27 finalists
from the Tampa Bay area.
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Physician Directed Health
and Wellness Centers
The health and wellness center model
offers medical visits with $0 co-pay
and prescriptions that are often $0
or much lower cost than through the
member health plan. By running all
claims from the health plan and the
employee health and wellness centers
through its data model, Med-Vision
is able to analyze the components of
savings and health from the health
center versus the health plan participa¬
tion in order to document savings and
target additional areas for savings.
As a physician-directed program,
every health center is staffed by a
board-certified medical doctor who is
a salaried employee of the company.
Each health center medical staffer is
able to spend 20-30 minutes with
the member, unlike most practices
where time is often limited to 5 or 10
minutes. In addition, there is a phar¬
macy doctor on staff to review and
monitor all prescriptions.
Since the health center inception
in 2011, employee participation has
grown to where currently 96 percent
of eligible employees use some type
of health and wellness center service.
Total appointment utilization increased
132 percent per member per year
since inception. Growth has been
robust that over the past four years a
total of five health centers have been
opened as of May 2015.
In 2014, 46,000 appointments were
made for medical treatment with
60-70 percent of these treating a
chronic condition and 30-40 percent
acute care. Ten thousand visits were
wellness based. Participation is
trending at 5,000 visits a month for
both wellness and medical visits.
Employee and Member
Wellness Program
The centers provide a critical link to
support the organization’s health and
wellness initiatives. After the initial
launch and strategic plan design,
teams were assigned to specific
goals and held accountable to imple¬
ment tactics, monitor results, assess
and evaluate programs and provide
feedback for program success using
data-driven analysis. Four strategic
initiatives were targeted:
1 | Communications — engage
all members
2| Wellness — physical, emotional,
financial, social, spiritual
3| Weight Loss — care health team
4 | Diabetes Management — medi¬
cation compliance, close care
gaps, reversal of disease
The wellness committee consists of
associates from all parts of the orga¬
nization —human resources, board
members, union members, teachers,
EAP specialists, school nurses, health
center employees and other admin¬
istrative employees. All members
of the health plan are part of the
wellness program, not just employees,
thus engaging all stakeholders
in wellness programs.
Cost Savings Medical,
Pharmaceutical, and
Workers Compensation
Since inception in 2011, medical and
prescription plan cost exclusive of the
health center expense has trended
upward only 0.5 percent over the
four-year time frame (essentially a
54 | workspan October 2015
r
Figure 2 | Health Plan Utilization: Inpatient Facility
A
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
ALOS:
3.5
Pre-Employee
Health Center
Opening
Jan10-Dec10 Jan11-Dec11 Jan12-Dec12 Jan13-Dec13 Jan14-Dec14
Inpatient Days/1,000 Members
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
81 79
Pre-Employee
Health Center
Opening
Jan10-Dec10 Jan11-Dec11 Jan12-Dec12 Jan13-Dec13 Jan14-Dec14
Inpatient Admissions/1,000 Members
‘Includes run-out medical claims
v j
( i
'

Figure 3 | Health Plan Utilization: Outpatient Facility
1000
800
600
400
200
0
0 percent trend). Contrast this with
average 4 percent to 12 percent
year-over-year trend and annual cost
increase over same timeframe for
benchmark organizations.
Facility Utilization Trend
Inpatient facility utilization decreased
15 percent since inception from 83
per 1,000 members to 70 per 1,000
members over a four-year period.
Outpatient facility visits decreased
10 percent since inception from
902 per 1,000 members to 816 per
1,000 members in the same time
frame. In addition, medical claims
per member per year decreased 10
percent over the four-year period.
Total number of claims processed by
the health plan dropped 16 percent
in the same timeframe.
Prescription Trend
Prescription drug utilization through
the health plan has decreased
17 percent since inception of the
health center pharmaceutical program.
As the employee health and well¬
ness center dispenses its drugs at
a much lower cost than the health
plan, this drives savings for both the
employee and the employer.
Jan10-Dec10 Jan11-Dec11 Jan12-Dec12 Jan13-Dec13 Jan14-Dec14
Outpatient Visits/1,000
The number of outpatient visits has decreased 10 percent since inception.
V
Workers’ Compensation Trend
The centers also manage all first
reports of injury workers’ compensa¬
tion claims since after the first year
opening. Expense from workers
October 2015 workspan | 55
compensation and occupational
claims have dropped 60 percent over
the reporting frame.
District and Employee
Savings Three-Year Results
Over the reporting period, the value
of the shifted utilization for the
district totals $24 million. Once the
employee health and wellness center
operating costs are included, savings
are $9.2 million over the timeframe.
Employee Savings Year Results
Over the past four years, members
have saved a total of $4.2 million in
medical and prescription co-pays alone
Figure 4 | Prescription Utilization: EH&WC and Health Plan
(Per Member Per Year)
A
Utilization through the Plan has decreased
Jan10-Dec10 Jan11-Dec11 Jan12-Dec12 Jan13-Dec13 Jan14-Dec14
Number of EHC Rx PMPY Number of Health Plan Rx PMPY
Figure 5 | District Savings
(Analysis by Health Plan Utilization Change)
Market Cost
of Medical
Claims
Avoided
Market Cost
of Rx Claims
Avoided
Total Market
Value for
Shifted
Utilization
EH&WC
Operational
Costs
‘excludes facility
related charges Net Savings
2011 $6,914,248
$1,171,000
($75.69 x 15,471)
$8,085,248 $3,856,189
2012 $4,579,215
$901,239
($37.63 x 23,950)
$5,480,454 $5,258,482
2013 $9,343,680
$1,062,987
($38.15x27,942)
$10,409,667 $5,612,988
Total $20,837,143 $3,138,226 $23,975,369 $14,727,659 $9,247,710
Despite High Cost Claimants in 2012, ROI = $1.63 : $1
by using the employee health and well¬
ness centers instead of the health plan.
The district is a large group with
over 9,000 members and the baseline
data set included three years of
claims information, which translates
to over 340,000 member months.
These data sets are large enough
so results are considered statisti¬
cally significant (within 2-3 percent
of margin of error).
Future Trends
Medical claims costs are being driven
primarily by high-cost claimants
in areas like cancer and multiple
sclerosis, along with a few cases of
trauma or premature birth. Pharmacy
claims costs are most recently being
driven by specialty medications to
treat conditions like Hepatitis C,
multiple sclerosis and cancer. Also
lower-cost/lower-risk members are
being moved out of the plan and
using the company plan as a single
coverage. Or, they are using programs
under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act or Medicare
or Medicaid programs. Concerns
regarding adverse selection arise
if only the sickest members are
remaining in the plan. TO?
Dan K. Ross is president of Med-Vision LLC/
Med-View LLC in Tampa, Fla. He can be
contacted at dan.ross@med-vision.com.
John Watson is director of strategic
development at CareHere Crowne LLC. He can
be contacted at JWatson@CareHere.com.
Katherine Macrone is a client manager
at Deerwalk Inc in Tampa, Fla. She can be
contacted at kmacrone@deerwalk.com in
central Florida.
resources plus
For more information, books and
education related to this topic, log
on to www.worldatwork.org and
use any or all of these keywords:
I Wellness
I Health
I Benefits
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How wise plan managers acted "outside-the industry box" to improve health while saving taxpayer dollars. Four year results!

  • 1. Strengthen Employee Engagement Through aNew World Work The Total RewardsAssociation
  • 3. Can data analytics deliver health solutions? 1 m 4 * Acase study about a Florida school district’s approach to maintain health and wellness among its employees under the pressure of a rapidly growing community and a tight budget. Fasco County is located just north of the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan region and is the state’s 12th most populous county. From 2000 to 2010, the county population increased 34.8 percent from 344,768 to 464,697, the U.S. Census reports. This growth was fueled by increases in housing and jobs north of the Interstate 275 and Interstate 75 intersection along the state roads 52, 54, and 56. It’s esti¬ mated that the population is expected By Dan Ross, Med-Vision, John Watson, Crowne Clinics and Katherine Macrone, Deerwalk Inc. 9 October 2015 workspan | 51
  • 4. Ifo tk& 2009-2010 the school board created an Insurance Committee to meet with consultants and identify programs to reduce health-care spending and increase employee health and wellness. to increase to 479,078 and to 527,000 by 2030. As more families move into the county, increased service pres¬ sure is exerted on all government services including schools. Twenty-five percent of Pasco resi¬ dents are between the ages of 25-44 and another 26 percent between the ages of 45-64. Families make up 67 percent of the population with an average household of 2.7 persons. The District School Board of Pasco County (DSBPC) was, and continues to be, the largest employer in the county with 9,350 employees in 2010-2011 and rising to over 9,500 by 2015. High school graduation rates have increased from the baseline of 73.4 percent set TV* Tuuire* What is missing in medicine today is a holistic approach authored by consultants, employers and led by physician-directed health centers. In this model, doctors are salaried and only worry about their patient’s health, outcomes and future good health. “There are more than 9,000 billing codes for individual procedures and units of care. But there is not a single billing code for patient adherence or improvement, or for helping patients stay well.” — Clayton M. Christensen, “The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care." in 2007 to 81.9 percent in 2010 to over 90 percent by 2015. County growth and demographic trends are shifting from a rural community to a more suburban population with increased demands for housing, schools, roads, entertain¬ ment, retail and other services. With the collapse of the housing market in 2007-2008 and resulting recession, the county saw a net property tax revenue decrease over the same time period as the population was increasing. The annual budget of $519 million spends 94 percent on direct student services. Within this context of increasing enrollment and flat budget increases, it became imperative for the district to review all expendi¬ tures that were not directly related to student services. Faced with the double hit of decreasing tax revenue and increasing population, the DSBPC needed to find a way to reduce administrative expenses while main¬ taining student expenditures. Starting in 2008, the DSBPC targeted the annual trend of 10-12 percent increase in its health care spending, a major target for cost reduction. As with all health insurance plans, every dollar spent on claims was a dollar less to spend on other administrative areas such as facilities, staffing, technology and pay. Without broker involvement where commissions and fees may, and in most cases have, become a primary driver of recommendations for programs, the partnership between the employer, health and wellness centers, and consultants can and will lower spend, improve health, and save employees and employer’s money. Data analytics are now available to pinpoint inefficiencies and excess waste in health-care costs, and opportunities abound for both cost savings to employers and employees as well as future good health and quality of life. Team-Based Approach In the 2009-2010 year, the school board created an Insurance Committee to meet with consultants and iden¬ tify programs to reduce health-care spending and increase employee health and wellness. The group consisted of Med-Vision LLC, Care- Here Crowne, LLC, the school district superintendent, and the school district 52 | workspan October 2015
  • 5. Insurance Committee. Med-Vision is the data analytics company that compiles and then analyzes an organization’s health and pharmacy claims data in order to identify areas and activities where excess spending can be reduced. CareHere Crowne was formed as part¬ nership between The Crowne Group and CareHere LLC and it administered the employee health and wellness centers for the district. The following areas were identified where excess spending could be addressed through a program of wellness, big data and physician- directed health centers: 1 | Moving pharmaceutical drug spending from higher-cost brand names to lower-cost generics 2| Engaging members with chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes in active manage¬ ment of those conditions 3| Identifying the mix of claim dollars between preventive and reactive payments for existing disease and Claims data are taken direct into the Med-Vision system and analyzed in an easy to read and understand reporting format. The platform utilizes the Deer- walk Plan Analytics platform, which uses the practice of Big Data analysis where information is stored in data “lakes” and can be searched and reported on in real time, much like Internet search engine’s return information. In addition, data from over 18 million lives is benchmarked against the data from the organization based upon the organization demographics in order to compare organization results against statistically validated norms. The team was able to identify key action items to reduce spend and increase member engagement in well¬ ness. Team members then then used those parameters to develop a program driven by employer-sponsored on-site health centers and real-time data analysis feedback on the results: 1 | Implement on-site physi¬ cian directed health and wellness centers for employee and their dependents (members) medical and pharmacy use. 2 | In exchange for no co-pays for medical and lower to no cost for many pharmaceu¬ ticals, member blood work and biometric data feed into the clinical systems so that data analytics are able identify high-cost expense and high-risk population. 3| By identifying these employees who were either currently high cost or at risk of becoming high cost, steps are taken to reduce risk by driving these employees to manage their conditions through on-site physician and health teams coach. 4 | Move pharmacy benefit management (PBM) from a traditional PBM model to a transparent PBM that operates on a pass-though pricing model. AWarJi/AccotaJeÿ &During 2014, Healthiest Employers, the leader in employee health analytics best practices and benchmark data, inducted the District School Board of Pasco County into the 2014 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America. The district school board was also designated by the American Heart Association as the Platinum Fit Friendly Workplace. In 2013 the Tampa Bay Business Journal named the District School Board of Pasco County as the healthiest employer in the 1500+ employee category and second place overall winner out of 27 finalists from the Tampa Bay area. °Ru/ve Rce A Content-Rich Webpage for Exec Comp Professionals Articles Videos White Papers Upcoming Events Sponsored by: Partners’ Thoughts & Ideas on Executive Compensation Pearl Meyer Visit today! WorldatWorkwww.worldatwork.org/execcompthoughts The Total Rewards Association| October 2015 workspan | 53
  • 6. Physician Directed Health and Wellness Centers The health and wellness center model offers medical visits with $0 co-pay and prescriptions that are often $0 or much lower cost than through the member health plan. By running all claims from the health plan and the employee health and wellness centers through its data model, Med-Vision is able to analyze the components of savings and health from the health center versus the health plan participa¬ tion in order to document savings and target additional areas for savings. As a physician-directed program, every health center is staffed by a board-certified medical doctor who is a salaried employee of the company. Each health center medical staffer is able to spend 20-30 minutes with the member, unlike most practices where time is often limited to 5 or 10 minutes. In addition, there is a phar¬ macy doctor on staff to review and monitor all prescriptions. Since the health center inception in 2011, employee participation has grown to where currently 96 percent of eligible employees use some type of health and wellness center service. Total appointment utilization increased 132 percent per member per year since inception. Growth has been robust that over the past four years a total of five health centers have been opened as of May 2015. In 2014, 46,000 appointments were made for medical treatment with 60-70 percent of these treating a chronic condition and 30-40 percent acute care. Ten thousand visits were wellness based. Participation is trending at 5,000 visits a month for both wellness and medical visits. Employee and Member Wellness Program The centers provide a critical link to support the organization’s health and wellness initiatives. After the initial launch and strategic plan design, teams were assigned to specific goals and held accountable to imple¬ ment tactics, monitor results, assess and evaluate programs and provide feedback for program success using data-driven analysis. Four strategic initiatives were targeted: 1 | Communications — engage all members 2| Wellness — physical, emotional, financial, social, spiritual 3| Weight Loss — care health team 4 | Diabetes Management — medi¬ cation compliance, close care gaps, reversal of disease The wellness committee consists of associates from all parts of the orga¬ nization —human resources, board members, union members, teachers, EAP specialists, school nurses, health center employees and other admin¬ istrative employees. All members of the health plan are part of the wellness program, not just employees, thus engaging all stakeholders in wellness programs. Cost Savings Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Workers Compensation Since inception in 2011, medical and prescription plan cost exclusive of the health center expense has trended upward only 0.5 percent over the four-year time frame (essentially a 54 | workspan October 2015
  • 7. r Figure 2 | Health Plan Utilization: Inpatient Facility A 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 ALOS: 3.5 Pre-Employee Health Center Opening Jan10-Dec10 Jan11-Dec11 Jan12-Dec12 Jan13-Dec13 Jan14-Dec14 Inpatient Days/1,000 Members 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 81 79 Pre-Employee Health Center Opening Jan10-Dec10 Jan11-Dec11 Jan12-Dec12 Jan13-Dec13 Jan14-Dec14 Inpatient Admissions/1,000 Members ‘Includes run-out medical claims v j ( i ' Figure 3 | Health Plan Utilization: Outpatient Facility 1000 800 600 400 200 0 0 percent trend). Contrast this with average 4 percent to 12 percent year-over-year trend and annual cost increase over same timeframe for benchmark organizations. Facility Utilization Trend Inpatient facility utilization decreased 15 percent since inception from 83 per 1,000 members to 70 per 1,000 members over a four-year period. Outpatient facility visits decreased 10 percent since inception from 902 per 1,000 members to 816 per 1,000 members in the same time frame. In addition, medical claims per member per year decreased 10 percent over the four-year period. Total number of claims processed by the health plan dropped 16 percent in the same timeframe. Prescription Trend Prescription drug utilization through the health plan has decreased 17 percent since inception of the health center pharmaceutical program. As the employee health and well¬ ness center dispenses its drugs at a much lower cost than the health plan, this drives savings for both the employee and the employer. Jan10-Dec10 Jan11-Dec11 Jan12-Dec12 Jan13-Dec13 Jan14-Dec14 Outpatient Visits/1,000 The number of outpatient visits has decreased 10 percent since inception. V Workers’ Compensation Trend The centers also manage all first reports of injury workers’ compensa¬ tion claims since after the first year opening. Expense from workers October 2015 workspan | 55
  • 8. compensation and occupational claims have dropped 60 percent over the reporting frame. District and Employee Savings Three-Year Results Over the reporting period, the value of the shifted utilization for the district totals $24 million. Once the employee health and wellness center operating costs are included, savings are $9.2 million over the timeframe. Employee Savings Year Results Over the past four years, members have saved a total of $4.2 million in medical and prescription co-pays alone Figure 4 | Prescription Utilization: EH&WC and Health Plan (Per Member Per Year) A Utilization through the Plan has decreased Jan10-Dec10 Jan11-Dec11 Jan12-Dec12 Jan13-Dec13 Jan14-Dec14 Number of EHC Rx PMPY Number of Health Plan Rx PMPY Figure 5 | District Savings (Analysis by Health Plan Utilization Change) Market Cost of Medical Claims Avoided Market Cost of Rx Claims Avoided Total Market Value for Shifted Utilization EH&WC Operational Costs ‘excludes facility related charges Net Savings 2011 $6,914,248 $1,171,000 ($75.69 x 15,471) $8,085,248 $3,856,189 2012 $4,579,215 $901,239 ($37.63 x 23,950) $5,480,454 $5,258,482 2013 $9,343,680 $1,062,987 ($38.15x27,942) $10,409,667 $5,612,988 Total $20,837,143 $3,138,226 $23,975,369 $14,727,659 $9,247,710 Despite High Cost Claimants in 2012, ROI = $1.63 : $1 by using the employee health and well¬ ness centers instead of the health plan. The district is a large group with over 9,000 members and the baseline data set included three years of claims information, which translates to over 340,000 member months. These data sets are large enough so results are considered statisti¬ cally significant (within 2-3 percent of margin of error). Future Trends Medical claims costs are being driven primarily by high-cost claimants in areas like cancer and multiple sclerosis, along with a few cases of trauma or premature birth. Pharmacy claims costs are most recently being driven by specialty medications to treat conditions like Hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis and cancer. Also lower-cost/lower-risk members are being moved out of the plan and using the company plan as a single coverage. Or, they are using programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or Medicare or Medicaid programs. Concerns regarding adverse selection arise if only the sickest members are remaining in the plan. TO? Dan K. Ross is president of Med-Vision LLC/ Med-View LLC in Tampa, Fla. He can be contacted at dan.ross@med-vision.com. John Watson is director of strategic development at CareHere Crowne LLC. He can be contacted at JWatson@CareHere.com. Katherine Macrone is a client manager at Deerwalk Inc in Tampa, Fla. She can be contacted at kmacrone@deerwalk.com in central Florida. resources plus For more information, books and education related to this topic, log on to www.worldatwork.org and use any or all of these keywords: I Wellness I Health I Benefits 56 | workspan October 2015