Total Value, Total Return

Total Value, Total Return

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Total Value, Total Return

Changing the Value Proposition of Employee Health Benefits

To many decision-makers, shifting the cost of healthcare to employees is a logical strategy. But this may actually harm an organization’s efforts to manage healthcare costs and productivity.

But there is a solution. The following seven rules are key for developing a value-based health benefit strategy for individual and organizational health:

The Health of Your Organization Begins with Your People.
To Realize Total Value, You Must Understand Total Costs.
Higher Costs Don't Always Mean Higher Value.
Health Begins and Ends with the Individual.
Avoid Barriers to Effective Treatment.
Carrots Are Valued Over Sticks.
Total Value Demands Total Teamwork.¹

Jack Mahoney, MD and David Hom of Pitney Bowes wrote about these seven rules in their book, Total Value, Total Return.¹

What Can Your Company Do?

Challenge your organization to question how employee health benefits and health management services are positioned within your business operations. Are health benefits a cost of doing business? Or are they an investment for business success?

Learn more. Request a free copy of Total Value, Total Return^™. Contact the GlaxoSmithKline Response Center at 1-888-825-5249.

Reference:

Mahoney J, Hom D. Total Value, Total Return: Seven Rules for Optimizing Employee Health Benefits for a Healthier and More Productive Workforce. Philadelphia, PA: GlaxoSmithKline, 2006.