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About TotalCareEmployers today are facing skyrocketing health care costs that continue to increase at a rate greater than inflation. As employers see these costs cutting into their profits, some have responded by reducing employee health care coverage or shifting the cost of coverage to their employees, both of which affect employee morale and retention. |
Concentra TotalCare takes a different approach by tackling the real problem: Poor lifestyle behaviors that have led directly to employees’ chronic health conditions, which are the true cost drivers.
The overarching solution is to change the focus on health care delivery to that of preventing chronic conditions from occurring in the first place. TotalCare implements this solution with two main components that focus on prevention:
Prevention of illness and injury is indeed the overall goal of TotalCare, and studies show that similar programs generate significant Employer Savings.
According to former U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, 75 cents of every health care dollar is spent on treatment of chronic disease, most of which is preventable. Carmona says that over 130 million Americans are affected by chronic diseases, which account for 70% of all deaths.
– Almanac of Chronic Disease
2008