Creating a culture of health in the workplace isn’t easy, but the results that can be obtained — both a personal benefit to the individual and a cost and productivity benefit to the organization — are making value-based health care an appealing initiative for employers across the country.
VBHC is a holistic, consumer-centered approach that focuses not on the dollars being spent but on how the dollars being spent work to improve employees’ health. Recent focus groups conducted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans examined VBHC strategies among multiemployer and public employer health plans and found that many organizations are making strides in building a healthier workforce and reducing health care costs.
