The power of Health Risk Assessment data to make wellness work

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The power of Health Risk Assessment data to
make wellness work
Shereen Barsoum Karen Ryan September 2006
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Session Objectives

• Highlight the value of Health Risk Assessment
  (HRA) data
• Share how Aetna uses HRA data to promote greater
  synergy between products and services to deliver
  a more complete system of care
• Present case studies for how companies are
  achieving employee participation 
• Lessons learned

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Aetna Health Risk Assessment
value of HRA data
Aetnas assessment is designed for adults 18 or
older and takes approximately 15-20 minutes to
complete.

• Data collected
• Lifestyle, personal/family history, biometrics,
  readiness to change, etc
• Impact on health and productivity (WLQ or WPAI)
• HRA scoring
• Predicts relative level of health risk
• Includes an overall risk score and assesses 9
  conditions
• Identifies modifiable and non-modifiable risk
  factors
• Output
• User receives a personalized online detail report
  and physician summary upon completion of their
  HRA

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What are some benefits of HRA data?
value of HRA data

• Benefits to employee
• Provides an immediate teachable moment
• Helps deliver proactive and targeted outreach
• Benefits to employer
• Provides aggregate data that can be used to
  establish baseline metrics
• Helps focus attention on most prevalent health
  risks for their population
• Supports health and productivity management
  initiatives
• Benefits to health care system
• Identifies the healthy and at-risk population
• Provides a source of data that cannot be captured
  elsewhere
• Creates a more complete Health profile and
  enhances predictive modeling

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Case Studies Increasing Employee Engagement
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Critical success factors

• Communication
• Management Support
• Use of Incentives
• Organizational Readiness
• Worksite Culture and Employee Trust
• Incorporated as Part of Health Benefits Strategy