Improving Employee Health in Light of Covid-19

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Improving Employee Health in Light of Covid-19
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• The ongoing health crisis has put employers the
  world over, under immense strain, and added to
  the existing challenges of managing the health
  care costs of employees. However, for employers
  who keep their business heads on while shopping
  for health care benefits, take advantage of
  digital health technologies and partner with
  hospitals and physicians, may be able to weather
  the storm better than others.
• Below are three strategies that employers can use
  to negotiate the current healthcare situation,
  and help improve the health of their employees

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• Try to manage healthcare benefits like you would
  any other purchase
• Most employers take considerable care before
  making major purchases, and thoroughly examine
  the full cost healthcare benefits should be no
  different. Consuming more than 15 million every
  year in the U.S. per 1,000 employees, health
  benefits must be examined in detail. Talking to a
  healthcare benefit specialist can be hugely
  beneficial, and can help you get the best deals
  for you and your workforce.

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• Take advantage of technology
• With unprecedented opportunities for employers to
  take advantage of new, time saving technology
  that helps employees and find, manage and receive
  healthcare over the internet, the COVID-19
  pandemic has seen both public and private
  insurers lift restrictions on telehealth. Couple
  that with the willingness of clinicians and
  patients to leverage digital technologies, and
  youve got a healthcare landscape that has
  dramatically altered. As an employer, work
  closely with your chosen private insurance
  company to keep telehealth as part of the package
  for your employees.

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• There are even online solutions for chronic
  conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, and this
  technology, when used in conjunction with
  smartphone apps that record meals, exercise and
  medications, employees can better understand what
  impact their actions have upon their health.
• So, as an employee, shop around and negotiate for
  digital health offerings and innovations, just as
  you would for any other business need.

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• Partner with local hospitals and physicians
• There has never been a better time to partner
  with local hospitals and doctors from lessons in
  how to improve operations at a manufacturing
  plant, to offering industry-specific expertise,
  employers can offer their own advice to hospitals
  and medical facilities to help them practice
  safer, more efficient and cost-effective care.

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• Employers actions must be decisive precisely
  because the future is so uncertain. By partnering
  with the health systems that provide care for
  their employees, establishing clear expectations
  for high quality and low-cost care, and
  leveraging telehealth and virtual care solutions
  to achieve these goals, businesses can help their
  employees better weather the ups and downs of
  Covid-19. In doing so, employers can build a more
  robust and affordable model for the good of their
  businesses, the economy, and the health of
  millions of Americans.

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