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Nationwide Better Health Results
At Nationwide Better HealthSM, we’ve demonstrated peer-reviewed, published outcomes that guarantee results for our programs and services, while giving our clients a return-on-investment that impacts their bottom line.

Health promotion

When talking about your employees’ health risks, less is definitely more. Take our fitness program, for example, which decreases blood pressure levels for nearly 70 percent of program participants in just three months… Get the facts

  • Reduced participants’ likelihood of heart attack in the next 10 years by 22 percent
  • Enabled one-third to quit smoking cigarettes
  • Helped employees achieve weight losses of 60 pounds or more
  • Reduced participants’ risk of heart disease through our weight management program
  • Lowered blood pressure in 67 percent of participants without medication within three months of enrolling in our exercise program
  • Empowered a majority of participants to achieve health goals solely through lifestyle changes
Percentage of program participants who achieved goal levels in reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors (without medications) within three months of initiating their lifestyle health coaching program:
  • LDL/Cholesterol: 21 percent
  • Fasting Glucose: 39 percent
  • Systolic Blood Pressure: 64 percent
  • Diastolic Blood Pressure: 67 percent

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Disease management

We’re helping people actively manage their chronic conditions to improve, or even reverse the progression of disease. And, we’ve never missed an ROI guarantee. We bet you’re up for a chronic case of savings... Get the facts

  • We’ve never missed an ROI guarantee with our disease management program
  • Ninety-eight percent of our employees are compliant with their physicians’ treatment plans, compared to the 50 percent who typically comply with their doctor's medication orders. (Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health & Human Services, 2006)
  • We deliver satisfied employees at a rate consistently greater than 95 percent and are able to deliver a 3-to-1 return on investment

Diabetes
  • By helping people with diabetes manage their condition and lower A1C values, blood pressure and cholesterol, we’ve saved organizations close to $17,000 per member per year
  • We’ve helped 64 percent of diabetics control their A1C value, 57 percent control their blood pressure and 67 percent reach desirable LDL levels

Cardiac
  • By helping individuals manage their cardiac health, we've saved organizations $16,586 per member per year
  • We’ve helped 100 percent with beta blocker compliance, 43 percent control their blood pressure and 58 percent reach desirable LDL levels

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Maternity management

Healthy moms and healthy pregnancies equal a healthy savings on your bottom line. Our average of $102,037 savings per NICU stay will have you sleeping like a baby... Get the facts

  • Our maternity management programs reduce the average length of stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) by 56 percent
  • We've saved organizations more than $102,000 per NICU stay in 2008

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Disability management

Depending on the type of program in place, we’ve reduced average disability durations to 15 percent below the national average, while for some common conditions, we have shown an even greater reduction in disability duration... Get the facts

Musculoskeletal

  • Reduced average disability duration by 22 percent, equaling $X average savings per claim

Injury/Poisoning
  • Reduced average disability duration by 29 percent, equaling $X average savings per claim

Circulatory
  • Reduced average disability duration by 33 percent, equaling $X average savings per claim

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Absence management

Indirect expenses associated with your employees’ absences are typically four times higher than the actual medical costs. We can save you millions by helping you discover who is off work and why... Get the facts

  • Saved one large employer with more than 30,000 employees $8.2 million in 2006
  • Prevented a loss of more than $4.8 million through lost days saved
  • Decreased overall absences by 21 percent

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