These goals are accomplished with no shifting of costs to participants. (More effectiveness = lower costs and better, quicker recoveries).
Health Research Institute is an independent and objective, research-based organization providing public/private policy planning and education in employee health care cost containment and health improvement. HRI’s Med School is designed to reduce plan sponsors’ and plan participants’ (employers’ and employees’) per-capita costs off trend by at least 5% in the early post-implementation years. The pr
ojected cost reductions are larger than 5% in later years as increasing numbers of plan participants view the videos and the 200+ page Seminar Workbooks posted on the password-protected employee portal of the employer’s website. In addition to financial savings, Med School will also increase participants’ knowledge about his/her medical plan, and will increase participants’ willingness to use wise-use tips to gain more effective medical care solutions. Med School will also increase participants’ engagement and satisfaction with the plan sponsor and his/her medical plan. And finally, Med School will relieve some of the burden associated with caregiving for seriously- and terminally-ill patients.