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Cost effective HealthPartners programs reduced expenses by nearly $100 million in 2008
Highlights include generic drug use, diagnostic imaging
December 29, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - HealthPartners programs designed to improve the quality and efficiency of care reduced medical expenses by nearly $100 million in 2008. HealthPartners reports that decision support for diagnostic imaging reduced unnecessary tests by more than $5.8 million, an 80 percent increase over last year's savings. The program provides physicians the latest guidelines from the American College of Radiology to confirm that a test is appropriate. HealthPartners program to encourage generic drug use resulted in HealthPartners members saving $64.4 million. That's more than double what they saved in 2007. Generics accounted for the biggest cost savings.
The programs that were the most cost effective include:
Program
Asthma
Behavioral Health
Diabetes
Diagnostic imaging
Generic Drugs
Heart disease
Inpatient and complex case management
Rare and chronic diseases
Total |
Reduced expenses
$2 million
$2.5 million
$1.2 million
$5.8 million
$64.4 million
$6.1 million
$12.8 million
$4.9 million
$99.7 million |
About HealthPartners
Founded in 1957, the HealthPartners (www.healthpartners.com) family of healthcare companies serves more than one million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. It is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit healthcare organization in the nation, providing care, coverage, research and education to improve the health of members, patients and the community. For the third year in a row, HealthPartners is rated one of the best commercial health plans in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, NCQA's "America's Best Health Plans 2007".
Contact: 651-254-4729
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