[{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core\/freeform","postId":585,"blockType":{"name":"core\/freeform","keywords":[],"attributes":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"providesContext":[],"usesContext":[],"selectors":[],"supports":{"className":false,"customClassName":false,"reusable":false},"styles":[],"variations":[],"apiVersion":3,"title":"Classic","description":"Use the classic WordPress editor.","category":"text"},"originalContent":"Employers and health plans nationwide are now able to tap into Cleveland Clinic\u2019s employee wellness program, which includes evidence-based eCoaching aiming to achieve lifestyle and behavioral changes. The healthcare organization has partnered with Cleveland-based Bravo Wellness to offer the employee wellness program. While the program is designed for employers with 20,000 or more employees, Bravo has versions tailored for companies with as few as 250 employees.\u201cAfter 10 years of innovation and data-driven adjustments, we are seeing consistent and predictable positive results from our employee wellness program,\u201d says Linda McHugh, chief human resource officer at the Cleveland Clinic. \u201cIt\u2019s truly both an art and science, but when you take the time to do it right, it\u2019s a win\/win for the employees and the organization.\u201dMcHugh adds that Cleveland Clinic\u2019s \u201chealth benefits cost trend is 66 percent lower than the national average trend over the past nine years,\u201d and since 2013, its average annual claims trend is less than 1 percent per member per month. \u201cThis bend in our trend equates to more than $848 million of cost avoidance over the span of the program.\u201d

The program\u2019s email-based health coaching, developed by Cleveland Clinic clinicians, was developed in response to high attrition rates typically found in telephonic or automated coaching approaches.According to Bravo, coaches\u2014who leverage technology to enable human to human interaction\u2014keep more than 80 percent of their participants engaged in coaching for over 144 days, with an average of 3.2 emails from the participant to the coach each week.\u201cA proprietary algorithm determines the care path and resources each employee may need, including email-based coaching and \u2018Stress Free Now\u2019 curriculum,\u201d according to the Cleveland Clinic\u2019s announcement. Bravo says that its in-house IT team developed the proprietary technology engine, which provides incentive tracking and adjudication. In addition, data and analytics collect information, run reports and assemble the annual aggregate report for each client, allowing customers to evaluate the program by identifying accomplishments and potential areas for improvement.\u201cBravo is truly honored to partner with Cleveland Clinic in bringing effective solutions to companies across the nation,\u201d says Bravo founder and CEO Jim Pshock. \u201cWe are philosophically aligned and have seen the most impressive health improvement results among our 1 million-plus members when a comprehensive program that includes evidence-based support like the Cleveland Clinic\u2019s eCoaching resources is engaged. The combination of world-class wellness from Cleveland Clinic with Bravo\u2019s expertise in compliance, communications, creative incentive plan design management, data analytics and customer service is a game-changer in the employee wellness space.\u201dPshock adds that \u201cemployers are tired of trying the \u2018flavor of the month\u2019 app or group wellness challenge only to see programs fizzle out and have no measurable impact.\u201d However, he contends that \u201csustainable change takes a real plan and a proven strategy\u201d and that employees nationwide will \u201creap the health and wealth benefits\u201d of Cleveland Clinic\u2019s program.","saveContent":"Employers and health plans nationwide are now able to tap into Cleveland Clinic\u2019s employee wellness program, which includes evidence-based eCoaching aiming to achieve lifestyle and behavioral changes. The healthcare organization has partnered with Cleveland-based Bravo Wellness to offer the employee wellness program. While the program is designed for employers with 20,000 or more employees, Bravo has versions tailored for companies with as few as 250 employees.\u201cAfter 10 years of innovation and data-driven adjustments, we are seeing consistent and predictable positive results from our employee wellness program,\u201d says Linda McHugh, chief human resource officer at the Cleveland Clinic. \u201cIt\u2019s truly both an art and science, but when you take the time to do it right, it\u2019s a win\/win for the employees and the organization.\u201dMcHugh adds that Cleveland Clinic\u2019s \u201chealth benefits cost trend is 66 percent lower than the national average trend over the past nine years,\u201d and since 2013, its average annual claims trend is less than 1 percent per member per month. \u201cThis bend in our trend equates to more than $848 million of cost avoidance over the span of the program.\u201d

Cleveland Clinic, Bravo join forces to offer wellness program

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