“According to 2003 data, 110,000 people in Hawaii have diabetes, which drove costs for people with diabetes to $964milliion [in 2002.] This is not sustainable, not in a corporate model, not in a government model.” So Gary, the Executive Director of HBHC, used the power of the Health Council to rally companies to enter the Diabetes Ten Cities Challenge, which is sponsored by the American Pharmacists Association (AphA) Foundation, and modeled after the Asheville, NC, Project. Value-based health delivers to HBHC and its employer participants: According to the AphA Foundation, results from organizations that have implemented the Asheville Project include: • Employer savings of $918 per participant, the first year, in total healthcare costs (overall annual medical costs per patient decreased $1,622 to $3,356 each year in Asheville. Download the entire Punahou School 2006 Case Study here.
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