Leveraging Health
We’re pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Leveraging Health, the new book by Cyndy Nayer, Jack Mahoney, M.D., and Jan Berger, M.D.
Drawing on real examples, it outlines the principles of the value-based healthcare design using 15 macro-levers to change behaviors. We illustrate the use of the levers in real-world case studies, showcasing the dividends that resulted in engagement plus improved health and economic status.
The health of our communities is intrinsically tied to our economic security — a big concept with a lot of implications. This book is written to promote the competency and evidence in value-based designs, a system of insurance design and incentives/disincentives that cause better health behaviors and reduce financial cost trends. Levers are performance tuners, wherein small and incremental changes profoundly change the health outcomes of communities.
This book is written for employers, benefits consultants, health plans, physicians, hospital systems — anyone who makes decisions on how to influence behaviors for better health outcomes. With innovation, case studies, and actual results of dividends from the “levers” that are used, value-based designs are shown to be more than co-pay reductions for medications. Productivity is increased, unscheduled absences are decreased, and health risks are reduced. Businesses have shared the evidence; this book brings it forward.
Because the book is still in production, we aren’t yet able to set the price, which we want to keep as low as possible to allow organizations of all sizes and budgets to benefit from the work done in this field. We invite you to leave your name and e-mail here, and we’ll let you know when and where Leveraging Health is available.