“Park an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff”.
This is an all too common wellbeing strategy that waits until catastrophic conditions happen, and then routes individuals to healthcare for treatment. This approach is as simple as it is costly, in both employee engagement and healthcare spend.
The alternative is to “build guard rails at the top”, to prevent the issues from happening in the first place. This is the motivation for MedGuard , an industry leading wellbeing and engagement program. MedGuard creates guardrails by integrating three critical elements into a seamless whole: predictive analytics, personalized wellbeing programs, and disease management.
This unique combination predicts where healthcare costs will arise before they even happen. Then our algorithms parse behavioral, biometric, and claims data to personalizing the right program to the right person at the right time. Then we provide disease management for those at highest risk, to prevent their health from going over the edge.
The complete integration of these three facets creates a comprehensive, cost-effective ‘guardrail’ support system that significantly enhances patient engagement, positive clinical outcomes, and dramatic cost savings.
Predictive Analytics: Powerful Optics You Need
MedGuard predictive analytics gives optics into your costs, to the dollar: where they are coming from and where they are projected to come from in the next 5 years. This early warning allows you to make decisions based on objective data, that clarify your strategic plan, and inform the tactics you need to get there.
These analytic algorithms utilize advanced predictive modeling of diverse data sources, including lab results, EMR and 24 months of historical medical and pharmacy claims, all enhanced by AI and robust forecasting tools. This also shows the care gap information that MedGuard uses to close care gaps.
Finally, provides offerings is a white glove service driven by predictive analytics that seamlessly integrate into the wellbeing platform. Through proactive engagement, nurses play a crucial role in reviewing, evaluating and coaching participants, while also assigning tailored wellbeing programs to complement their efforts. This collaboration has proven to enhance engagement and improve health outcomes year over year.
This proactive approach effectively reduces costs by leveraging actionable insights from its health risk monitor, identifying clinical cost drivers and pinpointing gaps in care that could otherwise lead to significant financial losses.
Wellbeing Programs Keeps Healthy People Healthy
Moreover, the platform features an intuitive client portal goes beyond disease management and encourages total health management offering a comprehensive dashboard and resources for low risk individuals. It includes a wealth of educational resources, such as lifestyle wellness programs, disease management tools and engaging content like cooking demos and meditations. Biometrics are seamlessly integrated, allowing users to monitor their health metrics while accessing personalized coaching and extensive self-care guides.
The Wellness platform solutions are comprehensive and built to easily adapt to the needs of every client. The portal includes:
• Challenges to motivate employees with our library of exercise, nutrition, stress and weight management activities.
• Wellness education resources for employees to participate in lunch-n-learns, find new recipes and complete audio and video coaching.
• Biometrics presented in a user-friendly and at-a-glance view to provide employees with their health data and recommendations to improve their wellness.
• Mojo Incentive Points to give employees a fun incentive to engage with the platform. Incentive points can be applied to any program and traded in for any incentive arranged by the client.
• Targeted reminder emails and text to encourage even greater engagement.
Disease Management Provides Intervention for High-Risk Individuals
MedGuard’s innovative and customizable disease management program enables experts to tailor interventions to each member. With this personalized approach, nurses not only educate newly diagnosed patients but also build care plans for those with ongoing chronic conditions who are further along in their disease progression through one-on-one coaching.
Nurses provide clinical support, customized educational materials and collaborative goal-setting sessions covering nutrition, exercise and emotional health. In their one-on-one meetings nurses work with patients to develop their personalized plans that incorporate follow-up appointments, readiness assessments and gaining support from families and caregivers. This individualized support empowers patients to also work independently on advocating for their own health by utilizing MedGuard’s resource library filled with updated educational materials available in multiple languages tailored to various levels of health literacy.
MedGuard’s unique approach allows it to meet members where they are—whether through the online portal, phone or secure email. Its analytics prioritize members at risk of developing health issues, enabling proactive intervention that enhances both quality of life and cost efficiency. The entire team is deeply invested in each participant’s success, celebrating milestones and fostering a supportive environment.
Ultimately, MedGuard’s integrated strategy merges medical management with lifestyle interventions, promoting sustainable behavior change. This model benefits all stakeholders: payers save costs while maintaining access to effective solutions, participants experience improved health outcomes with clear long-term goals and employers enjoy the benefits of a healthier workforce.
