Testing x Engagement = Measurable Results

My Health Counts uses a scientific approach to identify hidden health risks early with Advanced Laboratory Testing and then empowers employees to improve their health using proven engagement strategies.

Advanced Testing
Our advanced blood test includes more than 25 risk factors and biomarkers for heart disease, diabetes, and related diseases.

Effective Engagement
Resources to help employees understand their personal risk factors and improve their health include digital tools, health education, and clinical health consulting.

Measurable Results
Data-rich aggregate reporting serves as a scoreboard of health for your population so you can compare health outcomes over time.

The Employee Experience

  1. Health Screening
    

    Health information is collected, including Health Profile for nutrition, physical activity and tobacco use, and biometric measurements for height, weight, blood pressure, waist size and body composition.

  2. Advanced Lab Testing

    Blood samples are drawn and sent to Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., where state-of-the-art technology identifies more than 25 hidden risk factors and biomarkers that give actionable data about cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

  3. Lab Report

    A consumer-friendly lab report is sent to each employee’s home address and available online with other digital tools. Results are color-coded red, yellow and green to see risks easily. Test results are confidential by law.

  4. Health Engagement 

    Engagement resources to help employees understand their personal risk factors and improve health include:

    • Digital tools
    • Clinical health consulting and customized health improvement plans
    • Health education, like nutrition
    • Suggestion to talk with their doctor as appropriate
  5. Follow-up Testing
    

    Employees participate in a follow-up Health Screening and Advanced Laboratory Testing to see where they have improved and where they need more help.

Health Improvement Outcomes Case Study

In just one year of working with a national employer client, its 1,438 participating employees across 16 locations saw life-changing results. For example, 36% or 511 employees successfully reduced their Body Mass Index (BMI). In addition to weight loss, the lab testing revealed the population's true health risks:

  • 44% or 637 employees were at risk for pre-diabetes
  • 81% or 1,169 employees were at-risk risk for developing cardiovascular disease

After Clinical Health Consulting and a follow-up screening, we saw significant improvement in these high risk areas. This means a healthier and more productive workforce with lower medical costs and fewer absences for sickness.

My Health Counts led to 98 people reversing their risk for developing diabetes. The American Diabetes Association estimates that managing diabetes for just one year can cost $7,9001. If diabetes had been allowed to progress in these individuals, it potentially could have cost the employer $774,200 per year in additional claims. This estimate does not include further complications associated with the disease, such as kidney failure. Kidney dialysis for one person can cost more than $75,000 a year2.

1. American Diabetes Association. “Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2007”. Diabetes Care. Vol. 36 pp. 1033-1046

2. Moore, Elizabeth Armstrong. “Are the Days of Kidney Dialysis Numbered? U.S. Renal Data System.” CNET News. CBS Interactive, 03 Sept. 2010. Web. 11 June 2012. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20015581-247.html).

How we work with you

My Health Counts supports you with:

  • Integrated communications plan to engage employees
  • Aggregate reporting to understand your population’s risks for heart disease and diabetes
  • Recommendations for your wellness programming

Testimonial

"As a major employer and long-time supporter of the American Heart Association, we want to do the right thing for associates and help them prevent the devastating effects of cardiovascular disease and stroke. We want our associates to feel better and have found that improving health is good for business. It's just common sense – preventing disease reduces health care spending."

Linda Amato, Managing Director, Human Resources, Markel Corporation

Meet the Team

  • Anna McKean
    Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
    • Leads a team that develops and delivers solutions for improving population health for clients that include employers, first responders, and health systems.
    • More than 25 years of experience including serving as President of a successful healthcare start-up company and leading a profitable consulting practice for KPMG.
    • Director for the Virginia Center for Healthcare Innovation, Association for Corporate Growth, Richmond Chapter, and President of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation.
    • Graduate of University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University and enjoys travel with husband and two daughters.
  • Keith McMullin
    Development Director, Strategic Initiatives
    • Led Consumer Engagement Strategy and Clinical Communications at WellPoint, the largest health care insurer in the U.S., including disease management programs for cardiovascular disease and diabetes
    • Built the team that launched WellPoint’s health and wellness programs nationally, resulting in tripled membership and revenue in two years for the division
    • Received numerous awards, including “Best of Blue” for helping raise more than $7 million to support research for cardiovascular disease and cancer
  • Terry Thomas, RN, MSN
    Clinical Director, Strategic Initiatives
    • More than 20 years’ experience as clinician in cardiovascular nursing and preventive cardiology; leader in developing lipid clinics and heart disease prevention programs
    • Developed one of the first Women’s Heart Disease Prevention programs in the country at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Founding member of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and the initial nurse leader on the board of the Southeast Lipid Association
  • April Hanlon
    Client Delivery Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives
    • Developed wellness programming for population of 8,000 employees as Health and Wellness Coordinator for City of Richmond and Richmond City Schools
    • Established and implemented corporate wellness programming for 50 employers in Tennessee as Client Wellness Coordinator at LIFESIGNS of Nashville
    • Holds Master of Public Administration degree, and Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Nutrition from Appalachian State University

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We look forward to hearing from you. Reach us by phone at (877) 443-5227 ext. 3470, email us at MyHealthCounts@hdlabinc.com, or submit your contact information below.








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