Wellness Programs

When it comes to controlling healthcare costs, ECA's motto is "good health is good business". A comprehensive and properly structured Wellness program offers employers and employees a "win-win" way of controlling costs by encouraging good health rather than increasing premiums or reducing benefits.

ECA Wellness programs emphasize:

Targeted interventions directed at specific areas of high frequency and high dollar claims activity

Empowering employees with knowledge and information needed to put them back in the driver's seat when it comes to their own health and that of their loved ones

On-site early detection efforts targeting both acute and chronic medical conditions ranging from cancers to diabetes and coronary artery disease

Chronic disease management programs for conditions such as diabetes, asthma, elevated blood cholesterol, high blood pressure

Lifestyle education covering a range of issues from proper nutrition and physical activity to stress reduction

When designing Wellness programs, ECA staff strives to build partnerships between employers, employees, local health care providers and community resources in an effort to promote healthier lifestyles among plan beneficiaries.

 

	"ECA has formulated a wellness program directed at addressing our high claim and utilization areas, thus allowing us to take a proactive approach at better managing our future".
	- Terry Cooper, County Manager Graham County