What's the secret to healthier employees and lower healthcare costs? Our Disease Management programs.

If any of your employees suffer from a chronic condition, you know how difficult it can be to deal with. And when symptoms flare up, people with chronic conditions may miss work and have to see doctors or other health professionals.

Through the Disease Management program, your employees and their eligible family members with chronic conditions will now have access to a Registered Nurse or other clinical specialist* who is focused on helping them to minimize the effects of their conditions, live healthier and be more productive. These conditions include:

• asthma
• diabetes
• heart disease
• low back pain
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• 10 other common chronic health problems through our Targeted Conditions program

Best of all, this flexible program is designed to work with all of your benefits carriers to help identify employees and their family members who could benefit from the support and education our specially trained Registered Nurses or other clinical specialists* provide. They will help people with chronic conditions to:

Benefits that truly benefit your employees.

Once registered, participants in the program will receive easy-to-understand educational materials, informational newsletters, self-care information and tips that encourage active participation in the program. In addition, they'll be able to access our 24-Hour Nurse Line when they need guidance and support during off-hours if you have also selected this CareAllies offering.

A healthier bottom line.

To help make sure that our programs remain a great investment for companies, employers can receive regular reports on metrics, including quality, utilization and costs. This allows them to see the clinical, financial and employee satisfaction level results of the program.

As you can see, our Disease Management program provides a wealth of benefits for both employees and employers. For employees, this program can result in large improvements in both health and quality-of-life. And because employees are the most valuable resource in any company, it's one of the smartest investments an employer can make.

* A CareAllies employee licensed as a registered nurse in at least one state.

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