WHO ARE WE?

ViMedicus was founded in 2010 guided by the belief that our healthcare system needs to radically change its approach towards individual health. Today, ViMedicus offers a solution that reduces healthcare costs for self-insured employers, boosts productivity levels, and improves the health of employees with multiple chronic conditions.

WHY WE DO IT

"Preventable chronic conditions are a major contributor to the costs of insurance premiums and employee medical claims, which are at all time high and continue to rise ".

The Issues

Chronic diseases and related lifestyle risk factors are the leading drivers of health care costs for employers (CDC).

Workplace Health

Five chronic diseases or risk factors—high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, physical inactivity, and obesity—cost US employers $36.4 billion a year because of employees missing days of work (CDC).

Chronic Cost

Chronic conditions and unhealthy behaviors also reduce worker productivity. Productivity loss from missed work costs employers $225.8 billion, or $1,685 per employee, each year.

Productivity Cost

A 1% annual reduction in the level of four health risks—weight, blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol—has been shown to save $83 to $103 annually in medical costs per person.”

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Our Solution

The ViCare Solution:

People plus Technology

ViMedicus’ ViCare Program integrates proprietary MI and CBT techniques with a technology platform to create personalized participant engagement that proactively works with individuals to enable a highly personalized lifestyle change program – focusing on a relentless pursuit of participant engagement. Once an individual is actively engaged, this type of program succeeds in changing lifestyles and reducing healthcare expenditures 90+% of the time.

ViCare integrates this process with the primary care clinics and their clinical team to provide each of the care team members and the patient with a clear, consistent, and coordinated program.

Participant's confidentiality is always at the forefront. Therefore the ViCare Guide engages the patient either face-to-face or virtually through a HIPAA-secure Telehealth system.

Eligible individuals are identified from an employer’s health plan claims data. One-on-one coaching is enhanced through the HIPAA cloud platform enabling electronic patient reminders, educational content, and care coordination.