The Prevention Perspective
Research and insights to help benefits leaders build workforces that stay well
How to prove your preventive care program is actually working
Most employers can’t answer the most important question about their preventive benefits: “Is this actually lowering our costs?” The Triple Aim framework is a defensible method for measuring the impact of preventive care—and making the case to the CFO.
The Executive Take: Greg Mansur, CEO
Every benefits leader I talk to faces the same question from their CFO:
“Is our preventive care program actually lowering costs?”
It’s the right question. But most teams can’t answer it with the kind of specifics that finance demands. The framework to measure it exists. The Triple Aim gives you three dimensions to evaluate—cost, population health, and care experience—and the data is already in your claims and utilization records.
The issue isn’t that the tools don’t exist. It’s that most organizations aren’t using them.
How to prove your preventive care program is actually working
Most employers can’t answer the most important question about their preventive benefits: “Is this actually lowering our costs?” The Triple Aim framework is a defensible method for measuring the impact of preventive care—and making the case to the CFO.
Beyond the “worried well”: how preventive care engages your highest-risk employees
For benefits leaders evaluating prevention engagement ROI, the question isn’t whether healthy employees will sign up. It’s whether the program can engage the 40-year-old male with borderline hypertension who hasn’t seen a doctor in three years. The evidence says yes.
Your doctor needs 26 hours a day: why primary care can’t deliver prevention on its own
Primary care physicians are structurally unable deliver adequate preventive care—not because they lack skill or intent, but because the economic model and patient volume demands leave no room for it. Understanding this reality is essential for deciding how to invest in workforce healthcare.
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The broken promise of “free” preventive care – what your employees are actually paying
Employers think preventive care is covered at 100% by their health plan. For up to 61% of enrollees, that’s not true—and the resulting surprise bills are eroding trust, discouraging engagement, and quietly undermining the entire preventive strategy.
The measurement playbook: what to track when evaluating your preventive care investment
The biggest obstacle to proving preventive care’s value isn’t the data—it’s the methodology. Without credible study design, proper cohort definitions, and appropriate risk adjustment, your numbers won’t survive scrutiny.
The adult prevention gap: why 70% of workers skip the care that saves the most money
Preventive care utilization collapses the moment adulthood begins—dropping from 86% in childhood to as low as 18% for young adult men. For employers, this means the majority of their workforce is skipping the single most cost-effective intervention in the healthcare system. Making care “free” hasn’t fixed it. Understanding why is the first step toward a different approach.
Get ahead of your workforce health risks
Give your employees and your business the strategic advantage of engaged prevention. Meet with an EHE benefits advisor to get a custom ROI analysis.