Legislative and economic changes present challenges for companies to balance their needs with the needs of employees and their families. Employers continue to manage health care costs through a combination of approaches, including expanded approaches related to the health and productivity of their populations, as well as continued cost shifting and tougher negotiations with health plans.

Continued cost management will require employers to take proactive steps to implement initiatives focused on improving employee health and productivity. Hewitt can help.

Hewitt's Health Management consultants can help you lower health care costs and improve productivity with strategies, analytics, and world-class program management to improve the clinical health of individuals and financial health of benefit programs to increase the return on your investment.

Our services help you:

• Assess your current plan to identify employee health risk and lifestyle behaviors, system issues, compliance concerns, and provider performance
• Design a solution to meet your business goals and the health needs of your employee and dependent populations
• Measure and manage results in areas of employee health and productivity, vendor and plan performance, and desired outcomes
• Communicate health benefits to your entire population to enable more informed decisions about health and health care that yield healthy and productive outcomes for both employee and employer

Our consulting services are coupled with industry-leading tools to help you address:

• Measurement and benchmarking
• Audit services across medical claims, disability, pharmacy, and medical management vendors
• Government regulations and compliance
• Health and productivity
• Health plan performance
• Purchasing efficiencies

With more than 2,500 clients worldwide, Hewitt is one of the world's foremost providers of human resources outsourcing and consulting services. We have a global network; innovative, data-driven solutions; proven methodologies; and implementation know-how to address your toughest human capital challenges. And we deliver measurable results.

To learn more about Hewitt's Health Management consulting services and how your company can benefit, contact your local Hewitt consultant or e-mail info.me@hewitt.com.