U.S. Preventive Medicine Appoints Ron Loeppke, M.D. as Co-Chairman of Its National Advi...(an of the ACOEM Section on Health and Pr...),Health

Date:9/2/2008

an of the ACOEM Section on Health and Productivity, which is actively involved in defining and establishing measurement criteria for research in health and productivity initiatives, as well as assimilating input from practice experts in the field, employers, corporate medical directors, employer coalitions, pharmaceutical companies, the provider community, and other key stakeholders on the frontlines of the health and productivity arena.

Dr. Loeppke has over 20 years of clinical and physician executive experience in the Occupational Health, Preventive Medicine, and Medical Management arenas. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters relating to health and productivity, occupational health, managed care, quality care improvement, adoption of evidence based medicine, employer health initiatives, consumer driven healthcare, preventive medicine, and innovative models for the business of healthcare.

As the recent lead author of "Health and Productivity as a Business Strategy" in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM), July 2007 issue, Dr. Loeppke and his fellow researchers demonstrated that the total cost of poor health far surpassed medical and pharmacy claims alone. The multi-employer based study determined two major results: 1) Health-related productivity costs were more than four times greater than medical and pharmacy costs. 2) The full cost of poor health is driven by different health conditions than those driving medical and pharmacy costs alone. The study demonstrates that Integrated Population Health & Productivity Management should be built on a foundation of Integrated Population Health & Productivity Measurement. Therefore, employers should reveal a blueprint for action for their integrated health and productivity enhancement strategies by measuring the full health and productivity costs related to the burdens of illness and health risk in their population.

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