Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Carol Inc. and Minneapolis Employers

Four "value health opportunities" have been developed for three major Minneapolis employer groups. The four conditions chosen include asthma care, chronic back pain, coronary artery disease and Type 2 diabetes. This employer group has 6,337 Type 2 diabetic patients in their employee population. This is a very high cost group of employees, which is the reason the employers are willing to try a different type of intervention. These value health opportunities are similar to care packages for these conditions. They include a set of services at a defined price.