HPM Institute Executive Director George Pantos appeared on the Healthy Business Radio Show on January 4, 2011 to discuss how employers are turning to technology to reduce health costs and improve employee health behavior. The focus of the radio show broadcast weekly from Atlanta to the local and national business community is that a "healthy workforce is a competitive advantage."

Mr. Pantos discussed how healthcare performance management technology can improve C-level decision making to give employer plan sponsors control of soaring healthcare costs and provide high quality care for employees.

"A growing number of employers are embracing the same type of performance analysis used in other critical business processes--such as customer relationship  management (CRM) and supply chain management--to the provision of health benefits," said Pantos. As an example, he pointed out that Cumulus Media, a media firm with 1,300 employees headquartered in Atlanta, has used the HPM  business strategy successfully to project $4.1 million in healthcare savings in 2010.

Mr. Pantos was interviewed by Dr. David Rearick and Stephen Cherniak of  Strategic Benefit Solutions, an Atlanta-based firm that broadcasts weekly on the Benefit Advisors Network (BAN) (www.healthybusinessradio.com). BAN is a network of 30 national brokers with a client membership of over 8,000,000 lives.

As a research and education organization, the Institute has completed a series of white papers and research reports that describe how employers can harness the power of enterprise technology to improve the performance of their health plans. He noted that these white papers are available at www.hpminstitute.org.

Click here to listen to the interview.

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