Corporate Health IQ launched by Stratum Benefit Solutions

Stratum Benefit Solutions has launched Corporate Health IQ™, a 360-degree corporate health risk assessment and comprehensive strategy for designing and implementing integrated results-based incentives for corporate health and wellness programs. Utilizing the principals of defined risk modeling, a proprietary approach to health risk assessments, biometric screenings and a combination of both alternative funding and insured programs, Stratum Benefits’ Corporate Health IQ™, has successfully reduced health care costs for clients on average of 13% per year.

Corporate Health IQ™ will be primarily fee-based. Co-founder and Managing Partner, Joe Ceccacci says, “Our clients expect us to work hard to help them identify opportunities to reduce their costs. Bringing innovative approaches to our clients mean reduced premiums and reduced costs. We are invested in our clients’ success, and a move to fee- and performance-based compensation is in our clients’ best interests.”

Robert Gearhart, Co-founder and Partner of Stratum Benefits, adds, “Corporate Health IQ™ makes sense to our clients. We measure the risk, identify the solution and get the results. Based upon our significant and demonstrated experience, clients that have embraced our approach are seeing the results. Premium and plan options are linked to specific goals like BMI less than 27.5, blood pressure less than 130 over 85 and other lifestyle related measures such as cholesterol and smoking.

“Towlift, Inc., is going into its fourth year of results-based wellness,” says Dave Bongorno, Vice President of Corporate Planning, of Towlift. “To date, we have seen year over year reductions in our health care costs on average in excess of 10%.”

Says Robert Gearhart, “Another client, Simonton Windows, a division of Fortune Brands, is entering its second season of incentive-based wellness and seeing an overall improvement in BMI, LDL, cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking results. Working with our preferred partner, Bravo Wellness, we implemented this program at Simonton Windows in 2008. Simonton Windows was recently spotlighted in a nationally televised segment of Inside Business Report with Fred Thompson, host and former Senator. While the national debate on the health care crisis continues, almost everyone agrees that a healthy work force will help lead to lower costs. Corporate Health IQ™ is how we help our clients get there.”