Elmbrook School District Case Study

School district transitioned its onsite health center to Marathon Health and saw improved participation and increased savings.

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Industry

Education

Member Count

2,300

Solution

Onsite Health Center

The Challenge

The Elmbrook Schools onsite health center was previously managed by another vendor before the school district decided to find a new one due to low engagement rates with their teachers and district staff.

It was evident that the previous vendor had not done any work to increase utilization, as the participation numbers for non-employee participants were just 11.8% of spouses and 8.9% of dependents.

Our Solution

After transitioning the health center to Marathon Health, Elmbrook implemented a strategy to add an incentive for spouses to participate in the annual health risk assessment.

Through the Family Health and Wellness Center, “Total Employee Rewards” communications, and workplace wellness initiatives, the school district leaders highlighted the services available to support their needs. These included Districtwide HRA and flu events, Benefit Open Enrollment fairs, retirement planning meetings, EAP support, financial wellness fairs, and several other wellness programs. As a result of all these combined strategies, participation rates in Elmbrook Schools’ wellness offerings skyrocketed.

"Our healthcare costs were spiraling out of control. We’ve now moved from sick care to health care, reducing our healthcare spend from $15.7 million to $10 million! Once we got our strategy in place, we saw a 30% reduction in red flags, measured by our annual biometric screenings."

Mark Hansen, Superintendent

Outcomes that Matter

5.4:1

Return on Investment (ROI)

96.5 %

spousal participation rate

30 %