Employers

Patients’ nonadherence to prescribed medical treatment is one of the most serious problems facing employers, with both active employees and retirees, today. This noncompliance results in enormous costs for your employees and retirees, as well as their families, and has a major financial impact on employers. Patient noncompliance leads to increased hospital admissions each year and is the single greatest cause of readmission after hospital discharge. In addition, medication noncompliance is the primary factor in 23% of all nursing home admissions. Noncompliant patients incur healthcare costs that are four times as great as compliant patients’ costs. Altogether, patients’ failure to take prescribed medication costs society over $100 billion annually, with $45 billion in direct healthcare costs each year due to noncompliance.

Implementation of a ScriptAssist program provides many important benefits:

  • Increased compliance with prescribed medications
  • Improved outcomes, treatment quality and overall satisfaction as a result of personal contact and support
  • The potential for lower hospitalization, emergency room, and outpatient medical costs
  • Risk management resulting from better outcomes
  • Expanded public relations opportunities for the employer

ScriptAssist partners with employers to identify a specific class of medication or employee/retiree populations that would benefit from better prescription compliance. Employees receive personal contact over the phone from experienced registered nurses. ScriptAssist nurses implement empirically supported psychological techniques, following a structured intervention protocol, to help employees/retirees use their medications correctly on an ongoing basis. This service is provided at no charge to either the patient or physician, through sponsorship by the employer. Positive results are seen promptly, with an expected decrease in noncompliance of about 45%.

By carefully supporting initial prescription fulfillment and continuing refills, ScriptAssist generates enhanced employee and physician satisfaction, while reducing unnecessary treatment costs.

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