Drafter
Clerk 3/8/2007
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A MOTION related to the Health Reform Initiative cost-benefit analysis plan for the entire Health Reform Initiative.
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WHEREAS, the goals of the King County Health Reform Initiative are to improve the long-term health of King County's employees and their families and reduce the rate of growth in King County's health care costs by one-third over the period of 2007 - 2009, and
WHEREAS, two key programs of the internal effort of the Health Reform Initiative are the county's health benefit program design for 2007-2009 (the Healthy IncentivesSM program) and the education and outreach program that creates a supportive environment to help employees and their dependents improve their health, and
WHEREAS, before launching the Healthy IncentivesSM program the county developed a business case to estimate the expected cost-benefit of various interventions, and
WHEREAS, the council through Motion 12131 approved the business case and requested the executive to provide by August 15, 2005, an evaluation program design prepared by a consultant to assess the effectiveness of each of the internal Health Reform Initiative programs and strategies, and
WHEREAS, the evaluation design report presented to the council in September 2005 committed to the production of an annual measurement and evaluation report in August of each of the five years of the program starting with August 2006 for 2005 data, and
WHEREAS, the King County Health Reform Initiative Check-Up: Report on the Peer Review Panel, transmitted to the council on October 24, 2006, is an independent analysis by five distinguished health care experts of the strategies, policies and programs implemented as part of the Health Reform Initiative, and
WHEREAS, the peer review panel made important observations and recommendations concerning measurement and evaluation which the Health Reform Initiative is already working to implement including:
A. Focusing on the Health Reform Init...
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