File #: 2006-0386    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 8/28/2006 In control: Labor, Operations and Technology Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/25/2006
Enactment date: Enactment #: 12353
Title: A MOTION approving the Health Reform Initiative 2005 Measurement and Evaluation Report and requesting the county executive to transmit to the council a plan to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the health reform initiative and the annual health reform initiative measurement and evaluation report.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett
Indexes: Health
Attachments: 1. 12353.pdf, 2. 2006-0386 Attachment to Transmittal Letter--Consultant Report dated August 10, 2006--Carolyn A. Watts.pdf, 3. 2006-0386 Revised Staff Report Health Reform Measurement and Evaluation Report.doc, 4. 2006-0386 Staff Report Health Reform Measurement and Evaluation Report.doc, 5. 2006-0386 Transmittal Letter.doc, 6. A. King County -- Health Reform Initiative -- 2005 Measurement and Evaluation Report -- August 2006, 7. A. King County -- Health Reform Initiative -- 2005 Measurement and Evaluation Report -- September 2006, 8. A. King County -- Health Reform Initiative -- 2005 Measurement and Evaluation Report -- September 2006
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Clerk 09/18/2006
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A MOTION approving the Health Reform Initiative 2005 Measurement and Evaluation Report and requesting the county executive to transmit to the council a plan to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the health reform initiative and the annual health reform initiative measurement and evaluation report.
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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 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 September 1, 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, a measurement and evaluation design report was developed to determine the extent to which individual programs and strategies and the initiative as a whole contribute to employee/dependent long-term improvements in health and slowing the projected increases in medical care costs, and
WHEREAS, the evaluation design report 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 council in September 2005 reviewed the consultant report outlining the measurement and evaluation design, and
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