Prediabetes is a serious health condition that increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Those with prediabetes have blood sugar levels that are higher than normal, but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes (100-125mg/dl).
How can prediabetes impact employee health, and employer costs?
The average life expectancy of someone with type 2 diabetes is 65, which is 10 years less than a healthy individual.
Employees with diagnosed diabetes, on average, have medical costs about 2.3 times higher than what costs would be if they did not have diabetes.
According to 2017 aggregate HRA data, 18% of FABOH members or almost 1 out of every 5 employees has this condition.
84.1 million Americans currently have prediabetes.
According to the CDC, only 10% of those with prediabetes are aware they have the condition.
Increase overall employee awareness of the condition and its impact on employee health and cost.
Provide the opportunity for health screening (HRA) to all members to help them identify their own personal risk.
Tool: Health Risk Assessments provided by Agnesian Healthcare at no cost to FABOH members.
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