{"id":1150,"date":"2025-08-12T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:04:21","slug":"reduce-uncertainty-by-seeing-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Reduce Uncertainty By Seeing The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1151 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/young-person-binoculars-sunset-looking-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Looking through Binoculars Standing on a Hilltop\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/young-person-binoculars-sunset-looking-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/young-person-binoculars-sunset-looking-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/young-person-binoculars-sunset-looking-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/young-person-binoculars-sunset-looking-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/Medwell_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/young-person-binoculars-sunset-looking-2048x1371.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For proactive programs, one of the most potent sources of ambiguity is how the health of the member population will change over time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">Without <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">credible optics on future costs and conditions of a population, proactive wellbeing programs will <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">certainly be appropriate for some members, but just as certainly not for others. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">Being able to see, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">in advance, who needs what program, allows proactive programs to be more targeted<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">, so that a higher percentage of their members receive programs speci\ufb01c for their needs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">Strong predictive analytical systems can show how a population is trending with regard to <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">healthcare utilization. Projections of upcoming costs helps organizations by anticipating costs <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">without being blindsided by them. Also, the predictive capacity allows them to tailor com<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">munications, incentives, and the thoughtful selection of programs for exactly the targeted <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">outreach <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">But the predictive analytics system must also <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">report trends down to the member level. Under- standing, for each individual, the nature and degree <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">of healthcare issues and costs\u2014both actual and forecast\u2014is critical, prompting the organization <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">to target the main issues in advance of their occurrence. In the absence of this speci\ufb01c <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">information on each individual, the speci\ufb01c proactive programs chosen are simply the result of <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">guesswork. Applying a predictive component can improve con\ufb01dence that the program can reach the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">right person with the right <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9kBci-in\">Link to Full Article in the Journal of Compensation and Benefits<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For proactive programs, one of the most potent sources of ambiguity is how the health of the member population will change over time. 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