You’ve learned how implementation of the National DPP lifestyle change program can positively impact the health of your employee population. As a result, your organization may avoid some of the costs related to type 2 diabetes. This cost-avoidance will help boost your value and return on investment. Healm will assist you in understanding where you are starting, estimating the impact you can have, and monitoring program impact over time. We’ll ask you a series of questions throughout your program to help create a Dashboard like this.
“The National DPP lifestyle change program generates a high return-on investment. Financially, the program is a no-brainer. However, if you think about infusing joy into the workforce, the return is even bigger…”Dany Bourjolly Smith, City of Wilmington DE & National DPP Participant
Watch this brief video for an overview of how concepts like return on investment (ROI), value on investment (VOI), baseline metrics, and data gathering can set you up for success as you begin to estimate the impact of diabetes and diabetes prevention on your organization.
Investment in the National DPP Lifestyle Change Program
We will help you estimate a budget and understand specific program costs and variations a bit later, but, on average, you can expect to spend $800-1000 per employee who participates in the year-long National DPP lifestyle change program. Here are a few things to consider:
Reflect on your usual engagement and participation rates to consider how many employees may participate.
Remember, if you engage more employees at higher risk, you are likely to see more effects of avoided costs and return on investment. When the intended audience is engaged, the program has been proven to prevent or delay onset of type 2 diabetes by 58%!
Consider how many employees you can enroll in the National DPP lifestyle change program, then how many enrolled may prevent or delay costs of type 2 diabetes in later years. The cost of prevention is minimal compared to the potential for avoided costs, both financial and in quality of life, in the future.
Compare the annual costs associated with offering the National DPP lifestyle change program to annual costs spent per employee diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
If you determine the National DPP lifestyle change program is a fit for your organization, you’ll also want to think about what you can measure early onto see the impact the program is having. If you’d like more detail on these or other potential metrics, download the data definitions document in the resource section. As always, any metrics or data we mention should follow guidance you use related to de-identified and aggregate level data.
What You Can Expect to Save
The CDC-developed Diabetes Prevention Impact Toolkit (Impact Toolkit) was created to help employers, insurers, and State Health Departments weigh the costs and benefits of offering the National DPP lifestyle change program. The online Impact Toolkit provides several key health outcome estimates in addition to producing a return on investment (ROI) projection. These estimates include:
Total cost of delivering the National DPP lifestyle change program to a covered population
Cost-effectiveness of the lifestyle change program
Total health benefit resulting from the program
Life years gained and quality-adjusted life years saved
These outcomes help employers assess the health benefits and cost-effectiveness or cost-savings (ROI) of offering the National DPP lifestyle change program as a covered benefit. The model can be tailored to reflect the employed population by adjusting input values to match employee demographics, expected adherence, program cost, and more.
Actions
Download the resource on the right of your screen “Using the Impact Toolkit” to understand the information you may need.
Go to the Impact Toolkit and follow the prompts. Be sure to download a copy of your results before leaving the Toolkit!
Return to this page and download the resource on the right of your screen “Interpreting Results of the Impact Toolkit.” If you’d like additional support, reach out to your expert Guide using the “Need Support” button.