Investing in Maternal and Child Health

Maternal and Child Health:

A Business Imperative

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Investing in Maternal and Child

Health: A Business Imperative

The Business Case For Investing in Maternal and Child Health .................................................................. 1

Improving Maternal and Child Health ............................................................................................................... 3

Benefit Design Opportunities

The Maternal and Child Health Plan Benefit Model

Variation in Benefits

Beneficiary Engagement Opportunities

Overlooked Benefits: Child, Adolescent, and Maternity Care ...................................................................... 4

Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Pertinent to Maternal and Child Health ......................................

Dependent Coverage

Demographics

Pregnancy-Related Healthcare Costs: An Overview

Healthcare Costs for Children and Adolescents: An Overview

Employer-Sponsored Healthcare Coverage Costs ........................................................................................... 9

Employer-Sponsored Maternal and Child Health Benefit Costs .................................................................

Health-Related Costs for Employers ................................................................................................................ 13

Workplace Burden

Family-Friendly Benefits

Summary ................................................................................................................................................................ 15

The Business Case for Investing in Maternal and Child Health

Ever-increasing healthcare costs are forcing companies to explore alternative benefit designs

and health promotion strategies for employees and their dependents. To reduce costs,

employers are asking beneficiaries to manage their healthcare expenses and take on a consumer

role in healthcare decision-making. Employers are also focusing on particular sub-groups of

their overall beneficiary population to identify opportunities to improve health status and

reduce cost. One important, yet commonly overlooked sub-group, is child and adolescent

dependents and pregnant women.