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Arthritis: Getting Ahead of the Disability Curve Brian Gifford, Ph.D. Research Director Integrated Benefits Institute
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Agenda Overview of arthritis in an employed population Disability and lost work time costs Evidence that treatments can restore productivity
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About IBI 501(c)(6) non-profit business association Established 1995 1,200+ organizational members – mostly employers Help business leaders to: Understand the toll that illness takes on workers’ productivity Recognize the competitive advantages of helping employees get and stay healthy Research, data, tools and educational activities
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Overview of arthritis
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1 in 8 employed adults suffers fromarthritis1 But only 1 in 5 of these employees receiving treatment1 A majority suffer from OA2 <1% for RA Older, female, non-Hispanic white employees most common arthritis patients2
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Arthritis treatment costs $28B annually2 Note: costs for 18-64 year old persons with private health insurance
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Arthritis treatment costs $28B annually2 Note: costs for 18-64 year old persons with private health insurance
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Disability claims3 for arthritis are rare …
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… but RA claims likely to convert to LTD3 …
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… and costly once an RA claim enters the disability system
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… with considerable costs given the number of OA claims3
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Disability undercounts overall productivity impact Avg. of more 2.0 excess sick days per year2 More likely to report underperformance on the job due to illness1
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Medications can reduce arthritis disability rates TNF inhibitors linked to improved sick day and work productivity outcomes among employees with inflammatory arthritis4 RA patients who took disease-modifying anti-rheumatic agents (DMARDs) had one-third fewer STD claims5,6
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Patient costs, formulary restrictions limit access to RA treatments Every $20 in co-pay cuts the use of DMARDs by 35%5,6 Cuts use of symptom-relieving drugs by 84% Prior authorizations Step-edits Limits on prescription quantities
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Implications for employers Understand prevalence of RA and OA in your workforce Claims analyses Industry benchmarks Incorporate productivity items into health risk assessments to understand impact on absence and job performance Review benefit design to mitigate risks from cost-shifting, formulary restrictions Implement best practices in disability RTW
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RTW best practices are well-known, but underutilized7 Non-occupational RTW resources Supervisor tools Accommodation Policies Any RTW resources % of Employers with …
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Q&A Brian Gifford, Ph.D. bgifford@ibiweb.org
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Sources Integrated Benefits Institute, Snapshot of Chronic Health Conditions, 2017 AHRQ, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), 2014 Integrated Benefits Institute, Health and Productivity Benchmarking, 2011-2015, presenter’s calculations Lenssinck M-LB, Burdorf A, Boonen A, Gignac MA, Hazes JM, Luime JJ. Consequences of Inflammatory Arthritis for Workplace Productivity Loss and Sick Leave: a Systematic Review. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2013;72:493-505. Jinnett K, Parry T, Valuing Lost Work Time: Connecting Medication Adherence and Short-Term Disability, The American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits, May/June 2012; Jinnett K, Parry T, A Broader Reach for Pharmacy Plan Design, Integrated Benefits Institute, May 2007. Gifford, B and Parry S, The Value of Disability Return-to-Work Programs, Integrated Benefits Institute , September 2016.