UPMC Prescription for Wellness

UPMC Health Plan wants to partner with you to help your employees and their families. Through UPMC Prescription for Wellness—a nationally recognized, Six Sigma developed best practice patient engagement mechanism—your company can create or nurture a culture of health and better manage rising medical, disability, and workers’ compensation costs.

In 2023, the National Health Expenditure (NHE) grew 7.5% to $4.9 trillion, $14,570 per person and accounted for 17.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  Private health insurance spending grew 11.5% to $1,464.6 billion in 2023 (30% of the total NHE).¹  The key to reducing those costs is changing the behaviors that contribute to poor health. On average, UPMC Health Plan members are 300 percent more likely to enroll in and complete a health coaching program when a physician is involved in the patient referral process through Prescription for Wellness.²