In a business environment where employers are already spending about $245 billion annually on medical costs associated with diabetes, GLP-1 medications are only accelerating that trend. Traditional digital health approaches, as the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) report highlighted earlier this year, aren’t providing them or their employees any relief. Neither medications or traditional digital platforms are changing the trajectory of this health crisis for employees. A new Modern Healthcare article authored by Gabriel Perna highlights why our partner Andreas Mang at Blackstone Equity Healthcare has championed Twin Health among the private equity firm’s portfolio companies. Employers that partner with Twin are enabling their employees to make individualized, continuous diet and lifestyle adjustments that improve their metabolic health – seemingly small adjustments that deliver sustained results. “I think this is indicative of what the employer side in this whole equation of healthcare has the power to do,” Andreas told Modern Healthcare. “If you bring people together, you can really do some pretty amazing things and get at a meaningful piece at least of improving healthcare.” Blackstone has successfully held healthcare costs to roughly 2% over 10+ years and delivered an NPS around 80, achieving some of the highest satisfaction scores in the industry. The Blackstone results speak for themselves: 98% of employees participating with Twin use the technology five days a week with 92% using it every day. This sustained engagement has helped members with a starting BMI of 30 or higher lose an average of 13 pounds after six months. That six month point is where a majority of members begin eliminating their diabetes medications altogether. Nearly 62% of these highly-engaged members have eliminated GLP-1s, 90% have eliminated SLT-2s and 61% have eliminated all high-cost medications. This is the power of digital twin technology. It’s an approach that understands every person is an N of one – an individual with their own unique behaviors, biology and preferences. Read more about Twin Health’s partnership with Blackstone, and how we’re helping our members heal their metabolism, get off GLP-1s and reverse diabetes below.
Lori Buckley
1mo
It was a pleasure to share our experiences for this piece in Modern Healthcare. The Twin Health program has been well received by our employees.
Gabriel Perna
1mo
Thanks for sharing. Glad to chat with you guys!
Employers looking at a tidal wave of costs related to GLP-1s are not defenseless. Twin Health is a proven solution that is about meeting people where they are with precision guidance that gets to the root cause of metabolic conditions like diabetes. Twin Health should be designed into benefit plans and encouraged with benefit design.