Keas announces launch of Health Hub for self-insured employers

Mar 18 2015

Keas, the health management leader, today announced the launch of Health Hub, the first Health Management platform for self-insured employers.

Keas Health Hub is a Health Management platform that seamlessly integrates over 50 health benefit offerings into a unified and engaging consumer experience for employees, and an easy-to manage, integrated experience for employers. This platform eliminates administrative overhead for HR and Benefit departments, and drives utilization of existing health benefits that are wasted today.

American employers spend one trillion dollars on healthcare, health incentives and health administration each year. Seventy percent of this expense is preventable, and stems from poor health behavior and administrative waste. Keas Health Hub empowers employers to reclaim their health spend and optimize the health of their employees by solving their universal "big 4" challenges: disjointed health benefits rollout and communications, low benefits utilization and engagement, incentive compliance, and fragmented reporting.

"The irony of reducing waste and improving the health of the employer-sponsored population - for over 100 million Americans - is that it's not a health problem, but rather a marketing and IT problem," said Josh Stevens, CEO, Keas. "The techniques used to solve the healthcare engagement dilemma must come from consumer marketing and IT professionals who can simplify and streamline the employer-sponsored health experience."

Keas Health Hub leverages Keas' patented and award-winning employee health engagement application for easy, centralized employee benefits access, while providing a consolidated health management and reporting hub for employers.

"Prior to Keas, it was a huge challenge to engage our employees with their health and benefits programs. Finally, with Keas, these programs are integrated in a way that is easy to manage and use," said Marcia Turnoy, VP, Benefits, Incapital, a Chicago-based investment bank. "With Keas' seamless communications tied into this integrated benefits experience, our employees across the country are highly engaged in their health."

Keas Health Hub addresses this widespread employer health fragmentation and lack of employee benefits utilization by integrating employer health offerings into one place, including:

• Health Assessments (Biometrics and Health Risk questionnaires)
• Incentive Management, Payment and Rewards (i.e. Prize Malls)
• Physical Activity and Sleep Trackers (Wearable Devices)
• Cost Transparency
• Disease Management
• Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Cancer Screenings
• Lifestyle Coaching
• Financial Benefits (401k, Financial Wellness, Life Insurance)
• On-Site Health Programs & Gym Memberships
• Data Warehouses

Keas Health Hub has successfully integrated dozens of leading health benefits solutions for clients including Castlight Health, Optum, Fidelity, HelloWallet, BioIQ, Quest, LabCorp, Aon Hewitt, Tharpe Robbins, Human API, WebMD, MedExpert, Cigna, Ceridian, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Health Care Data Partners, OKTA, Health Advocate, bSwift, and others.

"The last five years have resulted in an unprecedented wave of innovation in health IT, health benefits, and healthcare policy reform. Self-insured employers must navigate a highly-specialized suite of health benefit vendors, complicating and fragmenting the experience for both employer and employee. This has driven health benefits engagement to an all time low," said Raul Mujica, VP, Product, Keas. "The ever-increasing demand for an employee engagement solution and cohesive benefits experience is exactly why we brought Keas Health Hub to market."

Over 3 million Americans who receive health benefits from their employers are covered by Keas Health Hub. Fortune 500 employers including Safeway, Pfizer, Land O'Lakes, J.B. Hunt, Salesforce, and Lincoln Financial Group rely on Keas to optimize benefits delivery, engage employees, and ensure actionable health management insights.