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A Business Case for Wellness Sabre’s Success Story

A Business Case for Wellness Sabre’s Success Story. Our businesses. Transacted $70 billion in gross travel sales in 2005 though 50,000 travel agency locations in 113 Countries Travelocity sold $7.4 billion of travel in 2005 We run reservation/operation systems for more than 100 airlines

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A Business Case for Wellness Sabre’s Success Story

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  1. A Business Case for WellnessSabre’s Success Story

  2. Our businesses • Transacted $70 billion in gross travel sales in 2005 though 50,000 travel agency locations in 113 Countries • Travelocity sold $7.4 billion of travel in 2005 • We run reservation/operation systems for more than 100 airlines • 200+ airlines use our decision support products • The Best Team in Travel: 8,800 people in 45 countries

  3. Wellness is a competitive issue • Financial • Unsustainable US health care cost trend • Need top talent at the top of their game when at work • Physical and psychological readiness • Keep Texas and the US competitive globally • Globally distributed company with access to global talent pool

  4. Call to action: Financial healthIs the current model sustainable? National Trend Applied to 2002 Claims $523

  5. Call to action: US lifestyle choicesIs Texas producing top athletes?

  6. Call to action: Psychological healthAre our people playing at the top of their game?

  7. A holistic solution • Benefit plan cost management • Plan design • Smart purchasing • Condition management • Consumerism • Wellness program • Employee engagement initiative • and more…

  8. Wellness Program Components • Leadership, language, lifestyle • Tie participation/results to premiums and other rewards • Challenges, committees, clubs • On-line resources, wellness fairs, on-site services, seminars, programs • Personal health awareness and preventive care incentives • Promotion, education, listening Change the Culture Create Accountability Make It Fun Tools & Resources Make It Personal Get Their Attention

  9. Extraordinary Results • $10.5M per year cost avoidance in both 05 and 06 (38% of 06 budget) • $46M cumulative cost avoidance over 5 years (175% of ave annual budget) • Employee health risk factors dropped significantly What Sabre’s claims would be with nat’l avg trend and Sabre’s 2002 plan design Sabre’s actual claims with 2006 and 2007 claims forecast

  10. Other indicators look good Note: High cost claimants (>$100,000 in paid claims) are included.

  11. Lessons learned • Wellness pays • Need a holistic, integrated solution • Too many options, too many choices • Information overload and inaction • Wellness resources are ubiquitous but often rudimentary • What’s next? • Need greater integration and alignment of external systems • Integrated wellness model versus fragmented disease model • Reinforcement at home and in the community • Stakes are rising • Most people need something at stake to act • Personal accountability and compliance is the next big hurdle

  12. Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome is in the program…

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