Behavior Based Diabetes Webinar

Listen to David Ahern, Ph.D., Sr Scientist and Co-Founder of Abacus Health and Dr. Charles Eaton, Primary Care Physician as they discuss a behavior based diabetes intervention which drives patients to their PCP and the resulting impacts on health outcomes, hospitalizations, costs and quality metrics. https://youtu.be/u-I_HJDEKyQ

Mitigating the Rise of Self Insured Employer Health Care Costs for Chronic Populations – a webinar done with World Congress and the Validation Institute

Listen to David Ahern, Ph.D., Sr Scientist and Co-Founder of Abacus Health and Nora Costa, VP of Total Rewards from Mapfre Insurance discuss how utilizing relevant and contingent incentives to drive engagement in core care activities with user's physicians can improve health, reduce hospitalizations and lower costs for chronically ill...

Abacus CEO Michael Follick, Ph.D interviewed by Adam Torres from the Mission Matters Podcast

Focused on people’s health, Michael Follick, Ph.D., CEO of Abacus Health Solutions, discusses the importance of behavioral science in managing chronic illness in this interview. While talking about Abacus Health Solutions, Dr. Follick discusses the foundational factors within the company that drive improved health outcomes and reduce the risk and...

Abacus Diabetes Program Earns Validation

Abacus Health Solutions is proud to announce its Diabetes Care Rewards Program has earned Validation from the Validation Institute, a trusted independent source to certify marketing and results claims.The program earned Level 1 - savings validation.  A Level 1 savings validation states the program can produce a reduction of health...

Abacus Secures Patent on Behavioral Science approach to Chronic Health Condition Management

Abacus Health Solutions , a pioneer in behaviorally focused chronic health condition management, announces the award of a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent is titled Incentive Based Discount System. The patent, US Patent No. 10,853,452,B1 represents a combination of modern technology and behavioral science to...

Abacus Sr Scientist speaks on the impact of delayed care due to COVID-19

Abacus Health's Co-Founder and Sr Scientist Dr David K Ahern, spoke yesterday on the topic of risk mitigation delivered a presentation entitles Mitigating the potential “boomerang effect” of the COVID-19 Pandemic on employer health plans, to brokers and employers as part of a Shortlister webinar. Dr. Ahern explored the potential impact of...

Abacus Diabetes Care Rewards Program Named Silver Award Winner at Health Value Awards

Abacus Health's Good Health Gateway Diabetes Care Rewards Program has been recognized by the Validation Institute's Health Value in the Peer Reviewed Diabetes category. The recognition reinforces Abacus' position as a market leader in the disease management and patient engagement space. Boasting more than 40% engagement, over 20% decrease in...

Abacus Diabetes Care Rewards Program Named Top 10 by Shortlister

Abacus Health's Good Health Gateway Diabetes Care Rewards Program has been recognized by Shortlister as a Top 10 diabetes vendor for Q1 2020. The recognition reinforces Abacus' position as a market leader in the disease management and patient engagement space. Boasting more than 40% engagement, over 20% decrease in members...

Surge in diabetes related complications leads to dramatic rise in hospitalizations

In an article published this week in the Journal American Medical Association Network (JAMA Network) by Edward W. Gregg, PhD1,2; Israel Hora, PhD1; Stephen R. Benoit, MD1 risks of lower extremity amputation, kidney failure, and cardiovascular events along with hospital admissions among patients diagnosed with diabetes are on the rise as compared to the 10 previous years. In...