What You Should Know:
– Wondr Health, a leader in digital, evidence-based lifestyle support and behavior-change interventions for weight and obesity management, has announced expansions to its comprehensive metabolic health programs.
– These expansions aim to help employers prevent and manage common and expensive weight-related chronic health conditions, while also mitigating the financial risks associated with GLP-1 coverage.
GLP-1 Support for all Benefit Plans
Wondr Health now offers the flexibility to support all organizations and all benefit plan designs. Their Wondr Advanced program delivers expert, personalized clinical care and includes a GLP-1 self-pay option for eligible employees. In addition to this new GLP-1 option, Wondr Health’s core program for lifestyle and behavior support has been expanded to include live, 1:1 visits with nutrition experts and condition-specific care pathways for diabetes, heart disease, musculoskeletal issues, and menopause.
From prevention to chronic condition support, Wondr Health delivers a personalized employee experience with programs that can be customized to optimize employer benefit designs. The programs support broad employee populations and offer proven outcomes, third-party validated ROI, and meaningful performance guarantees to mitigate financial risk.
Key highlights of Wondr Health’s program include:
- 4.6x: Third-party validated ROI delivered within the plan year, with net savings of $1,154 per participant per year.
- 10.6 pounds: Average weight loss with digital lifestyle and behavioral support through Wondr Plus.
- 25 pounds: Sustained average weight loss at one year when digital lifestyle and behavioral support is combined with tailored GLP-1 prescribing and medication management through Wondr Advanced.
- 50%: The proportion of Wondr participants who reversed Metabolic Syndrome, a cluster of conditions like high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and excess body fat that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
- 5% to 15%: Weight loss tied to Wondr Health performance guarantees.
Wondr Health emphasizes the importance of support for GLP-1 adherence, noting that some estimates project that up to 50% of individuals who start taking GLP-1s discontinue them within 6 months. This can lead to weight regain and other negative health effects. Wondr Health’s programs address this by providing support to help patients with adherence, manage side effects and other psychological challenges, and build the lifestyle changes needed for long-term success.
“GLP-1s represent a significant advancement in the treatment of obesity,” says Tim Church, MD, MPH, PHD, Chief Medical Officer, Wondr Health. “With new cost-sharing options available through Wondr Advanced, we’ll be able to help so many more people access safe, effective weight-loss medications with the best wraparound lifestyle support that’s personalized for lasting weight loss and whole-person health improvements. In fact, Wondr Health will be able to offer these medications, along with program costs, at a lower rate than what is currently available in the DTC market.”
