Apple Watch Now Part of UnitedHealthcare Wearable Device Program That Helps Motivate People to Walk Nearly 12,000 Steps Per Day
November 15 2018 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
- Participants in UnitedHealthcare
Motion® can now buy and start using Apple Watch® – initially
paying tax and shipping – and use program rewards toward the
purchase price of the device by meeting walking goals
- Active program participants log an
average of nearly 12,000 steps per day, more than double the number
of the average American adult1
- People with chronic conditions are
20 percent more likely to participate in the program than those
without such a diagnosis; people who have diabetes are 40 percent
more likely to participate than those who do not
Apple Watch is now part of UnitedHealthcare Motion, a national
wearable device program that encourages current participants to
achieve nearly 12,000 steps per day* – more than double the number
of the average American adult1.
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Apple Watch is a health and fitness
companion with intelligent coaching features, and water resistance,
that is now integrated with the UnitedHealthcare Motion wearable
device program (Photo courtesy of Apple).
Starting this month, Apple Watch is now available to eligible
employer-sponsored program participants, enabling people to use
their Apple Watch or shop for a new one. An alternative payment
option enables participants to receive and start using Apple Watch
(initially paying only tax and shipping) and then apply program
earnings toward the purchase price of the device. Participants may
be able to own – with a zero balance – Apple Watch after
approximately six months of meeting daily walking goals.
UnitedHealthcare Motion provides eligible plan participants
access to wearables that may help them earn over $1,000 per year by
meeting certain daily walking goals**. Since the program’s
inception, participants have collectively walked more than 235
billion steps and earned nearly $38 million in rewards.
The program is part of UnitedHealthcare’s broader effort to
provide people with wearables, digital resources and financial
incentives that help them take charge of their health, better
manage chronic conditions and make care more affordable. These
efforts build on UnitedHealthcare’s existing consumer offerings,
powered by Rally®, which have enabled people to earn more than $1
billion in health-related financial incentives since 2016.
“UnitedHealthcare’s success using wearables, incentives and
digital platforms has helped people enhance their well-being,
providing support and motivation to stay engaged in their health,”
said Rebecca Madsen, chief consumer officer of UnitedHealthcare.
“More employers and consumers are adopting wearables and digital
platforms as key resources to support them on their journey toward
better health.”
Among all eligible UnitedHealthcare Motion participants, more
than 45 percent participated in the program – compared to some
other employer-sponsored disease-management programs that report 5
percent engagement rates2. Among people who registered their
device, 59 percent stayed active for at least six months, a rate
higher than gym memberships (29 percent3). Current program
participants walk an average of nearly 12,000 steps, or more than
twice the approximately 5,200 steps logged by the average American
adult1.
The program has been particularly appealing to eligible
participants with chronic conditions. People with such a diagnosis
are 20 percent more likely to participate, and people who have
diabetes are 40 percent more likely to participate than those who
do not.
UnitedHealthcare Motion is available to employers with
self-funded and fully insured health plans across the country. The
program may enable employees to earn up to $4 per day in financial
incentives based on achieving FIT goals**:
- Frequency: complete 500 steps within
seven minutes six times per day, at least an hour apart;
- Intensity: complete 3,000 steps within
30 minutes; and
- Tenacity: complete 10,000 total steps
each day.
Program participants can now use Apple Watch to see how they are
tracking against the program’s three daily goals, helping integrate
physical activity and engagement with their health plan.
Apple Watch is a health and fitness companion with intelligent
coaching features, and water resistance, and now – with Series 4 –
features a next-generation accelerometer and gyroscope. The
program’s FIT targets are set in the UnitedHealthcare Motion app,
which integrates with Apple Watch to track daily goals.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
people live healthier lives and making the health system work
better for everyone by simplifying the health care experience,
meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted
relationships with care providers. In the United States,
UnitedHealthcare offers the full spectrum of health benefit
programs for individuals, employers, and Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 1.2 million
physicians and care professionals, and 6,500 hospitals and other
care facilities nationwide. The company also provides health
benefits and delivers care to people through owned and operated
health care facilities in South America. UnitedHealthcare is one of
the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified
health care company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare
at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC on Twitter.
Apple Watch is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc.
*All UnitedHealthcare Motion results based on 2018 internal
analysis of program participants**Financial incentives may be less
due to limits under applicable laws.
1 Bassett, David R., Holly R. Wyatt, Helen
Thompson, John C. Peters, and James O. Hill. 2010.
“Pedometer-Measured Physical Activity and Health Behaviors in U.S.
Adults.” Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 42 (10):
1819–25. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181dc2e54
2 Lynch, WD et al. 2006. “Documenting
Participation in an Employer-Sponsored Disease Management Program:
Selection, Exclusion, Attrition, & Active Engagement as
Possible Metrics.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine. 2006: (48):447-454.
3 Sperandei, S et al. 2016. “Adherence to
Physical Activity in an Unsupervised Setting: Explanatory Variables
for High Attrition Rates among Fitness Center Members.” Journal of
Science and Medicine in Sport 19 (11): 916–20.
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