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Cancer Prevention and Screening Program

Address the costs of cancer with convenient prevention and screening

Currently, cancer treatment is the top driver of healthcare costs.1 Screenings and prevention can identify cancers earlier in their progression when they are easier and far less costly to treat. However, obstacles in traditional healthcare are resulting in significant gaps in uptake. Color’s Cancer Prevention and Screening Program can directly reduce healthcare spend on cancer treatment by making prevention and screening happen wherever your populations are.

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Our program effectively addresses several of the most common, highly-preventable types of cancer including:

Breast cancer
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Cervical cancer
Icon Colorectal
Colorectal cancer
Icon Lung
Lung cancer
Prostate cancer

 

Plus
We can provide accessible, convenient screenings for other high-risk, high-cost cancers such as ovarian, skin (melanoma), pancreatic, stomach, and uterine.

Early detection of common cancers is important for improving health outcomes

Women

Breast

Lung

Colorectal

50%
of all cancers 2
Men

Prostate

Lung

Colorectal

43%
of all cancers 3
Survival rate
Breast 4
Cervical 5
Colorectal 6
Prostate 7

91%
or higher if caught when localized

Prevention and its impact on cancer-related costs

On average, the annual healthcare costs incurred by patients with cancer are about 4 to 5 times higher than those without cancer.8, 9 Generally, earlier detection of cancer can not only improve outcomes but can significantly reduce cancer-related costs. That’s where Color comes in.

 

Mean cancer-related costs, 1 year post diagnosis 10

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How it works

Our Cancer Prevention and Screening Program combines four key elements to ensure populations are up to recommended cancer screening guidelines.
Here’s how:

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Identify individuals who need screenings

We ensure each person gets access to the right tests and help them take the next step by conducting individualized health assessments and providing a personalized screening and detection plan – all in one seamless process.

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Make screenings convenient

Our personalized plans consider risk and need to provide participants with appropriate, convenient, and accessible screenings. Where possible, we provide participants with at-home tests to screen for cervical, colorectal, or prostate cancer. When in-person screening is needed, we help participants find, schedule, and complete accessible in-network care.

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Ensure individuals get screened

Our Care Advocates guide participants through every step of the process to support follow-through with screening plans and participant satisfaction. They help schedule appointments, provide reminders for screenings, help participants understand insurance costs, and based on results, help arrange next steps as needed.

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Empower prevention behaviors

We provide coaching, support and clinical care to drive established, preventive care interventions–whether it’s helping participants lose weight, stop smoking, exercise more, or improve mental health. We also provide educational programming on prevention such as resources and workshops around Breast Cancer Awareness month and Movember. By helping participants take the right preventive actions, Color is making it easier to address cancer risk directly.

Color is a trusted partner to leading companies and unions

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The Color model

Designed for people.
Built for populations.

Color closes the gaps in preventive care utilization by making healthcare services more convenient for participants and more cost effective for the employer or fund.

We serve millions through partnerships with leading employers and unions.  Our model brings healthcare directly to your population, reaching individuals in a way that fits within their daily lives.

Some notable successes we’ve seen with our preventive care approach:

Improved member engagement in preventive care

20%
Utilization in a large union population, representing 4x higher utilization than other benefits

 

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Improved employee engagement in preventive care

49%
Utilization among eligible employees at a Fortune 1000 clothing company

 

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Positive participant experience

4.7 out of 5
Average patient satisfaction scores

 

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Higher compliance
with guidelines

82%
Participants in a union population scheduled follow-up within one month of their initial Color results

 

It’s a win-win situation because from a Fund perspective you’re looking at catching something early. So, you’re looking at savings there. And from a member’s perspective, you’re looking at catching something early and increasing your survival rate.

Maria Scheeler
Administrator & Executive Director Teamsters Health & Welfare Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity

It has been our pleasure to provide an opportunity for our employees and their partners to learn if they have risk factors for cancer.

Kerstin Aiello
Director of North America Benefits, Synopsys

If I know, then I can be proactive about it. That knowledge is powerful to me.

LaKrisia Aryn
Global 500 Manufacturing Company

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References

  1. “2023 large employers healthcare strategy survey: executive summary,” Business Group Health.
  2. “Cancer Statistics,” National Cancer Institute.
  3. “Cancer Statistics,” National Cancer Institute.
  4. “Survival Rates for Breast Cancer,” American Cancer Society
  5. “Survival Rates for Cervical Cancer,” American Cancer Society
  6. “Survival Rates for Colorectal Cancer,” American Cancer Society
  7. “Survival Rates for Prostate Cancer,” American Cancer Society
  8. “Health Care Expenditure Burden of Cancer Care in the United States,” National Library of Medicine
  9. “The costs of cancer to a major employer in the United States: a case-control analysis” National Library of Medicine.
  10. Adapted from Figure 2a, “Increased healthcare costs by later stage cancer diagnosis,” BMC Health Services Research