LaDawn Mantegi

Wellness and Prevention: Creating Healthier Lives and a Healthier Economy

Eric Schatzker, Steve Bird, Lynn Goldman, Kyuri, Bernard Tyson, LaDawn Mantegi, Daryl Difty

A panel featuring leaders from Safeway, Kaiser Permanente, and IBM demonstrates how shifting healthcare focus from treatment to prevention can drastically reduce costs and improve population health outcomes. These organizations achieved significant results, such as Safeway's 50% healthcare cost reduction and Kaiser Permanente's lower cost trends, by implementing outcome-based rewards, addressing social determinants, and utilizing data-driven interventions. The discussion further highlights the urgent economic necessity of rebalancing public policy and incentives to address systemic disparities and move beyond fee-for-service models toward holistic, value-based care.