Thus, the real decision maker in the process is the payor or employer. By nature, these decision makers are good businesspeople. They understand the present health care system is failing to control health care costs, and are looking for answers to address this problem. We know, of course, that if 75 percent of all disease is aggravated or caused by stress, then clearly stress management is indicated. We know, of course, the value of regular maintenance and supportive care to avoid medical crisis, but our company has finally proven it.
Employers are extremely interested in our model because of the credibility of our data.
They can look forward to a more efficient delivery of care to avoid the costly downstream effects of pharmaceuticals, procedures, hospitalizations and surgery. Even more crucial than improving the bottom line of their health care dollar is its direct effect on lost productivity, i.e., reducing absenteeism. For this reason, AMI has tremendous promise for the mainstream business community. We are most excited by the unique opportunity this gives us to again scientifically document cost offsets in a more rigorous fashion. Our future data through the self-funded corporations will give us data that can measure the unit of the individual employee itself.