If someone knows they are at risk for a certain disease orchronic condition, there’s a greater likelihoodthat they’ll change their eating habits, quit smoking andget off the couch. Health plans also like that because it reduces treatment costs in the long run, somany are pushing preventative health measures and testing to nipissues in the bud.

But apparently, not enough health plans are taking the next –and arguably – most important step: communicating to plan membersthat their health could deteriorate if they don’t act now,according to the HealthMine 2018 Rising Risk Survey. Maybe health plans discusspreventative health on their blogs and put posters on doctors’office walls, but most aren’t directly telling members about theirindividual risks – at least that’s how the members perceive it.

HealthMine’s survey was fielded by Research Now SS, whichqueried 500 full-time U.S. employees age 26-64 who are enrolled ina healthcare plan sponsored by their employers. A majority (75percent) of respondents say they believe their health plan hasnever alerted them to a health risk.