qalorieDirect medical costs
Estimated U.S. medical costs attributable to diagnosed diabetes in 2022.
Healthier people.
A stronger bottom line.
Make everyday health support part of your strategy to manage healthcare costs, reduce avoidable absence, and help people perform at their best.
AI nutrition guidance. Supplement education. Everyday health support.
For employers, health plans, and healthcare organizations.
THE COST OF POOR HEALTH GOES BEYOND A CLAIMHealth is a business issue.
Health is a business issue.
The data makes it clear.
Diabetes alone illustrates how chronic illness affects both healthcare spending and the working day.
Workdays missed
Estimated U.S. workdays lost to diabetes-related absenteeism in 2022.
Reduced performance at work
Estimated U.S. annual productivity losses from diabetes-related presenteeism in 2022.
National burden estimates, not Qalorie outcomes or an estimate of recoverable savings. Source: American Diabetes Association · Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2022.
WHERE QALORIE FITSBetter daily decisions.
Better daily decisions.
Value across the organization.
Qalorie connects nutrition knowledge with everyday action. These are the business outcomes an organization can work toward and evaluate.
Invest upstream.
Give people practical nutrition guidance and a clearer understanding of the habits that support metabolic health. Reinforce clinician-led care for diabetes, hypertension, and other ongoing conditions.
The value opportunity
Measure: risk-adjusted medical and pharmacy costs per participant, appropriate utilization, and care engagement.Better self-management and appropriate care may help address avoidable healthcare utilization over time.
Support more healthy days.
Make meal planning, hydration, movement, and everyday health questions easier to navigate. Help people put health goals into practice between appointments and throughout a busy workweek.
The value opportunity
Measure: health-related absence days per employee, with workforce and seasonal changes accounted for.Healthier routines may contribute to fewer health-related interruptions and missed workdays.
Help people show up well.
Offer practical support for food choices and routines that fit real schedules. Replace nutrition confusion with accessible explanations, meal ideas, and clear next steps.
The value opportunity
Measure: voluntary, validated work-functioning surveys and aggregate workforce trends—not individual health surveillance.Improved wellbeing may support day-to-day functioning and reduce health-related difficulty while working.
These are value pathways to evaluate, not demonstrated Qalorie savings or guaranteed clinical or workforce outcomes.
A benefit people can
use every day.
Bring nutrition education and AI health support into the everyday employee experience, with a business case tied to your own benefits costs and workforce priorities.
- Support food choices across office, remote, and shift-based schedules.
- Encourage voluntary engagement with wellbeing goals.
- Evaluate healthcare spend, absence, and work functioning separately.
- Keep individual health information out of employment decisions.
Extend support
between visits.
Help people understand nutrition guidance, prepare better questions, and build routines around clinician-set goals. Connect patient engagement to the quality and cost priorities of your care model.
- Reinforce nutrition education for ongoing conditions.
- Build understanding of nutrients and supplement questions.
- Support informed follow-up and appropriate care.
- Evaluate engagement, patient experience, and total cost of care.
YOUR PEOPLE. YOUR NUMBERS.What would improvement
What would improvement
be worth to you?
Explore an annual scenario using your assumptions. This calculator models potential value; it does not predict Qalorie’s impact or provide a price quote.
YOUR ANNUAL SCENARIO
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- Potential healthcare savings
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- Recovered workday value
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- Net modeled value
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- Modeled ROI
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Change the improvement assumptions to explore a scenario.
Discuss your business case ↗How the model works & what it leaves out+
Healthcare savings = participants × annual healthcare cost × assumed reduction. Recovered workdays = participants × assumed fewer absence days. Workday value = recovered days × value per day. Gross value adds the two; net value subtracts the annual program cost. ROI = net value ÷ program cost × 100. A positive program cost is required for ROI.
Recovered time is an economic value estimate, not necessarily a cash saving. The calculator excludes presenteeism, disability, turnover, and other benefits to avoid overstating or double-counting value. Include implementation and administration in program cost. Healthcare claims changes may not immediately change fully insured premiums. Results depend on participation, population, implementation, and actual measured changes.
These inputs stay in your browser and are not saved or submitted. There is no connection to employee records or claims.
ACCOUNTABILITY FROM DAY ONEDefine success.
Define success.
Then measure it.
A credible business case connects engagement to outcomes over time. Agree on the population, costs, comparison approach, and privacy safeguards before evaluating impact.
- Set the baselineUse an appropriate period of claims, absence, and voluntary survey data from your own authorized systems.
- Measure useful engagementAssess participation and whether people find the guidance practical and understandable.
- Evaluate real outcomesCompare appropriate groups and time periods; account for risk, seasonality, selection effects, and total program costs.
Research on workplace wellness shows that better reported habits do not automatically translate to lower spending or absence. A 2019 randomized trial in JAMA found no significant spending or employment effects after 18 months. Qalorie-specific financial outcomes have not yet been established. The framework above is an evaluation plan, not a claim of automated reporting or an existing data integration.
Useful for people.
Accountable to organizations.
Discuss a program around your population, goals, and budget. Enrollment, implementation, integrations, and reporting requirements are agreed in the enterprise scope.
Participation should be voluntary. Any organizational measurement needs appropriate permissions, aggregate reporting, and safeguards for small groups. A company’s interest in Qalorie does not grant access to personal diaries or health information.
BUILD YOUR BUSINESS CASEMake health part of
Make health part of
your business strategy.
Tell us about your population, healthcare cost priorities, and workforce goals. Request an enterprise consultation focused on value, implementation, and measurement.
Send business information only. Do not include patient records, employee health information, or other sensitive personal data.
Enterprise pricing is tailored to your organization. An inquiry does not enroll participants or create a purchase.