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Dear Employer:
About 36 million Americans suffer from migraine—a chronic and often debilitating
condition that not only may incur as much as $11 billion a year in direct medical costs,
and indirect costs of $13 billion due to absenteeism and decreased productivity.1,2,3
As part of a continuing effort to assist healthcare professionals (HCPs) in delivering quality
healthcare solutions, [plan name] is pleased to introduce you to a new migraine management
initiative—QualitySolutions360 Migraine.
This program involves analyses of [plan name’s] migraine drug utilization to identify quality
improvement opportunities for our members. As your partner, we are pleased to offer several
new services to you to help understand the burden of migraine headaches on your employees
and on your organization.
The goals of the [plan name] Migraine Program are to encourage and support:
 Successful management and prevention of migraines by our members
 Quality improvements in migraine care
 Improved HCP ability to diagnose and treat migraine headaches
We also seek to foster a productive exchange of information among our health plan, HCPs,
employers, and members/patients. Through QualitySolutions360 Migraine, we will be able
to offer:
 Our network HCPs a core set of migraine educational resources to help members with
migraine better:
 Understand their condition
 Improve compliance with therapy
 Achieve improved outcomes
 Feedback to prescribers and other HCPs to encourage and support improved patient care
We will provide you with educational materials for your employees, to help them better
recognize migraine, seek the help of their HCP, and manage symptoms, which may help
decrease absenteeism and improve presenteeism. These materials include a migraine diary, an
information sheet, “Surprising Facts About Migraine,” and articles such as “Talking to Your
Doctor About Headaches” and “Migraine, Family, and Work—It’s Everybody’s Headache.”
We will also provide materials that help employees better understand, manage, and prevent
migraine when appropriate, such as:
• A questionnaire to determine if they are candidates for migraine prevention
• A resource that lists common migraine triggers, “Don’t Pull That Migraine Trigger!”
This information has been developed by Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. as part of the
QualitySolutions360 platform supporting healthcare management programs.
© Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. 2014
December 2014
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In addition, we now offer your organization the opportunity and supporting resources to host
a health fair focusing on migraine.
We appreciate your continued support in our efforts to encourage quality care. If you are
interested in learning more about our migraine offerings for employers or if you have any
questions, please contact [contact name], [plan name/department name], at [phone number]
and/or [Web site address].
Sincerely,
[MEDICAL DIRECTOR NAME]
[PHARMACY DIRECTOR NAME] [QUALITY DIRECTOR NAME]
Medical Director
Pharmacy Director
Quality Director
References
1. Hawkins K, Wang S, Rupnow M. Direct cost burden among insured US employees with migraine.
Headache. 2008;48(4):553-563.
2. Lipton R, Diamond S, Reed M, Diamond M, Stewart W. Migraine Diagnosis and Treatment: Results
From the American Migraine Study II. Headache. 2001;41:638-465.
3. Migraine Research Foundation - Fact Sheet. Migraine Research Foundation Fact Sheet.
http://www.migraineresearchfoundation.org/fact-sheet.html
This information has been developed by Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. as part of the
QualitySolutions360 platform supporting healthcare management programs.
© Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. 2014
December 2014
022454-141003