The Bottom Line on Wellness
The Bottom Line The success of a wellness program, in terms of changed behavior and the bottom line, hinges on integrating all planning, activities and efforts into one vibrant, measurable initiative....
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Employee Healthcare Cost Containment in 2015
Over the past year, I have watched in amazement as benefit consultants and their employer clients are immersed in meeting the requirements of the Affordable Care Act. My amazement was not because of...
View ArticleBeyond Healthcare Costs: Investments in Wellness as Source of Business Value
Human resources and, more specifically, benefits departments, have traditionally been viewed as organizational centers responsible for managing benefits costs. Now, there is increasing recognition that...
View ArticleCorporate Wellness: Push the Envelope Toward Lower Healthcare Costs
Wellness, as we know it, is at a crossroads. For those of us who have been in the industry a while – a long while – we are seeing opportunity and change. We are seeing employers from all industries...
View ArticleInvesting in Employee Wellness – How You Can Achieve a 17:1 ROI
By: Erin Morrow Determining the return on investment (ROI) of a wellness program can be difficult. Looking beyond the immediate healthcare costs and utilization will help any organization understand...
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Advanced Analytics Methodology: Describe, Diagnose, Predict and Prescribe
The spiraling cost of healthcare faced by our nation has reached more than $2 trillion and its inflationary pressures remain thus far unabated, outpacing all other categories of spending increase by...
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Moving Employee Health Into Action
It wasn’t too long ago that C. Everett Koop, former U.S. surgeon general, challenged Americans to “create a smoke-free society in the United States by the year 2000.”1 Boeing Co. stepped up to the...
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Employee Medical Bill Reviews: Keeping Medical Costs Low
It’s no secret that healthcare costs have been rising in recent years and are projected to continue to climb for years to come. This is why it’s so important to be proactive and take measures to keep...
View ArticleChoosing the Right Hospital: Helping Employees Avoid Potential Harm
Are your employees exposed to medical errors or perhaps even overtreatment—and if so, as an employer, what is your responsibility? Fifteen years ago, after the Institute of Medicine published a...
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Beyond the Paycheck: When Does a Financial Wellness Program Make Sense?
With wages flat and health care costs rising, employees are looking to their employers for answers to ease their financial ills. Employees tend to trust their employer more than they do their...
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Creating a Corporate Travel Culture of Healthy Eating
With rising rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes, come higher healthcare costs for employers. As a result, corporate wellness services have become a $2 billion industry[i]....
View ArticleSmart Prevention — Spend a Little, Save a Lot
Note to reader: This article is based on information from a Frost & Sullivan economic analysis, “Smart Prevention—Healthcare Cost Savings Resulting from the Targeted Use of Dietary Supplements.”...
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