Wellness Programs Deliver Results
Wellness Programs Provide Long-Term Results
Wellness programs, according to an article in Crain’s Detroit Business, come in two choices: workplace wellness programs or health insurance products that aim at lower costs if healthy habits are followed. Both options are a good choice, but only one will really provide long-term health benefits for your employees and lower costs over the years.
Wellness Programs Offer Assistance
Insurance-based products offer employees the opportunity, according to the article by Jay Green, to save money on their premiums if they follow certain steps, including performing an online health assessment, visiting their physician, and agree to adopt a healthy lifestyle. These plans usually involve one coach call to the employee during the first 90 days. We wonder if these brief wellness encounters will actually change a person’s lifestyle.
It is the overall change in a person’s lifestyle, as well as disease prevention that will lead to lower health costs in the future.
Onsite workplace wellness programs, like the ones that EmployeeWellnessUSA works with you to establish in your place of business, offers convenient health risk assessments and screening tests for things like diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure. As the article states, these have initial start-up costs, but the savings accrue over time and employees are more likely to stay active in an onsite employee wellness program.
Wellness Programs Get Results
Finally, the article states that companies with an effective employee wellness program can expect to see “500 percent lower absenteeism, 400 percent fewer disability claims, and 350 percent lower health care costs.” These are numbers that are very hard to argue with.
If you are ready to start seeing those numbers in your company, contact one of our wellness experts today. They are there to answer all of your questions, as well as provide you with a free wellness proposal.
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