What is this about? These two articles capsulize recent major patterns in U.S. health care costs for 2018 and 2019. The two articles are full of data on patterns and trends in employer health costs and provide a very useful backdrop for examining national and employer health cost trends. Some of the major findings contained… Continue Reading ›
What is this about? The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have issued a new set of guidelines for the primary prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). These recommendations provide an important background context for workplace wellness programming efforts to prevent heart disease among working Americans. These guideline recommendations represent the… Continue Reading ›
Benjamin and Kerwynn Prinzing from Kadalyst, hosts guest, Larry Chapman, Founder & CEO of the Chapman Institute and with over 40 years in the industry over an interactive Live Stream event on what’s working on not working in the wellness industry.
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Budget is usually a major challenge for most employee wellness programs. Since employee wellness and well-being programs are completely discretionary or “optional” in terms of management decision-making around resource allocation, it makes it very hard to adequately fund these kinds of programs. Employee wellness professionals usually must work… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? First, the good news… employer wellness programs have been proven to help people change their short-term wellness behaviors. Now, the bad news… those same wellness programs have been shown to be pretty poor at helping people change their long-term wellness behaviors. For our purposes, we will define “short-term”… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Unfortunately, most employee wellness programs in the U.S. are both under-funded and relatively ineffective. They also tend to be more tactical in nature with limited strategic or business value. A recent article in JAMA documented the ineffective nature of the typical employee wellness program using an admittedly elegant… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Unfortunately, most employee wellness programs in the U.S. need to be redesigned for greater effectiveness, but few wellness coordinators know how to make a simple redesign proposal “pitch” to their senior management team. The proposal they put forward needs to be seen as feasible and logical for senior… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Employer health benefit costs are headed up again. Estimates range from 6% to 9% or higher annual increases for 2020 renewals. For larger organizations, a health plan claims analysis of their employee wellness program is certainly desirable. Yet few wellness professionals know much about how to request a… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Most of us know that better-integrated wellness programs achieve more results, both the lower and higher-order results from our Results Hierarchy Solution Set (S3). The challenge all employers face is knowing what elements in their wellness program need to be integrated. This Solution Set document provides a complete list… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Another major challenge facing all U.S. employers involves estimating the current organizational cost associated with employees who are at work but have an underlying health problem that impairs their productivity. Whether it is the effects of cannabis addiction, poor sleep patterns, excessive screen time, a bout of mild depression… Continue Reading ›