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 ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? A major challenge facing all U.S. employers is measuring the current status of their Health and Productivity Management (HPM) and the effects of their employee wellness/well-being intervention efforts over time. Without believable Return-on-Investment (ROI) evidence for their wellness efforts limited investment and priority will likely result. These resulting “tactical”… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? A major challenge for all U.S. employers is implementing employee wellness programs without triggering any regulatory compliance problems. Historically, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been the main federal agency concerned about the potential for U.S. employers to use their wellness incentive features to discriminate unfairly against… Continue Reading ›
Source: American Journal of Health Promotion What is this about? A major challenge for all employers is understanding how other employers are approaching employee wellness. National data on employer wellness efforts has been spotty at best. This documents reports on the fifth national randomized, stratified sample of employer wellness efforts that was conducted primarily in… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? A major challenge for all employers is how to align their health plan design so that it supports wise personal health care choices and wellness behaviors. Historically health plan design has been either agnostic with regard to wellness or in the worst situations, actively in conflict. We know… Continue Reading ›