Most employers have established employee wellness programs in their continuing efforts to rein in health care costs, and many of those programs use incentives. Similarly, the majority of companies now use some kind of auto-enrollment feature or other technological facilitator for benefits administration.
However, according to research conducted by EBN parent company SourceMedia and bswift, the majority of employers overlook crucial methods and practices that could significantly increase engagement and lower the bottom line. Companies are not giving outcomes-based incentives a sufficient chance on wellness, and a full third don’t offer online benefit enrollment, one of the most useful and commonly available technological solutions. (For a different view on outcomes-based incentives, read the related story “Over-promise, under-deliver?,” on page 14.)
