Are incentives the key to reducing healthcare costs?
How the concept of paying employees to encourage certain behaviors is making its way into other areas of benefits that advisers need to know about.
Wellness programs
Benefits Think Diabetes, heart disease, other chronic conditions costing companies billions
While plan sponsors and others debate whether wellness programs actually save healthcare costs, a more pressing concern for employers is the real price of poor workplace health.
Bryce Williams
HealthMine
Benefits Think 11 things to consider before a client chooses a diet-for-dollars program
Making sure the employer has an account manager dedicated to the effort is a key to success, says David Roddenberry.
David Roddenberry
HealthyWage
Are incentives the key to reducing healthcare costs?
Employers are familiar with wellness incentives, but the concept of paying employees to encourage certain behaviors is making its way into other areas of benefits.
Well-being programs key ingredient for retaining millennials
An increased focus on health, combined with unprecedented access to information, has this group of workers more interested in workplace wellness and more likely to stay at their jobs because of it.
Antea Group launches online cognitive behavioral therapy benefits
The international environmental consulting firm offers employees access to mental health therapy 24/7 through Learn to Live, an online system built to address psychological issues such as social anxiety, depression, stress and worry.
Benefits Think 11 things to ponder before using a diet-for-dollars program
Having an account manager dedicated to the success of your company’s employees is an important part of any program.
David Roddenberry
HealthyWage
Benefits Think Mindfulness training improves focus, employee performance
Programs that teach workers to be in the moment help boost their productivity by helping them ignore irrelevant or less important tasks.
Ruth Wolever
eMindful
Benefits Think Can mindfulness programs improve a client’s workforce?
By enhancing sleep quality and reducing chronic pain, these online training sessions are said to save medical costs and heighten productivity.
Kevin Renner
eMindful
Benefits Think Companies can’t afford to ignore sleep in wellness offerings
Employer-sponsored health improvement programs must strive to include sleep as a key element of good health. Here are three strategies benefit managers can use to encourage better sleep habits among workers.
Douglas Metz
American Specialty Health
Benefits Think Wellness programs help employers recover from high healthcare costs
With medical inflation out pacing general inflation 7 to 1, advisers need to help their clients design benefit plans based on the actual health status of their employees.
4 ways benefits have changed in the last 4 years
How have employer-sponsored benefits changed since the last leap year? Long-term trends can give organizations a better understanding of whether they’re ahead (or behind) the benefits curve, says Compdata.
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Phil Albinus
Benefits Think Fidelity’s exchange presents opportunities for advisers
The company’s new platform is evidence that threats continue to emerge for brokers, but so do possibilities. Success depends on understanding the client’s needs.
Andrew Torelli
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Why measuring VOI is emerging as workplace wellness trend
The success of a client’s well-being program may be more about calculating value-on-investment rather than return-on-investment, according to a new report from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.
Benefits Think Will mindfulness training become a common employee benefit?
Aetna, Apple, Google and General Mills have implemented the program for their employees.
Ruth Wolever
eMindful
Measuring VOI emerging as workplace wellness trend
The success of a well-being program may be more about measuring value-on-investment rather than return-on-investment, according to a new report from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.
Benefits Think 10 ways to promote wearable wellness devices
With employer interest in smart watches and activity trackers growing, forward-looking advisers should include them in their population management strategy
Dave Hoinville
myInertia
Benefits Think New wellness terminology reflects change in thinking
The national shift from wellness to “well-being” has been rapid. What does it mean for employers and wellness practitioners?
Paul E. Terry, PhD
Health Enhancement Research Organization
Benefits Think Mindfulness training poised to take off as new employee benefit
Evidence is mounting that mindfulness is linked to better workplace functioning, including increased productivity, more efficient teamwork, fewer errors, better communication, and fewer sick days.
Ruth Wolever
eMindful
Helping employers avoid tobacco surcharge
The implementation of smoking surcharges should be paired with a robust smoking cessation program, experts say.
