Wellness Program Trends and Talking Points in 2015

2015 Wellness Infographic -|| Wellness Programs INCENTIVES 76% of employers offered some type of wellness program, resource, or service to employees in The most popular incentive- based health improvement 2014 4 programs: Employers report that in 2014 their organization's wellness initiatives were at least somewhat effective in: Biometric screenings Health risk assessments Physical activity programs 3 72% Reducing the costs of health care 87% of employers offer incentives/ disincentives for their 78% Improving their employees' overall physical health 4 wellness programs 31% offer incentives for their disease management programs' Of employers who measure their wellness program's ROI, 80% have a positive impact ! 80% 2015 A properly designed wellness program can expect to yield $3.27 for every dollar on employers will spend an average of $693 per employee on wellness-based incentives, healthcare cost up from $260 in 2009 3 reductions 85% of employers report their organization's incentives were at least somewhat effective in Evolution1 Data-Wellness Contributions/Accounts: increasing employee participation 4 44% increase in Evolutionl CDH 22% of large employers made accounts with wellness additional wellness contributions contributions, 2014-15 to an HRA or HSA in 2015, 21% increase in Evolution1 Partners up from 17% in 2014, whereas premium reduction incentives dropped to 61% from 64% over the same periods 2 with CDH accounts with wellness contributions, 2014-15 |Improvements Ahead By offering financial incentives, participation rates are positively impacted across all types of Employers have opportunities to improve their wellness programs by enhancing workplace culture, implementing effective program promotion, and offering initiatives that address what's most programs, with annual incentives greater than $500 necessary to produce participation rates of 50% or more! important to their employees today. swag Market Wellness: Expand Scope: 25-30% Build Culture: Only 47% approx. Companies with a proven culture of health outperform in the Standard of employees earned their full incentive amount in of employers are interested in targeting additional dimensions of well-being 2014-leaving millions of & Poor's 500 index 6 unclaimed incentives 3 such as financial, career, social, and emotional ! A Healthcare Trends Institute www.Healthcare Trendsinstitute.org © Copyright 2015. Healthcare Trends Institute. Sources: 1. PWC, Health and Wellbeing Touchstone Survey, 2014 2.2015 bswift Benefits Study 3. Fidelity Investments/National Business Group on Health (NBGH) Wellness Program Survey 4. Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Strategic Benefits Survey, 2014 5. Harvard Weliness Program Study 6. Fabius R, Thayer RD, Konicki DL, et alJOccup Environ Med. 2013