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Why Corporate Wellness

WHY RPORATE WELLNESS? 16KG Three out of five employers (61%) offer a corporate wellness program'. Why? Because when properly integrated, a corporate wellness program can improve employee health and productivity, and contain health care costs. Plus, corporate wellness is proven to help retain top performers. EMPLOY ER PAINS Poor employee health DID YOU KNOW? 1 IN 2 ADULTS Many health care providers struggle to address risks, such as obesity“ • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend checking all patients to determine if they're obese; however: HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AT LEAST ONE CHRONIC DISEASE? 2 OUT OF 3 ADULTS o Research shows when doctors perceive an obese patient to be smaller than themselves, only 11% discuss weight loss with the patient ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE³ Health care costs5 of medical costs per year are spent on 25-30% employees with major risk factors such as: Obesity Cigarette smoking Diabetes Productivity losses Health-related productivity losses cost employers $225.8 BILLION PER YEAR Cost employers $1685 > Employee Jan. I Dat one thousand six hundred eighty-fve dollars per employee PER YEAR $ 1685 05482 55448 654478 25447 Tractastien Gete me ro n e t om ot e on e m Retention? 49% employees likely to leave and look for a new job this year IMPACT OF MAJOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH RISKS 1. Tobacco 2. Obesity Smokers miss more Obese cost days per year® 6.2 days $1,850– $5,500 Smoker more in health care costs than normal-weight individuals10 3.9 days $4.3 billion: Non-smoker Annual losses to businesses because of obesity-related job absenteeism1 Annual cost to Annual cost to employers: $96 billion1 employers: $190.2 billion". 3. Diabetes Employee with diabetes costs, on average, Employee without diabetes averages $13,243 annually13 $2,560 annually13 VS. Diabetes accounts for: • 15 million work days absent12 • 107 million work days lost due to unemployment disability12 • 120 million work days with reduced performance12 Annual cost to employers: $174 billion BENEFITS OF CORPORATE WELLNESS Reduced costs and absenteeism14 Meta-analysis shows corporate wellness on Workers' compensation and disability Health care %$4 %$4 costs by average reduced sick leave management claims costs by absenteeism by 28% 26% 30% ROI Average ROI of corporate wellness15: %24 %24 %24 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $3.27 for every $1 spent Impact on retention Employees who participate in wellness programs are more likely to be loyal to their employer16 73% 62% 62% Participants believe their company is very loyal to them Participants say benefits are an important reason they stay at their current company Participants feel very loyal to their company Employer spending on corporate wellness is a strong financial investment when it succeeds in modifying employee health and behaviors. HealthFitness is a proven leader of population health management solutions that measurably improve employee health. To learn more about HealthFitness' unique approach to infusing a culture of health for clients, visit www.healthfitness.com. Sources: 1. Business Insurance, http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20120625/NEWS03/120629945?tags=1307174|3051339|257 2. Health Affairs, http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/28/1/64.full 3. Institute of Medicine, http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress-in- Obesity-Prevention/Infographic.aspx 4. Wall Street Journal Health Blog, http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/01/30/overweight-doctors- less-likely-to-discuss-weight-loss-with-patients/ 5. National Business Group on Health, www.businessgrouphealth.org 6. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14665809 7. Employee Benefit News, http://eba.benefitnews.com/news/ benefits-employees-employers-workers-ancillary-offerings-coverage-2725242-1.html 8. Tobacco Control, http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/ content/10/3/233.abstract 9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/ implementation/topics/tobacco-use.html 10. Occupational Health & Safety, http://ohsonline.com/articles/2012/03/13/obese-workers-have- higher-health-care-costs-than-smokers-study-says.aspx 11. Institute Prevention.aspx 12. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/factsheets/atwork.htm 13. Diabetes Care, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12610059 14. American Journal of Health Promotion, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11502012 15. Health Affairs, http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2010/01/14/hlthaff.2009.0626.abstract 16. Metlife, http://www.healthplansonline.com/blog/metlifes-9th-annual-study-of-employee-benefits-trends/ Medicine, http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress- in-Obesity- HealthFitness. © 2012 Health Fitness Corporation WHY RPORATE WELLNESS? 16KG Three out of five employers (61%) offer a corporate wellness program'. Why? Because when properly integrated, a corporate wellness program can improve employee health and productivity, and contain health care costs. Plus, corporate wellness is proven to help retain top performers. EMPLOY ER PAINS Poor employee health DID YOU KNOW? 1 IN 2 ADULTS Many health care providers struggle to address risks, such as obesity“ • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend checking all patients to determine if they're obese; however: HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AT LEAST ONE CHRONIC DISEASE? 2 OUT OF 3 ADULTS o Research shows when doctors perceive an obese patient to be smaller than themselves, only 11% discuss weight loss with the patient ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE³ Health care costs5 of medical costs per year are spent on 25-30% employees with major risk factors such as: Obesity Cigarette smoking Diabetes Productivity losses Health-related productivity losses cost employers $225.8 BILLION PER YEAR Cost employers $1685 > Employee Jan. I Dat one thousand six hundred eighty-fve dollars per employee PER YEAR $ 1685 05482 55448 654478 25447 Tractastien Gete me ro n e t om ot e on e m Retention? 49% employees likely to leave and look for a new job this year IMPACT OF MAJOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH RISKS 1. Tobacco 2. Obesity Smokers miss more Obese cost days per year® 6.2 days $1,850– $5,500 Smoker more in health care costs than normal-weight individuals10 3.9 days $4.3 billion: Non-smoker Annual losses to businesses because of obesity-related job absenteeism1 Annual cost to Annual cost to employers: $96 billion1 employers: $190.2 billion". 3. Diabetes Employee with diabetes costs, on average, Employee without diabetes averages $13,243 annually13 $2,560 annually13 VS. Diabetes accounts for: • 15 million work days absent12 • 107 million work days lost due to unemployment disability12 • 120 million work days with reduced performance12 Annual cost to employers: $174 billion BENEFITS OF CORPORATE WELLNESS Reduced costs and absenteeism14 Meta-analysis shows corporate wellness on Workers' compensation and disability Health care %$4 %$4 costs by average reduced sick leave management claims costs by absenteeism by 28% 26% 30% ROI Average ROI of corporate wellness15: %24 %24 %24 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $3.27 for every $1 spent Impact on retention Employees who participate in wellness programs are more likely to be loyal to their employer16 73% 62% 62% Participants believe their company is very loyal to them Participants say benefits are an important reason they stay at their current company Participants feel very loyal to their company Employer spending on corporate wellness is a strong financial investment when it succeeds in modifying employee health and behaviors. HealthFitness is a proven leader of population health management solutions that measurably improve employee health. To learn more about HealthFitness' unique approach to infusing a culture of health for clients, visit www.healthfitness.com. Sources: 1. Business Insurance, http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20120625/NEWS03/120629945?tags=1307174|3051339|257 2. Health Affairs, http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/28/1/64.full 3. Institute of Medicine, http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress-in- Obesity-Prevention/Infographic.aspx 4. Wall Street Journal Health Blog, http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/01/30/overweight-doctors- less-likely-to-discuss-weight-loss-with-patients/ 5. National Business Group on Health, www.businessgrouphealth.org 6. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14665809 7. Employee Benefit News, http://eba.benefitnews.com/news/ benefits-employees-employers-workers-ancillary-offerings-coverage-2725242-1.html 8. Tobacco Control, http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/ content/10/3/233.abstract 9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/ implementation/topics/tobacco-use.html 10. Occupational Health & Safety, http://ohsonline.com/articles/2012/03/13/obese-workers-have- higher-health-care-costs-than-smokers-study-says.aspx 11. Institute Prevention.aspx 12. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/factsheets/atwork.htm 13. Diabetes Care, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12610059 14. American Journal of Health Promotion, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11502012 15. Health Affairs, http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2010/01/14/hlthaff.2009.0626.abstract 16. Metlife, http://www.healthplansonline.com/blog/metlifes-9th-annual-study-of-employee-benefits-trends/ Medicine, http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress- in-Obesity- HealthFitness. © 2012 Health Fitness Corporation

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