Consider these facts from the Department of Health and Human Services,

• 62% of employees do not exercise regularly
• 60% of employees are overweight or obese
• 30% of employees have anxiety or depression
• 22% of employees have hypertension
• 21% of employees smoke

At Progressive Benefit Solutions we have developed and implemented comprehensive wellness programs for many employers.  We typically recommend developing a multi-year wellness approach, with each year progressing in regards to breadth of the program and use of premium contributions and benefits to differentiate those who are actively participating and/or improving their lifestyles and controllable risk factors.  We use the latest tools, such as biometric screening, personalized employee scorecards and formal coaching programs.

Employers must implement wellness programs to strategically impact medical trend and their health care dollars.  We use fact based data and analysis which is critical to understand what to focus on, and our customized employee communications result in wellness programs being done “with employees” instead of “to employees” which leads to greater success. 

We are well versed in the HIPAA wellness guidelines and have multiple benefit attorneys who act as resources as needed regarding both federal and state law.  We have many ideas on how to incent employees without costing the employer additional money and have implemented these successfully.