Worksite Wellness Summery


A Comprehensive Worksite Wellness Approach

  • Builds and sustains a result-oriented wellness program
  • Maintains or improves the overall health and quality of life of individuals
  • Delays or prevents disease through health promotion and early direction

 

Why Worksite Wellness?

  • Improve Employee Morale
  • Reduce Turnover
  • Increase Recruitment Potential
  • Reduce Absenteeism
  • Healthcare Cost Containment
  • Improve Employee Health

 

Worksite Wellness Fact

  • Over 80% of Minnesota employers believe in the benefits of worksite wellness programs but want more support and guidance on worksite wellness. (MN Department of Health Wellness Study 2002)

 

Health Facts

  • Modifiable lifestyle choices cost Minnesotans over $550 million annually in medical expenditures. (Finkelstein, Fibelkorn & Wang and CDC)
  • Physically active people can save up to $500 per year in medical costs. (World Health Organization)

 

Minnesota Health Information – Adults

  • 8% have diabetes
  • 19% are smokers
  • 21% are binge drinkers
  • 27% have hypertension
  • 66% are overweight or obese (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)

 

Healthcare Cost Trend

  • Healthcare costs have increased about 12-13% per year for the last 3 years.
  • Healthcare costs have been rising at 3 times the rate of inflation each year for the past 5 years. (National Coalition on Health Care)

Health Insurance Cost Trends

  • Since 2000, the average employee contribution to company-provided health insurance has increased more than 143%.
  • In 2005, the average annual premiums were over $4,000 for singles and $11,000 for families.
  • Costs are expected to continue increasing. (National Coalition of Health Care)

 

Does It Work?

  • National Research indicates that businesses investing in comprehensive worksite wellness programs can see a return on investment of $2.00 to $10.00 for every $1.00 invested.
  • A broad review of comprehensive wellness programs showed, on average:
    1. 27% improvement in sick leave and absenteeism
    2. 26% improvement in healthcare costs
    3. 32% improvement in worker's compensation and disibility management claims
    4. 5-to-1 cost benefit ratio (The Art of Health Promotion Meta-evaluation, American Journal of Health Promotion, Jul/Aug 2005)

 

Costs

  • Range is from $25 - $400 per employee. (Cooper Institute)

 

Where Do We Start?

  • Rejuv Medical & Performance Worksite Wellness Consultants have been trained to help businesses plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive worksite wellness programs.

 

The Seven Steps to a WELCOA Wellness Program

  1. Get Management Support
  2. Create a Team
  3. Collect Data
  4. Create an Operating Plan
  5. Choose Intervention
  6. Create a Supportive Environment
  7. Evaluate

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For more information contact:
Tim Schmidt at Rejuv Medical & Performance
Phone: 320-293-6754
Email: tim@rejuvmedical.com


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