Wellness programs are designed to help both white-collar and blue-collar workers improve health. Blue-collar workers have many barriers to health not shared by white-collar workers so only the best wellness program ideas for blue-collar workers will get results. The term…
WellSteps would love to be your workplace health (wellness) vendor, but if not, we want to make sure you still choose a good one. When you pick a good wellness vendor, your employees will love it and your leadership will…
Corporate health and wellness programs are more popular than ever. We say they fail when they fall short of accomplishing their goals and objectives. Failure can be defined in many different ways. For example, a corporate health and wellness program could…
When you design company wellness programs there are two basic options: use an outside vendor or develop your program internally. Regardless of the option you choose, there are several steps you need to take to have a successful program. How…
How One Broker Got Lower Insurance Rates Playing the Wellness Card This is a story about a real brokerage firm that made the decision to embrace wellness. It started with the question, "Why offer a wellness program?" and what happened as a…
To have any effect on the bottom line, employee health and wellness programs need to be able to improve employee health behaviors. Without improvements in nutrition, physical activity, controlling stress, and other health behaviors, most of the chronic diseases employees…
Outcomes-based Wellness Programs All wellness programs are outcomes-based, or at least they should be. The phrase outcomes-based wellness program may be confusing. Most employers start a wellness program to improve employee health, improve employee productivity, or reduce their health care costs.…
Health coach companies work with wellness programs. Of all the activities that happen within a wellness program, health coaching is the most expensive. Any time employees spend considerable time one-on-one with a health professional there will be a cost. Since it…
Before discussing how to develop a health-contingent wellness program, a little background is needed. Why do workplace wellness programs even exist? The primary reason that workplace wellness program exist is to improve employee health and reduce employee-related expenses, especially healthcare…
To be effective, when you start health contingent wellness programs, you should do two things well. First, the program should help improve the health of all employees, especially those with elevated health risks. Second, the program should help the healthy…
