6. CFO’s Understanding of Impacts of Ill
Health
• 96% higher medical costs
• 90% employees have more trouble
focusing on their jobs
• 86% more absence, effecting operating
performance
• 84% effects bottom line beyond
healthcare costs alone
7. 70% of all illness is lifestyle related
and 50% of all medical costs are associate
with preventable illness
9. Most Illnesses are avoidable
Sedentary lifestyles, poor nutrition,
smoking & alcohol account for
majority of illnesses
10. You have heard these
• “ I need to simplify”
• “ I am too stressed”
• “ I just need more hrs in the day”
11. Corporates need to change directions of their
healthcare agenda from Reactive to
Proactive system
12. Ask Questions to Yourselves
• Do you have a corporate wellness program in
place?
• What have you done to express the importance of
wellness to your employees?
• What incentives do you offer employees to be
active ?
13. Every 1$ spent on health promotion in the
workplace $16 is saved through less absenteeism
14. Companies with an employee
fitness plan cut their health costs by 27%
15. Bring Wellness to your employees
•Hire a personal coach, nutritionist, fitness
instructor to educate your employees
•Utilize a medical providers corporate wellness
package
•Offer medical flex plan incentives in co-operation
with your insurance/TPA provider
•Build on site facilities including a healthy cafeteria
and gym
16. Corporate Wellness Programs
•Disease Prevention/Management
•Emergency Response Training
•Healthy Lifestyles
•Injury Prevention/Management
•Mental Health
17. Smoking Cessation – Corporate Goal
•Post 1 yr of quitting risk of heart
disease is half of a smoker
•Within 5 yrs of quitting risk of
premature death is lower by 50%
•15 yrs later risk drops to that of a
non smoker
18. Benefits of Walking
1 hr walk
•Decreases heart disease by 30 – 40%
•Stroke
•Breast Cancer 20%
•Diabetes 50%
19. Workplace Wellness Programs
•Improve Employee morale
•Reduce company healthcare costs
•Increase productivity at many
levels
20. 3 keys to success
•Keep it simple
•Communicate effectively
•Reward Healthy behavior – Celebrate Success
21. Wellness - Return on Investment
• Motorola’s wellness programs saves the company $3.93 for every
$1.00 invested
• Johnson & Johnson’s Health and Wellness Program has produced
average annual health care savings of $244.66 per employee
• Northeast Utilities WellAware Program which in its first 24
months reduced lifestyle and behavioral claims by $1,400,000.
• Caterpillar’s Healthy Balance program which is projected to
result in long-term savings of $700 million by 2015.
