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Corporate Wellness Programs:
Health insurance costs are skyrocketing in our
country, and employers are faced with a large
burden of those increased costs. Employers in
the US spent an average of over $8500 per
employee for health insurance in 2011, bearing
just over 75% of the total health care premium
cost.1
The majority of these costs are not coming from
catastrophic events either – previous data shows
70-80% of employee health care costs have been
related to chronic health conditions, almost of all
which are influenced by lifestyle factors like diet,
exercise, and smoking.2 In fact, one recent study
estimates that the percentage of health care claim
costs directly related to employee lifestyle
choices may now be as high as 87%.3
Companies pay for obesity and other chronic
conditions related to lifestyle factors through
increased health insurance costs, increased
disability insurance expenditures, more sick time,
and decreased productivity.4
Workplace wellness programs are the key
to reversing this trend!
Inspired Wellness Solutions, LLC
Nutrition Counseling
& Corporate Wellness Consulting
Owner: Chrissy Carroll, MPH, RD, cPT
Phone: 508.614.9355
Email: [email protected]
Home Office: 391 Franklin St
Mansfield MA 02048
WWW.INSPIREDWELLNESSSOLUTIONS.COM
An Investment for Your Employees
and Your Company
Wellness Program
Offerings
Inspired Wellness Solutions offers
worksite wellness programs that are
customized for your company, and
may include any of the following
services:
• Health risk assessments
• Lunch & learns
• One-on-one wellness coaching
• Cooking demos
• Food events and tastings
• Health fair planning/organization
• Contests and challenges
• Group fitness classes
• Meditation sessions
• Walking/running groups
• Short daily physical activity breaks
• Bulletin boards and other educational
materials
• Email newsletters
• And more!
Initial investments in workplace wellness programs are
far outweighed by later improvements in employee health
and decreases in health care costs. A 2005 literature
review examining 56 studies found that on average,
workplace wellness programs led to a:
26.8% decrease in sick leave absenteeism
26.1% decrease in health care costs
32% decrease in workers compensation and
disability claims costs
5.81 benefit to cost ratio – in other words, a
savings of $5.81 for each $1 invested in the
wellness program5
Why use Inspired Wellness?
A smaller company like Inspired Wellness Solutions
allows for a highly personalized wellness program.
Larger companies often have great online tools, portals,
and health risk assessments – but typically don’t offer
“high-touch” services like individual wellness coaching
and fitness groups. It’s often these individualized
services that we can offer which create the largest
motivator for change in employees and produce the best
outcomes. Inspired Wellness is well equipped to offer
standalone programs, or services that can be utilized in
conjunction with insurance-based or broker-based
programs.
Return on Investment
References:
1) Joint Consensus Statement of the Health Enhancement Research Organization, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, American
Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Diabetes Association, and American Heart Association. (2012). Guidance for a
Reasonably Designed, Employer-Sponsored Wellness Program
Using Outcomes-Based Incentives. JOEM. 54(7): 889-896.
2) Health Advocate. (2007). Workplace Wellness Guide. http://www.healthadvocate.com/downloads/whitepapers/WorkplaceWellnessGuide.pdf
3) An American Institute for Preventive Medicine. (2008). Wellness White Paper. http://www.qigonginstitute.org/html/papers/Wellness_WhitePaper.pdf
4) US Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). Prevention Makes Common Cents. http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/prevention/#N_1_
5) Chapman, L. (2005). Meta-evaluation of Worksite Health Promotion Economic Return Studies: 2005 Update. The Art of Health Promotion.
