Employers, Wellness And The Value of Carrots
February 10, 20119:26 am
We’ve learned this week that employers are making greater use of carrots – no, not the vegetables that improve your eyesight, but rather financial incentives – to encourage employees to take part in corporate wellness programs. In what they’re doing, there may be important lessons to be learned for governments and communities.
According to a study sponsored by Fidelity Investments and published in the Wall Street Journal Health Blog, the percentage of employers with at least 1000 employees offering wellness incentives jumped from 57% in 2009 to 62% last year and the average employee incentive rose 65 percent in just one year to $430. It’s also clear that employers are favoring the carrot over the stick in their approach to workforce wellness, with just 12% of employers penalizing employees for not participating in wellness activities.
Is this investment yielding tangible benefits? Available evidence says it is. According to Johnson & Johnson, for example, the company saved $250 million on healthcare costs over the past decade with a return of more than $2.70 for every dollar spent. And another company profiled in the Harvard Business Review reduced their healthcare costs more than $1,400 per person participating in wellness programs and saw a return of six dollars for every dollar spent in incentives.
In looking at our nation’s healthcare needs over the next few decades, wellness has to be our priority. Preventable chronic disease is on the increase and is projected to escalate at an even more rapid rate. No matter how we reform our healthcare system, we won’t be able to stem the tide of increasing costs if millions more Americans have diabetes, heart disease and other avoidable (and expensive) conditions.
Public officials need to take a hard look at the lessons being learned in corporate America about incentivizing individuals to take better care of their health. Investments in wellness can generate a better, more affordable healthcare system in the long run.
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