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The study also found employers in 2012 continue to enhance their wellness programs to change employee behavior and move toward health outcomes that impact the bottom line. Seventy-six percent of employers with more than 500 employees now offer some form of incentives to motivate employee participation in wellness programs. The most commonly incentivized components include health risk assessments (HRAs) and tobacco cessation programs. Sixty percent now incorporate biometric testing (measuring such health indicators as blood pressure, cholesterol and BMI) into their wellness programs, and 40% of employers offering wellness programs also provide incentives—such as credits toward health benefit contributions—to employees for completing the tests. Employers are beginning to incentivize employees to achieve specific biometric targets; 10% have taken this step. A full copy of the survey report can be downloaded from http://www.bswift.com.
The study also found employers in 2012 continue to enhance their wellness programs to change employee behavior and move toward health outcomes that impact the bottom line. Seventy-six percent of employers with more than 500 employees now offer some form of incentives to motivate employee participation in wellness programs. The most commonly incentivized components include health risk assessments (HRAs) and tobacco cessation programs.
Sixty percent now incorporate biometric testing (measuring such health indicators as blood pressure, cholesterol and BMI) into their wellness programs, and 40% of employers offering wellness programs also provide incentives—such as credits toward health benefit contributions—to employees for completing the tests.
Employers are beginning to incentivize employees to achieve specific biometric targets; 10% have taken this step.
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