How are you managing the health care costs of your company?

If it seems overwhelming to you these days, you’re not alone. In the last 10 years health coverage premiums increased by 120%. Health care costs now absorb, on average, 53% of profits compared to 7 percent in 2007. Productivity losses related to personal and family health problems equal $1,685 per employee per year. So the real question is: What can you do to minimize health care expenses? A trend is emerging that may offer a solution. Large and small businesses are starting or expanding worksite wellness programs and finding that the advantages of corporate wellness programs far outweigh the costs. Studies show that corporate wellness programs benefit both the employer and the employee’s long term health and help minimize lost revenues related to downtime from illness, over use of health benefits and reducing HR related maintenance and management.

It’s important to realize the ROI of your corporate wellness program. . .

In order to get a wellness program integrated into your workplace, it’s important that you recognize its profitability, and doing so is easier than you think. To get estimates on the potential return on investment (ROI) from any employee health promotion program or corporate wellness activities, use a free online ROI calculators. These calculators use the company’s actual facts, such as health care costs and the percentage of employees who smoke and are obese, among other risk factors. Different scenarios can be input and saved. One of the best has been developed by The National Committee for Quality Assurance and you can use it for free by clicking here!

XO Create Fitness! provides the programming and tools required to improve the health and welfare of your most valuable asset – your staff and workforce. We work with you to achieve healthier lifestyles, a higher quality of life and improve your bottom line by reducing one of your highest economic impacts – Health care and the associated downtime and costs.