For Employers
Information for Employers
For business, the bottom line is this: Healthy employees are more productive.
- Preventable chronic illness makes up 70 percent of health care costs1
- According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sick workers cost businesses $15 billion annually in insurance premiums
- A one percent decrease in absenteeism can provide a one percent profit increase2
- Somatic complaints (stress-related ailments) account for one quarter of all primary care visits in the country3
Starting a Workplace Wellness Program
Worksite wellness provides physical, emotional and financial benefits for both workers and employers. Employers benefit from enhanced productivity; improved health care cost management; less illness, injuries and absenteeism; and increased employee leadership skills. Employees benefit from less stress, increased well-being and self-esteem, with improved fitness and stamina.
As part of its on-going efforts to promote health and fitness, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has developed a guide to help employers start a workplace wellness program. Use the link below to get your free copy.
Working well means a better bottom line.
Eating healthy, quitting smoking and getting exercise can do a lot more to help control costs than drugs, surgery and doctor’s visits. For every $1 spent on wellness programs, a business can potentially realize $3 in reduced medical claims and absenteeism.3
With increasing frequency, employees want their employers to provide wellness benefits. Many influential employers are showing employees that they care about health by providing health club credits, fitness programs, mental health benefits and more.
The Workplace Wellness programs from BCBSND include a variety of different ways to help the employees you care about get healthy and control spiraling health care costs.
To learn more, or to join the growing trend for wellness at work sign up, contact us or tour MyHealthCenter to learn how easy it is to add a broad, functional program at your workplace!
Worksite Wellness Resources
Use these links to access further information on your health care topics, questions and concerns. Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota does not necessarily endorse the linked web sites, we have not evaluated them for accuracy of information, and we do not monitor or oversee them in any way.
1 Cullen, Lisa Takeuchi. 2007. The Company Doctor. Time, June 25.
2 Doherty, Kathleen. 1989. Is worksite wellness good business? Business & Health, February
3 Colliver, Victoria. 2007. Keeping employees healthy. San Francisco Chronicle, June 15
