Survey: U.S. Employers Turning to Wellness Programs to Manage Health Care...

PR Newswire;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......them, and only 2 percent of those with wellness programs said rising health...since implementing wellness programs, 65 percent saying it was...participate in wellness programs, including: * Cash payments -- 29 percent. * Reduced medical...

Maritz Study 'Checks Up' on Workplace Wellness Programs: Results Reveal...

PR Newswire;  August 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......month 16 percent 12 percent A few times a year 21 percent 25 percent Once a year 12 percent 12 percent Never 32 percent 34 percent Note: All percentage differences are within the expected range of sampling...solving the challenge of engaging employees in ...

Wellness programs help rein in healthcare costs.(Focus: HEALTH CARE and...

Westchester County Business Journal;  February 13, 2006 ;     582 words ......companies are making wellness programs part of their...found that 62 percent have implemented wellness programs to improve employees...companies, 64 percent cited rising...massages--32 percent. Almost half (47 percent) of the companies with wellness ...

Wellness programs help rein in health-care costs.(FOCUS: Health Care and...

Fairfield County Business Journal;  February 13, 2006 ;     580 words ......companies are making wellness programs part of their...found that 62 percent have implemented wellness programs to improve employees...companies, 64 percent cited rising...massages--32 percent. Almost half (47 percent) of the companies with wellness ...

Wellness programs help rein in health-care costs.

Westchester County Business Journal;  October 17, 2005 ;     559 words ......companies are making wellness programs part of their...found that 62 percent have implemented wellness programs to improve employees...companies, 64 percent cited rising...massages--32 percent. Almost half...companies with wellness programs offered ...

Int'l benefits managers lag on wellness programs.

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  February 12, 1996 ;     700+ words ......impact of their wellness programs. However, in...However, only 28 percent of U.S.-based...added. But 46 percent of U. S.-based...said. And, 27 percent expect their...the value of wellness programs as their reasons...systems (64 percent); * They simply...multinationals ...

Finding wellness's return on investment: calculating wellness programs'...

HRMagazine;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......for Proof Wellness programs involve a...Almost 40 percent of large companies...annually on wellness programs, and 20 percent spend at least...adoption of wellness programs, however...shows that 87 percent of 464 benefits...

Preventive medicine: employee wellness programs are prone to legal...

HRMagazine;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......employers offering wellness programs to promote...increased from 73 percent in 2004 to 83 percent in 2005. Thirty percent of employers...participation in wellness programs, up from 21 percent in 2004, according...expected a 12 percent increase in...bottom line: ...

Clinton plan could spur rise in wellness programs. (health care reform)

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  December 20, 1993 ;     434 words ......reform plan could spur them to offer wellness programs as a way to lure desirable workers, a...employees by attempting to offer better wellness programs than their competitors, he said. Further...I don't think companies have put in wellness programs based on rational analyses, he ...

Towns see relief from soaring health costs ; Wellness programs,...

The Boston Globe;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......relatively modest increases of 5 percent or less. And other towns, while...increases drifting downward by a percentage point or two. All of which is...increase is expected to be 5 percent. He noted that health cost increases were 15 percent in 2007 and 8 percent in 2008, so "it is going ...

EMPLOYER INITIATIVES HELP EMPLOYEES KEEP NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS; WORKSITE...

PR Newswire;  January 3, 1996 ;     639 words ......respondents who credited wellness programs with specific...productivity and 47.5 percent saw a decline...Management Advisor. Wellness programs also are being...approximately 22 percent of our survey...by more than 30 percent. And implementing worksite wellness ...

With wellness programs, it's all about the bottom line

Columbia Daily Tribune;  October 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the power of workplace wellness programs. Mason's boss, Ken Sigman...members found that 71 percent of the member companies...That was up from 62 percent of their memberships...Hewitt Associates, 88 percent of companies it surveyed...five years, up from 63 percent last year." Fit ...

30 percent of employers offer wellness programs; more planned.

Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, TN);  April 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ......advantages of employee wellness programs, according to...the survey, 30 percent of U.S. employers...and another 30 percent plan to offer...management. Only 23 percent of survey respondents with wellness programs are actually measuring...vendors offering wellness ...

Consultants: When it comes to wellness programs, just do it

The Business Journal - Central New York;  August 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......administrators. Wellness programs - which can include...employees. More than 81 percent of U.S. businesses...reticent to establish wellness programs, because the return...achieve single-digit-percentage-point declines...after pursuing wellness programs for two to ...

Firms form wellness programs.

Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA);  April 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Organization, work-based wellness programs can increase productivity by up to 52 percent. Additionally...wide-sweeping health and wellness programs into their business...Management, last year 43 percent of large companies...developed their own wellness program and ...