Illness Costs Money but Good Health is Free
Wellness Proposals, an independent wellness vendor located in North Carolina offers a ground-breaking approach to cutting the costs of health care; a basic wellness program free of charge.
While many health and wellness programs address the problem of rising health care costs in North America, they can be costly, difficult to customize and inaccessible to companies with limited financial resources.
Wellness Proposals: A Comprehensive Free Service
Finding a health promotion program that addresses the unique needs of each company is a complicated and time-consuming task. Not all companies have the manpower or the industry-specific knowledge to take on this challenge, nor can they afford to hire a professional who can provide this personalized service for them. These factors prevent many smaller businesses from accessing the same health care solutions as their larger competitors.
Wellness Proposals is dedicated to balancing this range of opportunities for wellness in America. Their service uses the information from each business, regardless of fiscal attribute, and researches the wellness industry to co-ordinate a health promotion program according to the requirements set out by each company. This resource is free to all applicants.
If the financial resources of the company are such that they cannot afford to pay for a health and wellness program, Wellness Proposals offers a basic wellness package free of charge in recognition of the need for better wellbeing in the American workforce.
Wellness Proposals: Their Free Health and Wellness Program
Based on the rationale that increasing the overall level of health and wellbeing will decrease the costs of health care in the United States, the following health promotion instruments are provided in the free wellness package:
- Spouses and dependents are included in the health promotion initiatives, the biometric testing and health risk assessment.
- Health coaching and on-line support are provided for each plan member
- Personal interviews are conducted for each individual from which customized program, exercise and nutrition plans are developed.
- E-newsletters and health seminars are supplied on a monthly basis.
- Point system incentives are used to stimulate and increase participation.
- Outbound solicitation to seek out new employees for the health and wellness plan is ongoing.
- Report delivery package includes a personal profile for each employee, an aggregate profile for the employer, a monthly participation summary, a return on investment outline and a health risk trend report.
- A Wellness Manager is designated for the operation and co-ordination of all reports between the employer, the health promotion plan and the employees.
- Help is provided for the set-up of the onsite wellness committee.
- Accessibility to any fee-based wellness intervention and/or reduced rate health promotion initiatives is available.
- Implementation of blood testing includes all cholesterol ratings, glucose level analysis, liver and kidney evaluation, cardiovascular profile, bone density appraisal and electrolyte/fluid assessment.
Wellness Proposals: A Superior Quality Free Plan
There are several key components to the program offered by Wellness Proposals that ensure a substantial savings in employee health care costs. First, it includes the spouses and dependents. Making improvements in wellbeing is a lifestyle change that requires consistent support throughout all aspects of functioning. Secondly, the program is designed using the principals of behavioral change which are absolutely necessary when addictive choices are addressed. Thirdly, an integrated approach based on validated success data is used.
The health and wellness program is designed using the health risk data collected. Individual program plans include employee input, on-line coaching is available at any time, and follow-up delivery includes the management with the employee for feedback delivery. Personalized plans are built in the workplace with group incentives structured around the direction of worksite wellness committee comprised of employees and management.
Wellness Proposals: It Just Makes Cents
According to the U.S. government guidelines, Healthy People 2010, seventy-five percent of employers should be offering a comprehensive health and wellness program in order to save their company profits from annihilation by the costs of health care.
The expected return on investment is a minimum average of four dollars or more per employee per dollar spent in addition to the increased productivity and company morale and decreased presenteeism, absenteeism and health care costs.
Writer Bio: John Bates is a leading wellness industry consultant and prolific writer about all aspects of health and wellness programs. His work can be found on numerous wellness websites including his own: Wellness Proposals, Infinite Wellness Solution's and Infinite Health Coach.
