Measuring the return on wellness investments

Wellness—more than a fad?

Wellness is one of the hottest topics in benefits circles, with most employers either evaluating or implementing some form of program. Unfortunately, this buzz is leading some to pursue wellness without a clear set of objectives, resulting in unfocused programs and poor participation.

Programs a worthwhile path to improved employee health

Our research indicates that wellness initiatives are difficult to justify on purely financial grounds because they fail to demonstrate rapid or direct cost savings. Still, wellness is an admirable and worthwhile pursuit if the goal is improving employee health—and we believe that program design is critical to achieving that objective.

Most importantly, programs must inflect employee behaviors with the right mandates, incentives, and reinforcement. In addition, wellness efforts must leverage employee health data to allocate resources strategically and instill accountability for outcomes.

Achieve a return on wellness investments

Within Employee Health Compass, we are working with dozens of employers to enhance the performance of their wellness investments:

  • Our dedicated advisors share best practices, provide implementation tools, and offer advice.
  • We help members use our technology platform to support biometric data tracking and outcomes analysis.
  • We connect members with one another, so they benefit from their colleagues’ implementation experiences.
  • We feature new approaches and lessons learned in our monthly webconferences and at our annual summit in Washington, D.C.

Download PowerPointSee how we’ve helped one member link incentives to wellness outcomes


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