Why smaller companies embrace disease management
August 10, 2009 by Bill MeltzerPosted in: Health care, Pay and benefits
A recent survey finds nearly 42% of employers with 200 or fewer employees have some sort of disease management and/or smoking cessation program. That’s a huge increase from four years ago, when just 28% of smaller employers offered such programs.
There’s more to come, too. Fifteen percent of respondents that didn’t currently have a disease management component to their health plan hope to add one by 2011. Surprisingly, many firms consider the still-struggling economy to be an incentive to offer disease management. Reason: greater control over long-term health costs.
According to the survey, the highest-demand disease management programs are for diabetes, asthma and heart disease.
Source: Small Employer 2009 Benefits Survey, PDR Consulting Group.
Tags: disease management, wellness
August 12th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Managers started to understand more and more that employees are the most important resource within the company. And healthy employees increase business productivity. This is exactly what studies have predicted a few years ago…and…here we are
August 13th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Think about it –
If the focus is on Health, wellness, good food and fitness – employees are likely to move in those directions – on a conscious or unconscious level. So YES – promote health and wellness !!!
If the focus is on medical care, doctors, pharmacy and covered medical procedures – employees are likely to spend more of their medical plan dollars.
What we make part of our daily lives is what we become. (Ancient wisdom)
Advertizers know this. Drug Companies know this. Medical facilities know this.
But the average consumer doesn’t believe that advertising or movies affect their thinking & choices.