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mployers are faced with an abundance of challenges in offering their employees affordable health care coverage. In order to overcome these challenges, many employers are choosing to offer wellness programs to help their employees get healthier in an effort to reduce absenteeism, increase retention and contain health care costs.
According to the 2013 Health Plan Survey conducted by HORAN’s national partner, United Benefit Advisors (UBA), the nation’s largest independent benefits advisory organization, 21% of Ohio employers and 31.9% of Kentucky employers offered a company-sponsored wellness program, compared to 18.7% nationally. HORAN attributes being named a Healthiest Employer of Greater Cincinnati for two years in a row to a robust wellness initiative and an engaged wellness committee, both of which HORAN’s leadership team strongly supports. Using the HORAN Health Management Way, a process and platform we use to help clients with wellness, HORAN has been able to develop our own specialized approach to wellness which has enabled us to move along our own continuum and achieve true health outcomes just as we have with our clients. There are many benefits of workplace wellness, including higher job satisfaction, increased employee engagement and improved productivity and attendance. At HORAN, we have also noticed elevated teamwork and camaraderie as a result of wellnesssponsored activities as employees spend more time together in an effort to become healthier. “I believe the employees of HORAN are the most valued assets of the company,” said Terence L. Horan, CLU, ChFC, President & CEO of HORAN. “The purpose of our wellness program is to protect those assets by providing every HORAN employee with the tools and resources needed to achieve optimal health.” The New Year is an opportune time to start a wellness journey at your organization as countless individuals make New Year’s resolutions to get fit, eat healthier and reduce stress. The tips on page 6 will help encourage your employees to work towards meeting their personal goals for 2014 and stay on track with their wellness journey through the entire year. Feel free to share these tips with your employees and encourage your wellness committee to discuss how they can help your employees stay on track in 2014.
“21.9% of North Central Region (including Ohio and Kentucky) employers offer a companysponsored wellness program, compared to 18.7% nationally.”
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