Community Based Wellness Initiative provides participating employers with education and resources designed to identify and mitigate behavioral and lifestyle risk factors by matching them with local health and wellness professionals

1. Healthy People 2010 Grant
A new Grant to assist your organization in having
a healthier, happier, more productive, and less
expensive workforce.

2. Clarify Purpose Of Today’s Discussion
It is NOT to sell you anything
We are a non-profit and operate off grant money
Thus,
Thus we are actually educating on free resources
available and the importance of the subject matter
Discuss best practices used by employers to
improve the health of their workforce
Become familiar with practical strategies to design
and implement an effective program resulting in a
proactive benefit plan design
Clarify that options do exist without any employer
investment
Motivate you to pursue a proactive benefit plan
design regardless if you elect to participate in the
Healthy People 2010 Grant

3. Speaker Background
Graduate degrees in Public Health (MHA) and Finance
(MBA)
Employment History
In the healthcare industry since 1989
First job post-graduate school was in a large insurance
company developing new health plan products
Senior Consultant with Deloitte & Touche developing self-
funded benefit plans for large public and private employers
Experience
Developed and implemented programs in over 500
employers nationally
Trained over 400 health coaches
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Personal
Married with four children (12, 11, 10, and newborn)
Now you know why I lost my hair!

4. Introduction To The Wellness Chamber
Began in 1999
Formed to assist employers in the identification
and mitigation of employees’ b h i l and
d iti ti f l ’ behavioral d
lifestyle risks which drive cost to employer
Work with employers (single and multi-location)
multi location)
of all sizes and industries nationally including:
School districts
Cities/counties
Service organizations
Manufacturers
Distribution and transportation companies
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Non-profits
And just about every other type of employer/organization!
Our programming has been implemented by
1,000
1,000+ employers

5. Information On The HP 2010 Grant
Goal of Healthy People 2010 is to get 75% of
employers to implement a comprehensive health
promotion program with 75% participation
The Grant is open to all employers willing to agree to
minimal participation requirements
The US Wellness Chamber was awarded the Healthy y
People 2010 Grant because of several reasons:
Holistic approach to wellness and health promotion
Even without the Grant, Membership in the Wellness
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Chamber is affordable and applicable to employers of
any size
Scalable model with customized implementation
meeting the needs of basic or advanced client
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requirements
High-touch model featuring an assigned Corporate
Health Coach and a Risk Management Consultant with
on-site programming on a year round basis

6. A Holistic View On Health & Wellness
• Physical
Functioning
Physical
Component
• Bodily Pain
• General Health
• Bio-Metrics
Three • Mental Health
Components Mental/
Emotional
• Vitality
of Wellness Component • Social Functioning
Preparedness • Financial Health
Component
• Legal Protection

7. Why Wellness Now? Risk Drives Cost!
• How much is employee risk costing you in lost
productivity, increased absenteeism, and
excess claims cost?
• If you aren’t measuring it, you can’t manage it!

8. More Discussion On Risk & Cost
Risk is an accurate predictor of cost even before
claims are made
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F example, employees with th
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predicted to incur the referenced medical/drug
“excess costs”:
High blood pressure, ~$1,200 of “excess costs”
Sedentary lifestyle, ~$500
Overweight, ~$600
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Stress, ~$300
The same can be calculated based upon expected
productivity loss:
Stress, 4% productivity loss
Smoking, 3%
Sedentary lifestyle, 2%

9. Six Components Of An Effective Behavioral &
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•one on one
•state of the art, consultation for
proprietary tool all HRA
•health fair participants to
environment •employee and discuss next
Wellness Health Risk Health Risk
spouse included steps
Launch •health screenings Assessment Review
conducted on-site
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minutes to face w/ local
complete Health Coach, if
available
•discounts on
•consistent wellness
•one on one
promotion of products and
coaching f hi h
hi for high Monthly timely health Access To services, i.e.,
risk individuals Presentations,
Intervention topics throughout Additional cholesterol and
($) Flyers &
Newsletters the year Resources glucose testing
•legal/financial
•includes on-site ($)
resources ($)
education

10. Monthly Wellness Workshops

11. Intervention As A Voluntary Benefit
Rather than push the cost to employers, employees
have the option to participate in additional services to
improve their wellness/reduce their risk on a payroll
deducted basis.
Four typical optional components include:
Intervention for physical/mental risks
Face to face health coaching
Creation of a Health Improvement Plan using SMART
goals
Monthly meetings to support and hold accountable
Intervention for legal/financial risks
Assistance with legal and financial stressors
Small group classes, i.e., weight management
Expanded Bio-Metrics i.e., Cholesterol, Glucose, etc.
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12. Logistics Of Implementation
Employers join the US Wellness Chamber under the Grant
An experienced Risk Management Consultant will have a
complimentary consultation with you to identify goals
goals,
incentives, timeline, etc.
Wellness Launch will be held at your location
45 minute session to kick-off program, complete HRAs, etc.
Includes enrollment of voluntary, payroll deduction options
Multiple sessions can be held to accommodate different shifts/locations
without charge
You’ll receive your aggregate report identifying employee
populations’ risks to plan intervention
12 week small group classes h ld on-site
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Monthly Wellness Workshops held on-site
30 minutes per Workshop
Multiple sessions can be held to accommodate different shifts/locations
without charge

13. FAQs
What if my employees aren’t interested?
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Successful programs average 97% employee participation
when employers follow best practices.
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Wh t i th k t get employees engaged i th i
l d in their
health improvement?
During the risk identification phase, each employee’s
readiness for change must be identified for each
presenting risk factor.
Doesn’t my health insurance already do all of
this?
Typically not the following:
– Paper-based Health Risk Assessments for all employees and
spouses regardless if they are on plan or not
– On-site collection of bio-metrics without charge
– Face-to-face consultations for all employees post-HRA
– On going on site education sessions
On-going on-site
– Wellness-based intervention rather than medically-based

14. FAQs (continued)
How can there be no cost to the employer?
Through grants, we are able to offer your first year’s
membership at no cost with no obligation thereafter if
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you follow our best practices.
If you elect to not follow best practices, the $495
Chamber Membership Fee applies.
What’s the cost to employees?
None, unless they elect to participate in an optional,
fee-based component—PPW, PPL, or small group
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classes.
Is there a minimum employee participation for
the optional fee-based payroll deduction
optional, fee based,
programs?
No. However, we average over 50% employee
participation in the optional fee-based programs
optional, fee based programs.

15. Quiz
What is the first step to reduce health insurance claims/cost
and to improve employees’ health?
Why does face-to-face involvement of a local health coach
make a difference in employee engagement?
Why is it important to incorporate clinically obtained bio-
metrics into the data collection?
Why is on going education an important part of a successful
on-going
program?
How much is your employees’ risk costing you in predictable
“excess costs”?
excess
How much do employers have to pay to participate in the
Healthy People 2010 Grant?
Why would an employer not want to pursue a proactive
approach to risk identification and mitigation if no cost were
involved?

16. More Information
information@healthypeople2010grant.org
United States Wellness Chamber of Commerce
Toll Free: 800 429 4556
800-429-4556
www.uswellnesschamber.org