Wellness Programs
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Wellness Programs
Since 1956, RJ Ahmann Company has served businesses nationwide. RJA is a premier provider of wellness program solutions.
What are wellness programs?
Wellness programs refer to education and activities conducted to promote healthy lifestyles to employees and their families. Examples of wellness programming include health education classes, subsidized use of fitness facilities, internal policies that promote healthy behavior, and other activities, policies or environmental changes that affect the health of employees. Wellness programs can be simple or complex, and require a minimal investment of time and money. More substantial programs often use more resources, but the benefits of supporting and encouraging employee health and safety outweigh the costs.
Sixty-six percent of adults are either overweight or obese. Obesity and being overweight are contributing factors to more than 20 chronic diseases.
-Centers for Disease Control
Why start a company wellness program?
Wellness programs help control costs. An investment in your employees' health may lower healthcare costs or slow the increase in providing that important benefit. In fact, employees with more risk factors, including being overweight, smoking and having diabetes, cost more to insure than people with fewer risk factors.
An employee wellness program can raise awareness so employees with fewer risk factors remain in a lower-cost group. A program also can encourage employees with health risk factors to make lifestyle changes to improve their quality of life and lower costs. The payoff in dollars, as well as in quality of life, can have a big impact on your bottom line.
- Healthier employees are more productive. It is proven; workers with workplace wellness initiatives miss less work. Presenteeism, in which employees are physically present on the job but are not at their most productive or effective, is reduced in workplaces that have wellness programs.
- Healthy employees miss less work. Companies that support wellness and healthy decisions have a greater percentage of employees at work every day. Because healthy habits frequently carry over into better family choices, employees may also miss less work caring for ill family members. The cost savings of providing a wellness program can be measured against reduced overtime to cover absent employees and other aspects of absenteeism.
- Improve morale and enhance organization image. A company that cares about its employees' health is often seen as a better place to work. Those companies save money by retaining workers who appreciate the benefit of a wellness program and attract new employees in a competitive market.
A smart solution
When you choose RJ Ahmann Company, you receive more than a wellness program, you get a team of highly competent and effective specialists who analyze your business and offer a wide range of options tailored to best meet the needs of your employees, while remaining cost effective for your business.
If you need wellness program, or if you just want to learn more, RJ Ahmann can help. Our highly educated and experienced staff understands your needs and circumstances, provides you with objective evaluation and advice, and provides a committed service team to you, resulting in cost-effective, highly customized group health insurance options that are easily administered and communicated to employees.
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