Corporate Wellness Plan

To improve the health and well-being of PMS employee’s lives through health education and activities that will support positive lifestyle change thereby resulting in improved employee

productivity and morale and healthcare cost savings for  Progressive Management Systems.

Where are we now?

• 3.54 hours of sick time is used per employee

• PMS does not have a program for Wellness

• America is faced with significant health challenges

Where do we want to be?

• Create a culture of wellness at work.

• Find out about the health issues that concern our workers.

• Plan a wellness fair.• Decrease short-term sick leave.• Increase Productivity.• Keep employees engaged for

the long-term.

DID YOU KNOW?

20%was the reduction in

health care cost shown in worksites with wellness exercise programs, short-term sick leave was decreased (38% to 32%) and productivity increased (50% to 52%) (Anthem).

How do we get there?O Build a wellness team.O Conduct an interest

survey.O Hold a wellness fair.O Offer incentives that will

increase participation.O Plan a wellness

campaign.O Provide healthy options

in the vending machine.

Wellness TeamO Consists of Managers

and EmployeesO Meets bi-weeklyO Manages current

campaign and decides on next campaign

O Every month has a different focus for educational material

O VendorsO 24 hour fitnessO Health Screenings

O Employee SurveyO Sign-up sheets

O Lunch Walking GroupsO Pedometer Challenge

O Raffle/GiveawaysO 3 Gym membershipsO Contigo water bottleO Work-out gear

Wellness Focuses by Year.

• Year One: Education• Year Two: Engagement• Year Three:

Empowerment

Year 1 (Education)O Introduce wellness program

and utilize free tools and resources to educate employees on healthy behaviors.

O Build awareness of tools available to identify health risk and programs to help members improve or maintain their health.

O Educate employees on how to be better health care consumers.

O Introduce the Health Assessment, Wellness Calendar, Time Well Spent and anthem.com/ca.

O Update PMS website to note Wellness Program.

Year 2 (Engagement)O Increase engagement

in health and wellness programs to improve member health.

O Make health part of the work culture

O Identify health champions to promote activities and health education.

Year 3 (Empowerment)O Reward employees for

improving or maintaining their health.

O Develop robust communications strategies based on organizational needs.

O Maintain, improve, manage and reinforce employee health – it’s part of everyday work culture.

O Introduce Condition Kits and Healthy Lifestyles.

Wellness Program Budget

O $2,000 initial costO $500 for healthy

snacksO $300 for

pedometersO $1,200 in prizes

O $150 monthly costO Periodic

giveaways

Communication PlanO Create Wellness Team

(involve employees from the start).

O Executives be involved.O Use e-mail, Self-service

Portal, and flyers.O Make the program fun.O Provide incentives.O Make activities easy to

sign up and participate in.

Implementation Timeline

O Now until June 15th sign-up for Wellness Committee

O July 1st KickoffO July 6th Pedometer

ChallengeO July 14th Start

CampaignsO August 1st Couch

Potato to 5k Challenge

Couch Potato to 5k in 30 days

Wellness Program Evaluation

• Review each program goal and determine whether goal has been achieved.

• Conduct surveys periodically to determine program participation and if it’s working.

• Did amount of sick time requests decrease?