The prevalence of chronic conditions, unhealthy lifestyle choices, and mental health challenges are key factors affecting employee health and well-being, which can ultimately impact the bottom line of a business. That’s why it’s important for employers to support their employees’ health and well-being — your employees are your greatest asset!
In recognition of Professional Wellness Month, we are highlighting how employers can help their employees achieve a healthy lifestyle by focusing on whole-person health and wellness programs.
Whole-person health matters
For many years, health plans focused only on a person’s physical health, addressing diseases and injuries when they happened. And while physical health is a major piece of the puzzle, we now know that a person’s health is more complex and involves their whole person — including their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health.
What’s more is that these areas are interconnected, meaning if one area suffers it can impact the other areas. In fact, stress can often contribute to many chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. The key to preventing many common diseases and restoring health is addressing lifestyle behaviors such as diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management.
Now, it’s more important than ever for employers to take an active role in their employees’ whole-person health and well-being. AmeriHealth Administrators offers employees integrated resources that focus on whole-person health including:
- Behavioral health care: Our solutions offer both in-person and virtual support so employees can quickly connect with care that meets their specific needs.
- Preventive care: Our solutions cover wellness visits, screenings, and vaccinations to help identify or prevent any conditions or diseases before they become harder to treat.
- Personalized support: Health plans shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all. We offer highly personalized resources and condition-specific support tailored to each employee. Rewarding employees for healthy habits can increase member engagement and encourage healthier lifestyles.
Workplace wellness
Offering a workplace wellness program can empower employees to make healthier lifestyle choices. We work with employers to help them customize their program with activities and resources that support whole-person health.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, workplace wellness programs can lead to 25 percent savings each on absenteeism, health care costs, and workers’ compensation and disability management claims costs.
Services and solutions to support employee health
AmeriHealth Administrators is one of the largest national third-party administrators providing innovative, value-based solutions to administer and enhance health benefits programs and outsourcing services for self-funded health plans and other organizations. From locally-focused health insurance plan administration to national-scale programs, we’re known for innovative solutions, deep expertise, and personalized collaborative care.
For more information, visit amerihealthtpa.com or contact your account representative.