In the early days of health promotion management, program incentives were simple things: apples, time off, an occasional gift certificate or door prize. As incentives became more complex and valuable, so did the ways they were used.
But the overarching question is: Do incentives really improve participation and outcomes? And if they do, what kind of incentives gets the best results?
Almost 70 percent of wellness managers now encourage employee participation in wellness programs through incentives or rewards, up from 54.7 percent of managers who used incentives in 2003, according to results of an exclusive Workplace Wellness Management Survey on Incentives conducted by Wellness Program Management Advisor and Wellness Junction. But in order for incentives to work, they need to be designed and administered effectively. Incentives need to be significant enough to incent behavior and designed to be fair, convenient and realistic.
Join Wellness
Program Management Advisor to explore the types of
wellness incentives that work to boost participation and, most
importantly, health improvement in this special 90-minute
audio conference that took place on January 25, 2007.
Agenda:
- An exclusive review of the results of the 2006 Workplace Wellness Management Survey on Incentives not available from any other source including:
- The most popular types of incentives offered
- What the incentive programs focused on
- Participation rates as the result of incentive programs
- How wellness financial incentives provide a "win-win" for employees and employers
- Can people’s behavior really change?
- What types of incentives motivate high-risk employees
- Overview of the Healthtrax HealthASSIST program – how they achieved 80% participation with their wellness program
- Common mistakes companies make in designing an incentive program
- Bundled program components vs. a la carte
- LIVE question and answer session
Who Will Benefit From This Audio Conference?
Workplace wellness managers, wellness/health educators, health
coordinators, human resources executives, risk managers, fitness center
managers, health promotion directors, wellness coordinators, staff
educators, employee assistance professionals, hospitals, managed care
organizations, health insurers, major employers, government employers,
colleges and universities, operations managers, plant managers,
exercise specialists, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation coordinators,
employee health services managers, employee health nurse managers,
occupational health directors, health systems administrators,
disability managers, corporate fitness managers, managed care
executives, disease management professionals, nurse managers, employee
relations administrators and consultants.
©2008 Health Resources Publishing