Engaging in Wellness Program Decreased Health Claims Costs by 10%

Humana recently completed a three-year study on the effectiveness of their employee wellness and rewards program, HumanaVitality. Here are some key findings from the report:

·         Engaged members in HumanaVitality had 6 fewer hours of unscheduled absences.

·         HumanaVitality engaged members' health claims costs decreased 6% in Year 1 and 10% by Year 3.

·         Unengaged members experienced a 17% health claims cost increase by Year 3.

·         37% more hospital visits were made by unengaged members.

·         Unengaged members had 56% more emergency room visits than engaged members.

·         The percentage of engaged members at low risk for chronic conditions increased by 24.4% over 3 years.

Source: Humana, March 29, 2016