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Companies are increasingly using wellness programs to help improve employee health and mitigate rising medical insurance costs, according to a survey sponsored by the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Rise In Treated Disease Rates Fuels Health Care Costs The rapidly rising cost of private health insurance is due less to higher prices for medical services than to increased treatment rates of disease, and may be linked to higher levels of obesity and improved treatment options for the overweight, according to a study published in Health Affairs. BLS Releases Statistics On Flex-Time And Shift Work The share of full-time employees in the U.S. who have the option of varying the time they begin and end work was 27.5% in May 2004, down from 28.6% in May 2001, according to a news release issued by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Employer-Provided Benefits Mostly Unchanged In 2005 Even in the face of mounting health insurance premiums, most employers are able to control benefit costs and offer generous packages to employees, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) 2005 Benefits Survey. |
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