A new study conducted by Thomson Reuters in conjunction with American Specialty Health, determined that a program of telephone-based health coaching for weight management can change employees' behavior, reduce their health risk factors, and potentially produce an ROI of 1.17 to 1.00.
The study (published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine) estimated total projected savings of $311,755. Fifty-nine percent of the projected savings, or $184,582, was attributed to reduced health care expenditures and 41 percent ($127,173) was attributed to productivity.
Health coaching can be a way for employers to implement cost-effective programming to help improve the health of their employees and help reduce overall health care costs.
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