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Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program

As an employer, you initiate an employee wellness program to show your employees that you care enough about them to invest in their health and well being and to influence your organization’s bottom line. With initiation of the employee wellness program, you are willing to invest time, resources and money into a program that you believe will bring a return on investment.  What if a free comprehensive employee wellness program existed that you could customize or take "as is"? The Healthiest State in the Nation Campaign and Elements Health Plan are pleased to present the Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program—a free, comprehensive program. The Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program offers you an opportunity to invest a small amount of time and reap great rewards.

Why start an employee wellness program?

• Today, ten and a half percent of the average payroll costs go toward health insurance (1). Most businesses are experiencing double-digit increases in their health insurance premiums.
• Employees are spending the majority of their waking hours at your workplace. As an employer, you have a unique opportunity to affect change in their behavior at the workplace through an employee wellness program.
• Healthy employees and healthy dependents are likely to incur lower medical costs, have lower rates of absenteeism and higher rates of productivity.
• Employee wellness programs are an investment in human capitol and will increase your employee’s productivity, morale and decrease absenteeism.
• An employee wellness program will enhance your corporate image and employee retention rates.  And it will help you recruit new talent into your business.

Click here to see more reasons to start an employee wellness program.

Why use the Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program?

• The Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program will provide you with the necessary tools (including personalized health assessment tools, comprehensive online tracking tools, health resource tools, a step by step guide to building a wellness program, annual reports on utilization, aggregate data on employee health issues, and customizable marketing materials) to engage and educate your employees.
• You can integrate the Healthiest State Employee wellness program into your daily operations today, or use it to supplement an existing wellness program.
• The Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program is FREE. The Washington Health Foundation is a statewide non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that runs the Healthiest State in the Nation Campaign.  As a non-profit, WHF provides a non-biased, trusted platform for its Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program.
• You can involve employee dependents in the Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program as well!

Click here to see more reasons to use the Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program.

Employer Resource Guide: Learn how to start your employee wellness program with our Employer Resource Guide. This guide provides you with essential “How to’s”, a step by step guide, marketing materials, important resources, a look into all the tools we offer employees, and much much more.

To explore or implement the Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program, please follow the simple steps below:   

1. Find the log-in box in the upper right-hand corner of this screen. Click on “Register”.
2. Select “Participating Organization”.
3. Enter your email address and click on “Join”.
4. Complete the Participating Organization Profile, create a password and click on “Submit”.
5. Congratulations - you just took a great step forward for the health of your employees and the future of your organization! 

Need assistance joining?
Have questions about the Healthiest State Employee Wellness Program?
Please contact us at:
206-438-6110 or HealthiestState@whf.org

1) Kaiser Family Foundation (2008). Employer Health Insurance Costs and Worker Compensation.
Retrieved March 5, 2008, from Kaiser Family Foundation’s Snapshots: Health Care Costs
Website: http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm030808oth.cfm.