Bon Secours Employee Wellness

Healthier Employees, Better Outcomes 

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Good Life Program Objectives

1. Create a culture of Wellness  and Wellbeing that empowers employees to make healthier choices at home and at work

2. Decrease healthcare costs through prevention, wellness and interventions

3. Provide programs and services to motivate employees to make life‐long behavioral changes. 

4. Collect and analyze data to develop, support and maintain program design and optimal results.

5. Decrease controllable risk factors. 

Employee Wellness Scope of Services• Personal Health Appraisals and 

Biometric Screenings

• Blood Pressure

• BMI (Height, Weight, Waist Circumference)

• Cholesterol (Total, HDL)

• Glucose

• Good Life Website

• Facility Wellness Committees and Champions

– 85 members across BSR meet monthly to plan and champion Wellness events

60% of BSR  Employees 

participate in  the Wellness Program

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Employee Wellness Scope of Services

• Wellness Classes

– Smoking Cessation

– Nutrition and Healthy Weight

– Stress Management

– Physical Activity

• Flu Shots

– 7,000 administered in 2010

Health Coaching

400 Referrals 

Pre‐Diabetic Program50 Participants

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The Good Life website is an integrated tool that 

incorporates the HRA, incentive plan, health 

resources, tracking tools, and health coaching 

capabilities in an electronic format.  

Good Life Website www.bonsecourswellness.com

• Over  85,848 Log‐Ins 

• 4,689 Active Participants

• Printable Wellness Profile Risk stratification (showing change over time)

• Lifestyle risk capturing long term prospects for a healthy, active life

• Personalized guidance and recommendation for each controllable risk factor

• Individualized health education information• Health Coaching• Graphs depicting: cholesterol, blood pressure

and weight. • Personalized nutrition assessment with score• Incentive points, if applicable• Customized articles

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•Customized to

the needs of the individual participant. Used to track glucose or blood pressure levels or timing trials for a competitive runner.

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•Targeted Messaging for individuals, a single site or facility, or the entire participant base

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•Online Calendar with separate calendars for each facility. Classes are

online and permit participants to sign up until the class reaches capacity

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•Participants track a variety of physical activities and analyze calories burned, body weight and points achieved towards the incentive program

• Pedometer logs and Challenges

• Customized and sample fitness workouts

Fitness ToolsGood Life Website www.bonsecourswellness.com

Good Life Incentive ProgramExamples of How to Earn Points:• Setting annual wellness/health goals

•Participating in a coaching session

•Completing wellness classes/quarterly              

challenges 

•Participating in fitness activities

•Completing recommended immunizations

•Completing preventive screens 

•Completing a smoking cessation class

•Volunteering in the community

•Joining a weight management program

Employees can earn up to $100 or 4 hours PTO every 4 months for a maximum of $300 or 12 hours PTO annually.

806 Employees Participated in the Incentive Program in 2010.

Wellness Program Outcomes

Data shows a 12.10%  decrease in Medical Claims of  350 PHA Participants vs. 14.80% increase in medical claims of non PHA Participants. Total cost avoidance equals $1.5M.

Mercer Data Analysis: 2011

Benefits pd PEPY2008 2009 % change 2008 2009 % change

Inpatient $1,606 $720 ‐55.20% $1,382 $1,354 ‐2%Outpatient $4,077 $4,031 ‐1.10% $3,525 $4,213 19.50%Pharmacy $658 $823 25.10% $763 $944 23.70%Total $6,341 $5,574 ‐12.10% $5,670 $6,511 14.80%

HRA Participants Non HRA Participants

Wellness Program Outcomes

Between 2005 and 2009 

participants in the Bon Secours 

Richmond Wellness Program 

showed a 43% reduction  in 

“Controllable Risk Factors” for a 

net reduction in medical claims 

of $1.9M.

743 Health RiskReduced

“There is an average of $1,038 savings in medical claims per year for each health risk factor eliminated ”Journal of Health Promotion: 2009

Controllable Risk FactorsLow HDL CholesterolLow Life SatisfactionLow Job SatisfactionHigh Stress LevelHigh CholesterolSedentary LifestyleBody WeightTobacco Use

Wellness Program Outcomes 2008 ‐ 2010 

• BMI decreased from 28.8% to 

28.2% 

• Sedentary lifestyle decreased 

from 41.9% to 38.4 %

• Weight Management 

Programs: 4,530 pounds lost. 

• 120 employees quit smoking: 

$423,000 savings. 

Well Workplace Awards

– 2010 American Heart Association Platinum Award

– 2007 American Heart Association  Platinum Award and the Virginia Business Coalition on Health’s recognition as one of the Healthiest Companies in Virginia.

– 2004 Workforce One presented Bon Secours Wellness with the prestigious Innovation Award

– 2003 and 2007 Bon Secours Richmond received the prestigious GoldWell Workplace Award from the Wellness Councils of America