Productivity Assessment
An online tool, the Health Value Accelerator, is an easy-to-use online tool that allows an employer to create an actionable report founded on value-based benefit design to maximize their health care investments.
This Quick Study by IBI examines the impact of chronic conditions and co-morbidity on lost work time. The study found that for the 90% of employees in the study sample with at least one of 27 chronic conditions, just one-third currently receive treatment, which increases the indirect costs associated with the condition. (Source: IBI, Feb. 2010)
From ThomsonReuters, a proprietary, semi-annual report used to identify cost drivers, reduce employee costs, manage vendors, and improve wellness and productivity with insights from our robust healthcare data warehouse.
Create and implement on your behalf employer based brand strategies that enhance product sales by increasing brand utilization in the employer workplace through ROI incentive based behavior change intervention initiatives.
Most big employers plan to shift a larger share of health-care costs to their workers next year, according to a survey released Thursday.
Many say they may charge more to cover spouses, tighten eligibility standards for their health plans and dispense financial rewards or penalties based on the results of certain lab tests. At some companies, overweight employees could be excluded from the most desirable plans. (Source: The Washington Post, March 12, 2010)
MEPS Statistical Brief gives great data on health insurance costs for families, individuals, employees, etc. The cost to insure a family of 4 in the US with an employer-sponsored health plan is $12,298 in 2008. (Source: AHRQ / MEPS, Statistical Brief #251, July 2009)
Models how chronic health conditions may influence absence, presenteeism and related lost-productivity based on a few simple data elements.
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Reports showcase expected workforce health conditions (treated and untreated), health status, absence, lost time from presenteeism (health-related inability to function at full capacity while at work), lost productivity and ultimate business impact from various disease states or medical/business scenarios.
Employer-sponsored HRRPs may have some benefits, but problems in plan design and in the studies assessing their efficacy complicate drawing conclusions.
By the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). The concept of Health and Productivity Management stresses the health enhancement of workers as an essential element in workplace productivity. This toolkit, which can be utilized for up to 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, provides a comprehensive collection of educational materials on HPM, including audio, video and text.
The “HPQ-Select” is an employee self-reporting tool that captures employee-reported data on health conditions, absence, presenteeism and health-related lost productivity. The tool simplifies the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) that was developed by Dr. Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medical School and the World Health Organization, and provides a more employer-focused outcome report. IBI developed the HPQ-Select in partnership with Dr. Kessler and the Midwest Business Group on Health.
IBI and IBI members show how acquiring the underlying facts and figures on health costs for employers may be easier and more worthwhile than they think. (Source: Joanne Sammer in HR Magazine, IBI, Feb. 1, 2010)
Three new productivity loss calculators: 1) company-wide, 2) Occupation specific, and 3) Claimant lost productivity calculators from IBI. (Source: IBI, October 2009)
IBI, Integrated Benefits Institute, surveyed 450 employers to detail the prevalence of health and productivity management (HPM) efforts and interventions, employers' plans over the next two years, goals for these programs, the measurements used to assess key program outcomes and their view of how well HPM initiatives are meeting their desired goals.
This calculator estimates overall absence-related lost-productivity costs for a specific occupation group in your company, such as salespersons, nurses, or engineers. In order to estimate the cost of absences, we need to determine the appropriate absence "multiplier" for the specific occupation group. An absence multiplier monetizes the productivity loss associated with an absence.
IBI discusses employers’ views on the relative success of their HPM practices in meeting their health-related goals. Generally, employers report their important HPM practices have a positive effect on HPM goals. HPM practices have the highest impact in reducing sick-day/disability absence outcomes, followed by reductions in medical/pharmacy costs. (Source:IBI Research, July 2010)
A for fee audio conference describing best practices for Translation and Linquistic Validation of PRO measures.
Learn from the pioneers how to use self-reporting tools. Nine case studies apply to a variety of employers and tools.
