Linking Employee Wellness to Workers’ Comp Costs

Danielle, one of the people I have worked with on our Employee Services team, has taken on a neat new project offering a new service to our policyholders. Danielle's background is rich in training and development but this new project is a great example of how Pinnacol allows employees to continue to expand their horizons. Her new project involves helping to roll out a Health Risk Management program to our policyholders. Ultimately the program is another way Colorado employers can help manage their workers' compensation insurance costs.

Traditionally, when employers look for ways to lower their workers’ compensation insurance costs, they focus their attention on beefing up their safety programs to prevent injuries. While safety programs are essential, what about those employees who, based on their lifestyle, seem to put themselves at greater risk of injury despite the best safety measures?

One of the biggest challenges for businesses today are costs associated with poor employee health. Pinnacol's Health Risk Management (HRM) program will measure the effect of lifestyle and health risks on workers’ compensation costs over a 3-5 year period. Participating employees will have access to a personal Health Risk Assessment (HRA), telephonic coaching, and a wide array of online tools and resources. These resources, offered by one of our vendors -Wellsource Health Solutions, will help raise awareness and empower employees to make healthy lifestyle changes.

The work Danielle is involved in has the goal of enrolling 30,000 policyholder employees into the Health Risk Management program. If you know a Pinnacol policyholder who might be interested in signing up or learning more, have them contact their agent, Danielle at 303-361-4768, or Karen at 303-361-4784.

Thanks, Danielle, with sharing information about this unique work that you are doing, and good luck with the project!