IBI discusses employers’ views on the relative success of their HPM practices in meeting their health-related goals. With Harris Interactive (authors of the Harris Poll), IBI polled 450 employers in summer 2009. This report is a follow-up to an IBI report published earlier in 2010 on employers’ health and productivity management (HPM) programs.
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. Several HPM practices qualify as a best practice by impacting several health outcomes—sick-day/disability absences, medical/pharmacy costs and health-related lost productivity. Nurse case management positively impacts all three HPM outcomes while five other practices, including weight management, span two HPM outcomes.
