MEASURING ROI
To measure the return on investment with the HealthMiles program, it’s important to understand the real cost of inactivity.
BIG PEOPLE VS. BIG COSTS
It’s reasonable to assume that obese employees cost you more than other lifestyle risk groups, including the inactive. Individually, obese employees do cost more. But when you consider that many more people are inactive than obese (inactivity represents the largest of all lifestyle risk groups) the cost of inactivity becomes much larger.
A study conducted by the state of California – the most comprehensive of its kind – analyzed the impact of employee inactivity on employers. The study found that the costs to employers of an inactive employee is $2,400 per year, while obese employees (independent of activity level) cost $3,270 per year*. When you multiply these costs by the incidence of these conditions, inactivity costs you much more:
5,000 employees x average obesity rate of 30% = 1,500 obese employees x $3,270 = $4.9M / yr.
5,000 employees x average inactivity rate of 70% = 3,500 inactive employees x $2,400 = $8.4M / yr.
See the full study here
WHAT'S YOUR ROI WITH HEALTHMILES?
So just what is your return if your investment is in HealthMiles? Based on the costs outlined in the California study, combined with our member population, participation rates and health shifts, our ROI calculator will estimate your projected return:
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*The Economic Costs of Physical Inactivity, Obesity and Overweight in California Adults: Health Care, Workers’ Compensation, and Lost Productivity” – David Chenoweth, April 2005, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA
