How do employee health fairs control health care costs?
Healthy employees equal a healthy business. Better health reduces absenteeism and time off and increases productivity and morale. When an employee benefits agency coordinates a workplace health fair, the pros are enormous and the cons are minimal for a business. The company only has to provide the space, and the employees just need to show up for about 20 minutes. If the screenings during those 20 minutes reveal elevated blood sugar levels that indicate intervention is necessary to avoid diabetes, those minutes were well spent. The benefits of health fairs are immeasurable. How do you measure the impact of a heart attack or diabetes that never occurs? The benefits to the employee are priceless, and the health savings to a company can be huge. Cardiovascular claims cost thousands of dollars. Treatment for diabetes includes medication, insulin and blood sugar monitors. Health fairs can help your company control long-term costs by reducing claims experience. One of the major contributing
