Good health is our business
Today, rising health care costs, more expensive drugs and an aging workforce create
many challenges for plan sponsors in providing benefits to their employees. These
cost trends are not likely to change anytime soon. Traditional cost-containment
strategies alone will not eliminate escalating costs.
For sustainability, a benefit plan requires features and controls that provide the
most value for your money. Wellness is an excellent component of ensuring your program's
sustainability. Formalized programs encourage employees to take the steps necessary
for improving their wellness and rely less on drugs and treatments.
At Pacific Blue Cross, we believe that helping people live healthier lives is a
common sense, approach toward achieving manageable health care costs. Changing lifestyle
behaviours could prevent the five most common diseases and chronic illnesses. It
makes sense to help prevent illnesses from occurring in the first place.
A strategic approach to workplace health
Workplace health and wellness demands more than an off-the-shelf approach. Every
organization is unique. We take a holistic approach to wellness. We establish a
partnership with you to understand your organization's needs, goals and budget,
and then work with you to customize your workplace health strategy that makes sense
for your business.
We look for ways to integrate your wellness strategy with your benefit program and
ensure clear goals and strategies are established that naturally fit into your organization.
Then we work with you to establish programs that engage your workforce in achieving
change toward healthier living.
This is the approach we have taken with our own workplace health program and we've
been quite successful. We've been awarded the Worklife BC Award of Merit for promoting
work/life balance and the Who's Who Award in Workplace Wellness from Benefits Canada.
We are a healthy workplace. We have experienced the benefits of a healthy workforce
first hand. Pacific Blue Cross can help you achieve a healthy and productive workplace
too.