title: Employers look to wellness programs to help tame costs.
abstract: Employers concerned about absenteeism, worker productivity, and employee retention are being targeted by a new breed of DM program that may take longer to deliver an ROI but offers value in other ways as well. Rather than tackling chronic disease, these new programs hope to engage employees in the process of reducing risk before more severe problems set in.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D019468:Disease Management; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D016730:Program Development