Cost-Containment

As more workers battle diabetes, cancer, heart disease, mental illness and other health conditions, employers are finding ways to help them reduce health care costs and focus on overall worker health and well-being, according to a new report.

Employee wellness programs burst onto the scene with a promise that was too good to pass up, but some employers become discouraged if they don't see an immediate, quantifiable ROI.

Large employers are expanding the reach of workplace health programs and including other aspects of wellness.

Gaining insight into the expanding role of PAs can help benefit leaders and managers know how PAs are expanding access to high-quality care, controlling costs and working collaboratively with physicians to help improve health outcomes.

Employers who complain about a shortage of suitable job candidates but have not raised wages to woo them are whining, according to a Federal Reserve official.

Spouses and domestic partners have a significant impact on whether employees participate in a workplace wellness program and on the health habits they adopt.