The free resource guide, Colorado Worksites: Resources and Tools for Implementing Wellness, outlines strategies and resources to take worksite wellness programs to the next level.

To view the guide, click here.

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Did you know that 50% - 70% of all diseases are associated with modifiable health risks and are therefore preventable?

So helping people stay healthy and avoid illness makes good business sense. Offering onsite wellness programs is one of the most convenient, effective ways a company can help employees understand their health risks and make better choices about their lifestyles. That's the key to lasting behavior change and better health - and the best way to achieve long-term sustainable savings.

It's important to know where you are starting to know where it is you want to go! Even if you have already started a wellness program, but your employees have not had a biometric screening, it is not too late! And the great thing about doing this company-wide screening is that we can track your results from year-to-year, analyzing the effects of your wellness program efforts each year! It's a great tool to use to track success in your wellness program!

Cigna offers its onsite health and wellness resources to all new and renewing Cigna clients with 250 or fewer employees as part of your company's health and wellness program. To view a data sheet on Cigna's biometric screenings, click here.

So, what if your company is not insured through Cigna? There are plenty of other options and third-party vendors we can work with. Please contact Jamie in our office if you want to explore your options!

Over 50% of corporate profits are consumed by health care costs. Yet, up to 70% of the burden of illness and the associated costs are preventable!

CanDo supports worksite wellness in the Fort Collins and Loveland communities through the Fort Collins Well City Initiative and the Loveland Well Workplace Initiative.

Their "worksites" tab on their website provides helpful links with plentiful information including a Well Workplace Model for both large and small businesses, worksite wellness resources, Well Workplace networking sessions and much more.

Click here to view their site.

How can you know whether your wellness program is in compliance with ERISA, HIPAA and GINA? 

Check your Wellness Compliance for free.

"The cost of U.S. health care services is expected to rise 7.5% in 2013, ...but premiums for large employer-sponsored health plans could increase by only 5.5% as a result of company wellness programs..." 

A 2% savings is a big deal. Click here to read the entire article.

We asked Kris Seidel, Administrative Manager at the University of Northern Colorado Foundation, to share her story on what inspired her to start up a workplace wellness program in her office. Read how her own personal health journey led into a great program for the UNC Foundation and its employees! 

I was inspired to pursue a wellness challenge in my office as I was really working hard to make better healthy decisions in my own life. I had recently turned 40 and was not where I wanted to be physically. I was overweight, out of shape, and lethargic! I needed extra "boosts" of caffeine at 3:00 to make it through my day and didn't feel like doing anything when I got home. My energy  level was nonexistent, my clothes didn't fit and my body hurt from doing the simplest of tasks so I decided to take steps to remedy my problems by just starting to make better decisions on a daily basis. I began to track my caloric intake, then reduce my calories, and then finally increase my physical activity to see if I could put myself on a better path. My entire goal was to feel better at 41 then I did at 40! And, it was working! By the time I reached my 41st birthday, I had dropped quite a few pounds and I was feeling more active, engaged and energetic and I had started to get comments from my friends and co-workers about how I was "looking great" and questions about what I was doing to lose the weight. That is about the time that I received the email from Shirazi Benefits talking about their wellness program and how our organization could enlist the services of someone to help us implement a wellness program in our office. It talked about the benefits of such a program and I thought it sounded like a fabulous idea and a fantastic benefit for our employees. It took me a while to make the time to meet with our wellness coordinator but, once I did, I was really excited about implementing in our office.

After my initial contact with Shirazi, Jamie came out to meet with me and we reviewed what was unique about our office and discussed strategies on how to implement a wellness program that would benefit our organization. Once we came up with the basics of the plan, I met with team-leaders in our group to see if there was enough interest to implement and I was pleasantly surprised about how excited people got about the challenge! Even before the first challenge began, there was a healthy buzz of competition throughout the office. There were even jokes around the office about how far away each of us would park so that we could "beat" the other person in steps each day!  It was great! The other thing I noticed was a diminishing number of sweet treats being dropped off in the break room. We seem to have a culture if office environments of sweet treats and snacks in break areas for everyone to share, which I think is great and very generous, but not necessarily in the best interests of your employees and especially not great when you know that people, in general, could benefit from healthier habits AND you personally are trying to reduce your bad decisions and decrease your caloric intake each day. The little temptations encountered throughout your day make better decisions a bit more difficult. The counter to that is that when everyone is talking about eating their 3 vegetables and 2 fruits each day and how to get all 68 ounces of water in, it makes healthier habits more fun, better decisions easier, and staying focused on your results much less difficult.

As we have just wrapped up our first 8 week challenge, I would say our overall results are fantastic. We had 21 of 28 people sign up for the program and, going into it, I felt that if we helped one person become more healthy, then we would be winning. What ended up happening was that we all became more educated and enlightened AND we helped multiple people become more healthy. An example of this is that our group average BMI (for those that reported) dropped from the overweight range of over 25% down to the healthy weight range of below 25% and we had several true successes with health improvements and weight loss. Personally, the wellness program helped me to continue to stay on track and I have continued my own weight loss and steps towards improved health and look forward to feeling better at 42 than I did at 41!

Kris Seidel
UNC Foundation 

Daily Endorphin group fitness and wellness challenges are an easy, FUN way for individuals, businesses, employees, and communities to get excited about physical activities, nutrition, weight loss and just general wellness.  With group fitness challenges from Daily Endorphin, you can easily get involved in activities with your friends and family, co-workers, or clients, regardless if you love or hate the gym!

Whether it's a team-based exercise competition based on time exercised, a weight maintenance challenge over the holidays, a 5,000 steps per day goal to kick off the summer season, a fundraiser with pledges tied to miles walked, or any of the other fully customizable Daily Endorphin challenges, their simple & fun online program works because group fitness challenges are designed tap into the power of motivation through peer support. You'll be able to engage in some light banter with your friends and coworkers as you encourage and motivate each other to establish long term healthy habits through friendly team-based or individual competition.

To get started using the DE site, please contact Jamie Dennis in our office. To view a quick demo of how the site works, you may click here.

Banner Occupational Health Worksite Wellness can provide services in the approach that best fits an employer's needs and is most convenient for employees. All services can be provided on-site at any employer location or at either our Loveland or Greeley clinic locations. Worksite Wellness can customize services to meet the needs of the employer's identified company risks or areas of interest. As an added convenience of choosing Worksite Wellness, if an employee misses the service at an employer location, they can always make up a service by coming to Worksite Wellness offices or a Banner Occupational Health Services clinic location or in some circumstances an additional make up time can be scheduled on-site at the employer. Worksite Wellness provides bilingual interpretation as well as interpretation via phone in over 50 languages.

Our most popular offering is the Health Fair Panel, Health Risk Assessment (offered in Spanish) & Blood Pressure screening package.  Additional blood screening services include: a menu of blood draw tests (provided upon request) as well as a variety of fingerstick test options (ex. glucose & cholesterol). 1:1 follow up appointments can be scheduled after an employer blood draw to set individual employee goals.  Other screenings that can be provided on-site include: biometrics including body composition, bone density, skin cancer, hearing & vision, blood pressure, and pulmonary function screenings & fitness assessments. We provide immunizations (flu, pneumonia, tetanus, Tdap & Hep B), titers, TB testing, drug screens, mask fit testing & required education on: blood borne pathogens & supervisor drug and alcohol awareness classes (currently required by DOT regulations).  Yoga classes can be offered during the work day taught by certified yoga instructors.  Lunch n' Learns (you bring the lunch) are presented on a wide range of topics including but not limited to Men's & Women's Health screenings, nutrition, time management, ways to get your family moving, reflexology & stress management. Worksite Wellness teaches CPR/AED & First Aid classes with certification through the American Heart Association which is good for two years.

To meet the individualized needs of some employers we will also provide professional staff including nurses or wellness specialists by the hour to draw blood, or give immunizations provided for and paid for by their insurance carriers. We would be happy to hear from you!  Please call Worksite Wellness for programming ideas or pricing information: Susan Arbini at (970) 203-6553 or Roxane Conant at (970) 395-2680.