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- Illinois Small Businesses Should Shop For 2015 Health Coverage
Small business owners: are you considering all available options to find a health insurance plan that works best for your business and employees? One resource for Illinois small business owners is the Small Business Health Insurance Options Program, or...
- Small Businesses In Illinois Lack Knowledge Of What The Aca Has To Offer Them
With Illinois granted early access to the Small Business Health Options Program exchange, or SHOP, small businesses in the state already have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with a new online resource for purchasing health insurance for their...
- Illinois Entrepreneurs And Small Business Need Shop Employee Choice
Illinois is one of 18 states recently granted a delay by the Department of Health and Human Services for the employee choice feature of the small business health options program marketplace, or SHOP. But what exactly is employee choice, and why is this...
- A Helping Hand For Small Businesses: Health Insurance Tax Credits
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a tax credit to help small businesses provide health insurance for their employees. According to a new study released today from Families USA and the Small Business Majority, 3.2 million small businesses, employing...
- What Does Health Care Reform Mean For Small Businesses?
Your Bottom Line: What Healthcare Reform Means for Illinois Small Businesses March 23, 2012 11:00 AM CDT This webinar will focus on what the new federal healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, means for Illinois small businesses. It will include both...
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Study: Small business owners see bottom-line benefit from employee health and wellness programs
A study of small businesses has found that three out of four offering health and wellness programs to their employees believe the initiatives are good for their bottom line. The study, conducted by the National Small Business Association and Humana Inc., asked more than 1,000 small-business owners about their employees' health and wellness needs and what barriers they face in supplying them. An overwhelming 93 percent said they considered their employees? physical and mental health to be important to their financial results.
However, only one-third expressed confidence in their ability to help employees manage their well-being with initiatives aimed at encouraging them to make healthier choices such as getting preventative care, eating right and exercising.
Another key finding was that more than half of the small-business owners reported that they did not have sufficient information to introduce health and wellness programs to their employees. On the other hand, startups -- those companies less than 10 years old -- found ways to do so, with 63 percent having already adopted health and wellness programs.
?Wellness solutions likely will be an increasingly important part of the employee value proposition,? said Jerry Ganoni, President of Humana?s Small Business Division. ?It will be crucial for the industry to focus on providing small-business owners with the information they need to make the wellness decisions necessary to recruit and retain employees while making an a meaningful impact on their bottom lines.? (Read more, from The Lane Report)
However, only one-third expressed confidence in their ability to help employees manage their well-being with initiatives aimed at encouraging them to make healthier choices such as getting preventative care, eating right and exercising.
Another key finding was that more than half of the small-business owners reported that they did not have sufficient information to introduce health and wellness programs to their employees. On the other hand, startups -- those companies less than 10 years old -- found ways to do so, with 63 percent having already adopted health and wellness programs.
?Wellness solutions likely will be an increasingly important part of the employee value proposition,? said Jerry Ganoni, President of Humana?s Small Business Division. ?It will be crucial for the industry to focus on providing small-business owners with the information they need to make the wellness decisions necessary to recruit and retain employees while making an a meaningful impact on their bottom lines.? (Read more, from The Lane Report)
- Illinois Small Businesses Should Shop For 2015 Health Coverage
Small business owners: are you considering all available options to find a health insurance plan that works best for your business and employees? One resource for Illinois small business owners is the Small Business Health Insurance Options Program, or...
- Small Businesses In Illinois Lack Knowledge Of What The Aca Has To Offer Them
With Illinois granted early access to the Small Business Health Options Program exchange, or SHOP, small businesses in the state already have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with a new online resource for purchasing health insurance for their...
- Illinois Entrepreneurs And Small Business Need Shop Employee Choice
Illinois is one of 18 states recently granted a delay by the Department of Health and Human Services for the employee choice feature of the small business health options program marketplace, or SHOP. But what exactly is employee choice, and why is this...
- A Helping Hand For Small Businesses: Health Insurance Tax Credits
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a tax credit to help small businesses provide health insurance for their employees. According to a new study released today from Families USA and the Small Business Majority, 3.2 million small businesses, employing...
- What Does Health Care Reform Mean For Small Businesses?
Your Bottom Line: What Healthcare Reform Means for Illinois Small Businesses March 23, 2012 11:00 AM CDT This webinar will focus on what the new federal healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, means for Illinois small businesses. It will include both...