Skills Inc. – Wellness Program and initiatives
Skills Inc. provides a balanced and proactive wellness program for employees to improve their individual health and behavior patterns and to produce tangible improvements in their use of health care services, reduce health-related costs, and enhance their personal well being.
Below is an outline of the Skills Inc. Wellness Program.
1. Focus on preventive care:
PCP engagement - Employees are encouraged to establish a relationship with a Primary Care Physician as the first step to managing their health. The message is to prevent, detect and manage situations with the supervision of the PCP. In order to incentivize employees to do this, the company provides a credit of 2 hours of paid time as …show more content…
provides a balanced and proactive wellness program for employees to improve their individual health and behavior patterns and to produce tangible improvements in their use of health care services, reduce health-related costs, and enhance their personal well being.
Below is an outline of the Skills Inc. Wellness Program.
1. Focus on preventive care:
PCP engagement - Employees are encouraged to establish a relationship with a Primary Care Physician as the first step to managing their health. The message is to prevent, detect and manage situations with the supervision of the PCP. In order to incentivize employees to do this, the company provides a credit of 2 hours of paid time as a credit for their first visit with their PCP.
In addition, completing a physical earns employees credit for deductible expenses, deposited in their Health Reimbursement Account by Skills Inc.
Vera Whole Health - Skills Inc. has partnered with Vera Whole Health to provide employees with easy access to preventive care services. Starting a pilot program at their Ballard location, with plans to expand to other locations.
Not only does the company pay for the services accessed by employees at Vera, but also provides transportation services to the clinic for added …show more content…
employs the services of a nutritionist who assists in providing the company with guidance for company sponsored lunches. This nutritionist is also available to meet with employees one-on-one to create weight management plans for employees.
3. Continued engagement
Management 100% vested- The Skills Inc. management team not only continuously promotes the Wellness program, but also every member actively participates and believes in the vision of the program.
Year-round activities – The program supports a year round list of activities that include 5k walks, different exercise activities and “Lunch and learn” sessions.
4. Assistance for behavior change:
Smoking cessation - As part of the wellness program Skills provides assistance for Smoking Cessation by informing employees of the Quit for Life program available through Group Health and a program available through the American Lung Association. The company also reimburses employees who want to quit for any co-pays paid to obtain smoking cessation medications, patches, nicotine gum, etc.
In order to ensure longevity of a smoking-free lifestyle, Skills provides employees a bonus of $200 at the 6 month tobacco free
Skills Inc. provides a balanced and proactive wellness program for employees to improve their individual health and behavior patterns and to produce tangible improvements in their use of health care services, reduce health-related costs, and enhance their personal well being.
Below is an outline of the Skills Inc. Wellness Program.
1. Focus on preventive care:
PCP engagement - Employees are encouraged to establish a relationship with a Primary Care Physician as the first step to managing their health. The message is to prevent, detect and manage situations with the supervision of the PCP. In order to incentivize employees to do this, the company provides a credit of 2 hours of paid time as …show more content…
provides a balanced and proactive wellness program for employees to improve their individual health and behavior patterns and to produce tangible improvements in their use of health care services, reduce health-related costs, and enhance their personal well being.
Below is an outline of the Skills Inc. Wellness Program.
1. Focus on preventive care:
PCP engagement - Employees are encouraged to establish a relationship with a Primary Care Physician as the first step to managing their health. The message is to prevent, detect and manage situations with the supervision of the PCP. In order to incentivize employees to do this, the company provides a credit of 2 hours of paid time as a credit for their first visit with their PCP.
In addition, completing a physical earns employees credit for deductible expenses, deposited in their Health Reimbursement Account by Skills Inc.
Vera Whole Health - Skills Inc. has partnered with Vera Whole Health to provide employees with easy access to preventive care services. Starting a pilot program at their Ballard location, with plans to expand to other locations.
Not only does the company pay for the services accessed by employees at Vera, but also provides transportation services to the clinic for added …show more content…
employs the services of a nutritionist who assists in providing the company with guidance for company sponsored lunches. This nutritionist is also available to meet with employees one-on-one to create weight management plans for employees.
3. Continued engagement
Management 100% vested- The Skills Inc. management team not only continuously promotes the Wellness program, but also every member actively participates and believes in the vision of the program.
Year-round activities – The program supports a year round list of activities that include 5k walks, different exercise activities and “Lunch and learn” sessions.
4. Assistance for behavior change:
Smoking cessation - As part of the wellness program Skills provides assistance for Smoking Cessation by informing employees of the Quit for Life program available through Group Health and a program available through the American Lung Association. The company also reimburses employees who want to quit for any co-pays paid to obtain smoking cessation medications, patches, nicotine gum, etc.
In order to ensure longevity of a smoking-free lifestyle, Skills provides employees a bonus of $200 at the 6 month tobacco free