Workplace Healthcare Costs

Rising Healthcare Costs: A Guide for Employers

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Episode Summary

Healthcare costs are spiraling upward at alarming rates, rising between 5-18% annually regardless of employer interventions. This financial pressure is forcing companies to rethink their approach to employee health benefits while navigating an increasingly complex landscape of workforce challenges.

Joining hosts Bob Gold and Shelley Schoenfeld is Dave Drap, workplace wellness expert who reveals the primary drivers behind these escalating costs. Dave and Bob discuss how the traditional fragmented approach to employee benefits is failing both employers and workers. While companies typically offer an array of solutions – from EAPs to wellness programs to condition-specific interventions – employees often remain unaware of these resources until a crisis hits. This knowledge gap leads to poor utilization, inappropriate care choices, and missed opportunities for early intervention.

This episode unpacks these workplace wellness trends and provides actionable strategies for navigating the complex healthcare landscape.

Listen and Learn:

  • The significant impact of wellness programs when employees ACTUALLY engage with them
  • How uncertainty is driving workplace fear and impacting focus and performance, amplified by remote work and AI-driven job concerns
  • Why brain health is as important as physical health
  • Why having a wellness program isn’t enough; employees need a “quarterback” to guide them to the right resources at the right time

Guest

  • Dave Drap, Workplace Wellness Expert

Hosts

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