Employee Wellness Julie McMillin RD,LD Director of Health & Wellness, Hy-Vee, Inc.

Employee WellnessEmployee WellnessJulie McMillin RD,LDJulie McMillin RD,LD

Director of Health & Wellness, Hy-Vee, Inc.Director of Health & Wellness, Hy-Vee, Inc.

Focusing on our Mission Statement – Making Lives easier, healthier, happier.

Lives = One Customer, One Community at at time.

2005 – 25 Dietitians covering 31 stores, 3 states2010 – 125 Dietitians covering 144 stores, 8 statesNOW – 174 Dietitians covering over 200 stores, 8 states

Services ProvidedServices Provided

Total Store Involvement

Services ProvidedServices Provided

The Nutrition Expert

Supermarket tours Individual nutrition

counseling Educational programs:

DiabetesCardiovascular disease,Celiac disease Bone healthSports Nutrition

Individual nutritional counseling

The Results:The Results:

AMAZING

1) Customer says she spent over an hour with them, walked them through the store, described what to eat to be healthy, including caloric intake.

2) Customer says her daughter has gained weight now and is thriving thanks to Katilin. 3) “I know it must be expensive to keep a dietitian on staff, but I think that’s a

reflection that Hy- Vee values their customers.”

Overtime….Overtime….

Individual Consultations grew into MNT – driven by physician referrals

Demand for services & requests grew

What IF????What IF????

Focusing on our Mission Statement – Making Lives easier, healthier, happier.

Lives = One Customer, One Community One EMPLOYEE at a time.

Could we change the lives of our own employees?

Could we lower our own healthcare cost?

Things to ask…Things to ask…

Is the employer group a self funded insurance plan…??? Is it more costly to bill insurance company directly or

pay out of pocket? What types of services will the benefit program

cover??? MNT??? Standardized education programs????

What are the costs of these services, don’t give them away!!

What is the desired outcome???

Where do we focus???Where do we focus???

2008 – 14% report using tobacco

2009 – 16% report using tobacco

2008 – 46% HTN 2009 – 43% HTN

2008 – 23% high cholesterol 2009 – 16% high cholesterol

2008 – 34% overweight or obese 2009 – 34% overweight or obese

2008 – 18% elevated Glucose 2009 - 14% elevated Glucose

Metabolic Syndrome

Started in 2008…..Started in 2008…..

Incentive structure program…. The more

they participate the more they save.

What would motivate employees????

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

to engage employees in improving their health….

Get Involved from the beginning…..

Include Track able Data…..

Stay Involved……Stay Involved……

ResultsResults 2009

7,730 employees completed all requirements 9,413 Personal Health Assessments completed

2010 10,633 employees completed all requirements 10,801 Personal Health Assessments completed 11,844 biometric screenings completed at our stores

2011 10,558 completed all requirements 12,054 PHAs completed 12,493 biometric screenings completed at stores

2012 Results? 11,256 employees completed all requirements – 80%! Over 18,000 biometric screenings were completed at

Hy-Vee stores Over 450 employees completed the Begin program

Biometric/Risk ResultsBiometric/Risk Results

ResultsResults

Statistics The following graphs represent the percentage of Begin participants who have eliminated the given risk factor for metabolic syndrome and the percentage of those who have not.

Take Away…..Take Away…..

Create measures that sell our services…..

Make it hard for them to say NO.

Stay involved.

Be flexible, make changes to meet demands…

QUESTIONS????QUESTIONS????

Thank You for your time….“Together we can make an impact.”

Julie