Employee Wellness Julie McMillin RD,LD 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 – 25 Dietitians covering 31 stores, 3 states 2010 – 125 Dietitians covering 144 stores, 8 states NOW – 174 Dietitians covering over 200 stores, 8 states

Services Provided Total Store Involvement

Services Provided The Nutrition Expert Supermarket tours Individual nutrition counseling Educational programs: Diabetes Cardiovascular disease, Celiac disease Bone health Sports Nutrition Individual nutritional counseling

The Results: AMAZING

Overtime…. Individual Consultations grew into MNT – driven by physician referrals Demand for services & requests grew

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… 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??? 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 % elevated Glucose Metabolic Syndrome

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……

Results ,730 employees completed all requirements 9,413 Personal Health Assessments completed ,633 employees completed all requirements 10,801 Personal Health Assessments completed 11,844 biometric screenings completed at our stores ,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 Results

Results 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….. Create measures that sell our services….. Make it hard for them to say NO. Stay involved. Be flexible, make changes to meet demands…

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