Coaching our members to better health

CAROL HADDIX :: Anthem member, Colorado Springs, Colorado

THE SCOTTS COMPANY :: Anthem National Accounts customer, Marysville, Ohio

Carol and Jim’s experience is just one example of the larger culture of wellness at the Scotts Company.

In January 2006, Scotts named Anthem its sole national carrier and embarked upon a comprehensive companywide wellness strategy. The program is based on a simple, three-pronged approach that is called ACT, to remind users of its three points: awareness of health risk, creation of a plan to improve health, and taking action toward change with available resources.

Employees at Scotts begin by taking a Health Risk Assessment. Employees with certain high risk factors, such as tobacco use, are encouraged to work with a coach, as Carol and Jim did, to set goals and create a plan of action to improve their health.

“As a company, Scotts believes that improving the total health of our employees is the right thing to do,” said Melanie Hoffman, the company’s director of benefits. “Physical health is such an important factor in one’s quality of living and the company’s productivity.

“Health coaching is the centerpiece of our wellness strategy, because it supports employees who want to work on certain health and lifestyle issues to improve their health.”

“Participation in the programs has been very high. Employees are taking more and more responsibility for their total health, and they appreciate that the company is providing a wide array of resources and tools to help them reach their goals.”

 

TOP / BACK