Five years ago, 3form, a materials manufacturer, did a top-to-bottom remodel of its Salt Lake City headquarters campus that included adding a 14,500-sf gym, which was built with the companyâs sustainable building products.
3form also instituted a policy that employees who used the gym and complied with certain health metrics would qualify for discounts on their monthly payroll contributions for healthcare coverage. In December 2018, 3form had saved so much money on healthcare costs as a result of this program that it was able to offer its employers free coverage for that month.
The savings equaled 8.3% of the workersâ gross pay in December.
Talley Goodson and Wynn Clayton, 3formâs CEO and CFO, âsaw that something was happening on the horizonâ about increasing healthcare costs when they approved the investment for the gym, says Christian Darby, the companyâs Vice President of Design and Marketing. They took a âholistic approachâ whose goal was to improve the overall health of 3formâs workforce, while controlling healthcare costs.
As of December the company employed 382 people and had a total of 909 covered under its healthcare plan. Family members can use the gym, which offers 24/7 access. The facility has eight contracted personal trainers whose jobs include evaluating the gymâs equipment each year for functionality and usage.
Beyond the gym, 3form provides its workers with an onsite doctorsâ office for medical appointments, as well as blood tests and prescription refills. Services include follow-up care and counseling in the office or via telephone.
Darby says 3form has had the same healthcare provider for the past four years and into 2019. The company raised its employeesâ payroll deduction for healthcare by only 3% in 2018âcompared to the national average of 10-12%âand is not increasing that deduction for coverage in 2019.
Darby says participating employees are required to check in with the companyâs clinic four times a year, during which 3formâs medical staff might suggest health âopportunitiesâ for employees or their family members to pursue.
To get the discounts on premiums, employees must participate in a Health Risk Assessment to see if they fall outside of established standards for cholesterol, body mass, diabetes, asthma, hypertension, health of mind, eating habits, stress level, or tobacco use. If so, they enter a program and engage in a process that can include taking prescribed medicine or meeting with medical professionals.
In Darbyâs case, the med staff found that his cholesterol was âa tad high,â he says, and established targets and a strategy to help lower it.
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