CASE STUDY

Implemented a value-based system approach to its employee health benefits and it paid off in improved health, reduce cost and improved performance.

SFBLI leadership supported the use of the HERO Employer Health Management Scorecard as a guide to offering a more comprehensive program. Over the years, they improved from 20% to 80% comprehensive. They won a C. Everett Koop Award (honorable mention) from the Health Project in 2019 at the HERO Conference and a C. Everett for demonstrating best practices.

SFBLI offers employees and their families access to facilities, programs, and discounts while reimbursing for many health, fitness, and wellness incentives over time. Free access to the onsite clinic has changed the culture of more engaged health consumers and patients, adding to the overall savings and payment for programs and resources.

Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company was awarded the C.Everett Koop Award (honorable Mention) in 2019 for their efforts in using the HERO Scoarecard, crafting a plan of meaningful engagement opportunities such as an employer-driven health and wellbeing programs, onsite medical clinic, performance-based disease management services and program and many other approaches. These efforts have saved money, improved employee engagement, and demonstrated outcomes in absenteeism, health cost, and enhanced performance management.