Maximizing the Value of Wellness Programs

Presented by Cathy Rasmusson, MHA

This program has been submited for 1.00 General recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through HRCertification Institute.

Do you have an employee wellness program that you'd like to save from the budget chopping block? Or would you like to start one but are challenged to find the dollars to do so?

If so, you won't want to miss this presentsation with wellness expert Cathy Rasmusson. Cathy will address:

• Research-based keys to designing successful wellness programs
• Options for wellness program components for your organization
• How to make a compelling business case to senior management to start – or save – a wellness program
• Low-cost and no-cost resources available to you
• The best approaches to measuring results that demonstrate value

By the end of this presentation you will learn:

• Elements of a successful employee wellness program
• How to make a successful business case to management
• Ways to measure wellness program outcomes

About Our Speaker:

Cathy Rasmusson, MHA, has more than 15 years of experience in the field of health promotion and employee wellness. She is currently a Principal Consultant with Healthy Business Designs, LLC. Her experience encompasses full-spectrum employee wellness program design serving small-to-large organizations, to include needs assessment, strategic planning, design of lifestyle and disease management programs, development of health curricula and training on a variety of wellness topics. In addition, she presented at the National Wellness Institute and Institute for Human Resources. Cathy’s professional experience includes the roles of National Healthy Worksite Program Director, Wellness Program Manager at Blue Shield of California, Health Promotion Specialist at the University of California - San Francisco, Assistant Director of the California Diabetes Control Program, and Corporate Wellness Coordinator for the American Heart Association.

Cathy’s consulting clients have spanned the public and private sectors, including organizations such as Cal-PERS, Blue Shield of California, Viridian Health Management, the City of West Sacramento, Health Net, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, and Western Health Advantage.

Cathy serves on the California Task Force for Youth and Worksite Wellness and is Past President of the California Wellness Information Network.  She earned her Master’s in Health Administration at Chapman University and Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences at California State University Chico.