Erin Thompson Curlett, Senior Content & Social Media Marketing Manager

We're happy to announce that on March 13 and 20, Alere Wellbeing will be hosting the complimentary live webinar, Best Practices for Premium Differentials in Tobacco Cessation. Clients Sherwin-Williams, WellPoint, and Family Dollar will join our Vice President of Client Services, Yuki Yang, to present lessons learned and best practices for implementing a premium differential for smokers and smokeless tobacco users.

Tobacco use continues to be one of the most costly, deadly addictions in the U.S., and tobacco cessation remains the most cost-effective health benefit employers can provide. Yet at many organizations, human resource professionals find it is one thing to offer a proven tobacco cessation program, and quite another to see real results. The current trend among employers is to implement a premium differential – charging a higher premium for tobacco-using employees than non-tobacco users. This has the twofold benefit of financially motivating tobacco users to quit while helping employers reap immediate savings on healthcare: the average smoker costs his or her employer more than $7,000 per year in excess medical expenses and productivity losses.
 
As a human resources professional, you know how complicated it can be to design and implement initiatives that lead to real, cost-saving behavior change. A good first step is to study other organizations and learn from their experiences.
 
Join us on Tuesday, March 13 or Tuesday March 20 for our latest Clear Insights webinar, Best Practices for Premium Differentials in Tobacco Cessation.  You'll learn what a premium differential is, why one size does not fit all, how to plan, launch, and implement a premium differential, and best practices from companies with first-hand experience.

Visit Clear Insights to register today.