DeVry University's partnership with Accolade drives an outstanding 3:1 ROI, stabilizes healthcare spending, and broadens benefits, proving that an advocacy-led strategy can elevate employee engagement and satisfaction.
Facing healthcare spending challenges, DeVry University's partnership with Accolade highlights a strategic and financially prudent approach. Through a benefits strategy centered on advocacy, DeVry achieved a 3:1 ROI, enhancing employee satisfaction and engagement.
This case study explores DeVry’s transformation of healthcare management into a strategic asset, maintaining stable healthcare expenses and broadening the benefits portfolio to include mental health support. It presents a compelling narrative for HR benefits leaders aiming to balance cost control with improved employee well-being, providing insights into the effective use of advocacy for lasting outcomes.
“I sit on a number of boards where we are continually looking at how to manage benefits to make budget in a highly inflationary environment. Somehow, at DeVry, we continue to come in below budget while increasing benefits.” – DeVry board member
A large part of lost productivity happens when people are at work, but not fully functioning. Yet, if an employee makes an appointment the day their pain begins, it can take 26 days to see a doctor. That may leave them suffering and listless for weeks...
View nowStudies show that people often wait 26 days or more to see a doctor. That means your employees may suffer for weeks while sick or in pain. How do such long healthcare wait times affect your organization, and what can you do about it?...
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