Overlooked Costs

Although most CFOs have a handle on health care costs and the impact of lifestyle choices on health risks, few measure the sneaky, hidden costs that erode corporate profits and productivity. 

The costs beyond health care

For many companies, the complementary forces of presenteeism and absenteeism are even more destructive to organizations than rising health care costs.

Employers spend an additional $226 billion a year -- an average of $1,685 per employee -- on absenteeism, low productivity and other indirect costs of individual and family health problems (Partnership for Prevention).