Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to describe how tailoring financial incentives for
healthy behaviors to employees' goals, values, and aspirations might improve the efficacy of …

In this commentary, we argue that financial incentives are only one of many key components
that employers should consider when designing and implementing a workplace wellness …

Background. Many employers now incentivize employees to engage in wellness programs,
yet few studies have examined differences in preferences for incentivizing participation in …

Corporations across the country have invested heavily in creating wellness and prevention
programs that keep their employees healthy. Their bigger challenge has been getting …

While employer-sponsored financial incentives for healthy behaviors have demonstrated the
potential to promote short-term employee behavior change, the effectiveness of such …

Some would argue that if taking an examination to receive an incentive is not mandatory, it's
voluntary no matter the size of the monetary reward. Others have concerns with how often …

Objective: This study examined whether worksite wellness program participation or
achievement of health improvement targets differed according to four incentive types …

Introduction. While increasingly popular among mid-to large-size employers, using financial
incentives to induce health behavior change among employees has been controversial, in …

Increasingly, corporate health promotion programs are implementing wellness programs
integrating principles of behavioral economics. Employees of a large firm were provided a …

Promoting Completion of Health Risk Assessments with Lottery Incentives Emily C. Haisley,
Ph.D. Kevin G. Volpp, MD, Ph.D. Thom Page 1 Promoting Completion of Health Risk …