Survey Reports

One of the values of membership in the Business Group is the ability to learn from colleagues within other organizations who face the same challenges you do. Member surveys are a key way to gather information for benchmarking. These include:

• Quick Surveys provide an opportunity for members to poll other members on particular targeted issues. Survey results are available immediately to participants and reports are posted on the website with other topic resources.
  
  
• Plan Design Survey is an annual opportunity for members to share their anticipated plan design changes for the upcoming year. This survey is launched each spring, with the final results from the survey coming out in early August.
  
  
• In-Depth Surveys: Surveys on key health issues are designed to gather in-depth information for our members to utilize.
  
  
• Employee Surveys: The Business Group undertakes surveys of employees of large employers to understand how employees approach a variety of topics related to employees' health. Our most recent survey, conducted in the spring of 2009 surveyed approximately 1,500 employees of large employers on how the recession has impacted their overall health, their healthcare decision making and how they value their employer-sponsored health benefits.

Employee Attitudes Toward Health Information and Comparative Effectiveness Research (January 2011)
How Employees Use and Want to Use Social Media to Obtain Health Information (June 2010)
The Recession's Toll on Employee Health (May 2009)
Engaging Employees and Their Families to Achieve Optimal Health (October 2008)
Employees and Health Care Decision Making Full Report (December 2007)
Employees and Health Care Decision Making Supplemental Report (January 2008)
Employees and their Health Benefits: Perceptions, Values and Trade-offs (April 2007)

• Collaborative Surveys:
  • The National Business Group on Health/Towers Watson, Inc. Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Healthcare: To help determine how employers are using incentives, their thoughts on health care reform and the latest trends in consumer-directed health plans and health management programs, National Business Group on Health/Towers Watson conduct an annual employer survey. Recent reports include:
    
    
    • Shaping Health Care Strategy in a Post-Reform Environment: 2011 Survey Report: This year's report looked at the impact of health care reform on employer's efforts to control health care costs, while still providing health benefits to their employees.
      
      
    • Raising the Bar on Health Care: Moving Beyond Incremental Change: The 2010 survey report focuses on what companies are doing to control costs and build a healthier and more productive workforce as they continue to struggle during the economic downturn.
      
      
    • The Keys to Continued Success: Lessons Learned From Consistent Performers: 2009 Survey Report: This year's report includes an analysis of what consistent performing companies have done to keep health care cost increases at or below median trend for the last four years, as well as a review of what changes employers are planning for 2010.
      
      
  • 2011/2012 Staying@Work™ Survey: Conducted by Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health, this year's survey found that companies with effective health and productivity programs are more likely to have lower health care costs, lower levels of presenteeism, fewer lost days due to disabilities, lower levels of turnover and overall better financial outcomes.
    
    
  • The National Business Group on Health/Fidelity Investments' Survey: Employer Investments in Improving Health: This annual survey of large employers provides details on the types of programs employers are offering to improve employee health, the challenges they have faced and estimates on what employers are spending on health improvement.
    
    
    • Results from the Second Annual National Business Group on Health/Fidelity Investments Benefits Consulting Survey: The second annual survey finds the prevalence and dollar value of incentives increased between 2009 and 2010. Additionally, more employers are focusing on health risk management than in 2009.
      
      
    • Results from the First Annual National Business Group on Health/Fidelity Investments Benefits Consulting Survey: The inaugural edition of this survey focuses on three key areas of employer-sponsored health improvement programs: strategic investments, engagement and measurement.
      
      
  • The National Business Group on Health/Aon Hewitt/The Futures Company: The Consumer Health Mindset: Views, Behaviors and Solutions, 2011. This survey of approximately 3,000 employees and dependents of large employers provides insight into their views on a variety of topics related to their health insurance, overall health and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.