While digital technology can never replace the health care experience, it can complement in-person care to help drive down costs, make care more personalized, and improve health outcomes. Cigna Healthcare conducts extensive research to offer members the most effective digital options that can support their individual health needs.

In a sponsored segment during Washington Post’s Future of Work Power Breakfast, Jill Vaslow, vice president of talent strategy and employee well-being at Cigna Healthcare, discusses how companies that proactively address these issues by prioritizing and investing in their workforce’s health will be the ones that thrive in the future.

Proactive, holistic strategies that enable personalized MSK care, together with easy-to-access mental health support, can help improve health outcomes and lower medical costs.

In the demanding world of health care, the well-being of employees plays a crucial role not only in their own lives, but also in the quality of patient care. Yet, the ongoing battle against employee burnout, stress, and other mental health challenges remains a daunting one.

For employers, being able to proactively identify MSK issues can help mitigate costly impacts to worker productivity, as well as burnout and turnover.

Let's take a look at supplemental features that might appeal to the broad spectrum of Medicare beneficiaries in various situations and stages of life.

Vitality is the ability to pursue life with health, strength, and energy. The Cigna Group found that people 65 and older have the highest average vitality score of any age group, and those scores increase steadily from the ages of 65 to 80.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are already a major impediment to workforce health and job performance, and the potential for a costly MSK-related hospitalization can add to employee stress and anxiety.

With many employees heading back to their offices and worksites, we offer some tips to help them and your coworkers stay healthy, productive, and fulfilled during working hours – from preventing the spread of sickness to maintaining work-life balance.

Sandra Diaz-Castillo, a market insights principal at our organization sat down with John Ward, market insights director at Cigna Healthcare, to discuss the benefits of health plan integration and the value it brings for employees. Tune in to their discussion.