Employer Insights Blog

Though called upon to drive business performance, executives fall into unhealthy traps when it comes to their own well-being. Sapna Kripalani, MD, medical director of Vanderbilt’s Executive Health Physicals program, works with company leaders to change that narrative.

Sapna Kripalani, MD, medical director of Vanderbilt's Executive Health Physicals, explains how the program involves more than an annual check-up. It’s a collaboration designed to meet the needs of high-performing professionals who often prioritize work over wellness.

When it comes to communicating benefits, it can be particularly challenging to reach employees who don't primarily work in a traditional desk or office environment. Here are seven ideas to keep these employees in the loop.

Roughly half of Americans experience back, neck, shoulder or other musculoskeletal pain in any given year. That number is also painful for business, costing employers $353 billion annually. The high-quality, cost-effective treatment of My Vanderbilt's Musculoskeletal MyHealth Bundles can help reduce these numbers.

Moctezuma-Baker, a Spanish teacher at MLK High School, enjoyed the convenience and care she received from a patient navigator through Vanderbilt’s MyMaternityHealth Bundle, a benefit provided by her employer.

To help younger employees get the most from their health benefits, employers must offer choices that appeal to them and use the right messaging and delivery strategies to spur utilization.

At Vanderbilt's Executive Health Physicals, exercise physiologist Zafer Karabulut, PhD, helps professionals understand how their heart, lungs and muscles work together under pressure and helps shape a health strategy to improve their fitness.

Genesco implemented the Vanderbilt Executive Health Physicals program to provide busy professionals with a high-value benefit that’s often overlooked: a way to better manage their own health.

Heather Conner welcomed her first child into the world in 2024. The birth was covered by Vanderbilt’s MyMaternityHealth Bundle. And now that she is expecting her second baby in November, she didn’t hesitate to reenroll.

The share of patients with mental health diagnoses rose nearly 40% between 2019 and 2023, according to a FAIR Health study. And that is having serious repercussions at work.