Here’s the question:
What can your business do to support your employees, both before and after a cancer diagnosis, keep your company running efficiently, and manage health care costs?
Here’s the answer:
Human resource professionals can partner with Wheelhouse.
Wheelhouse is the concierge of cancer care. Partnering with human resource professionals eliminates barriers to cancer care. This results in better outcomes for patients and lowers costs for employers. It’s a win-win for both.
Why Cancer Matters to Employers
Cancer deaths have risen to more than 600,000 annually. By 2024, it is expected that there will be more than 20 million cancer survivors. In addition to the mental, physical, and emotional toll of cancer, cancer is very costly to employers and employees.
Intervening early is the key to more effective and less costly care. Wheelhouse works with employers to incentivize employees to participate in cancer screenings. If a person receives a cancer diagnosis, then Wheelhouse partners with them to help navigate their care. Stage 1 cancers are easier to treat and cost 45% less than stage 3 and stage 4 cancers.
A Human Resource Professional’s Testimony
“Wheelhouse really helps bring that word “human” back into “human resources,” says Shannon Webb, Vice President of Human Resources for Radiation Business Solutions. “Wheelhouse acts as my partner by working hands-on with me to provide the best solutions for our employees that are being affected by cancer.”
“There are currently so many compliance factors that limit me as a Human Resource Professional; like when someone has to leave on short-term disability or someone has to leave for doctor’s appointments and we’re not allowed to ask any questions,” explains Shannon. “Wheelhouse can talk with these employees and ask them how they’re feeling and how our company can be most supportive. They’re the bridge.”
Shannon continues to explain how she gave Wheelhouse access to her company’s benefits platform. Wheelhouse can now pull claims data from that system and have more access from carriers than she can as their HR professional.
Shannon says, “Being able to give my employees a phone number where they can directly call Wheelhouse and ask any question they may have really takes the load off of me. They get concrete answers in real-time and don’t have to wait for me to find out answers or for someone to call them back. It’s game-changing. I only wish we had something like Wheelhouse to offer to our employees earlier.”
