Transforming Workplace Health with Corporate Wellness Programs and Diabetes Management
HealthViber partners with employers to make Living in Control™ our 50-session nurse-led diabetes education program available to every employee, free of charge to them. You pay one transparent per-employee rate. Employees choose to enroll. No screening, no penalties, no health data shared back.
Diabetes is hitting your workforce and it's costing more than payroll knows.
Most workplace wellness programs don't work. We know that. So do your employees.
The honest version, before we make our pitch.
Workplace wellness has a credibility problem. The RAND analysis of corporate wellness programs found minimal impact on health outcomes or healthcare costs. JAMA published similar findings in 2019. Your employees have watched 15 years of step counters, app challenges, and "biometric screenings" that didn't change their lives.
HealthViber is a different category. We're not a screening platform, an app, or a one-time event. We're a year-long nurse-led education program delivered by credentialed DCES and RNs. The work is education, accountability, and relationship not gamification.
We also won't claim things we can't substantiate. No "save $3 per dollar" promises. No ROI projections. What we offer is a credible, voluntary benefit that employees with or at risk for diabetes will genuinely use and that you can be proud to offer.
Why workplace wellness has earned its skepticism
No detectable effect
on physical health metrics, healthcare costs, or productivity landmark workplace wellness RCT.
Song & Baicker, JAMA 2019$58/employee
average ROI claimed by wellness vendors. Actual evidence-based ROI: significantly lower or zero.
RAND Corporation, 2014 review3-7%
typical engagement rate for traditional workplace wellness programs after Year 1.
Health Affairs, 2020Living in Control™ a real diabetes education program, free for your employees.
One offering. One price per enrolled employee. Everything included. Employees opt in voluntarily no screening, no health questionnaire, no medical information shared with you.
Living in Control™ Employer Benefit
50-session nurse-led diabetes education, fully covered by the employer
Per-employee pricing
Discussed on our intro callWhat each enrolled employee gets
- 50 weekly nurse-led education sessions over 12 months
- A personal Wellness Facilitator (DCES or RN) for the full year
- Direct messaging with their Facilitator between sessions
- HealthViber app for habit tracking and progress
- All program materials workbooks, habit templates, reflection guides
- Option to participate virtually or in-person
- The ability to pause or stop the program at any time
What your organization gets
- A benefit your employees will actually use
- Quarterly aggregated enrollment & participation reports
- No HIPAA-protected employee data shared with you
- A benefits-page-ready summary employees can read
- Co-designed launch communications
- Single contract, single invoice, single point of contact
- Easy add or remove employees as headcount changes
Four steps. We handle the operational complexity.
From the intro call to live enrollment takes 4-6 weeks. Your benefits team’s job is essentially: introduce HealthViber to your workforce, then let us run it.
30-minute call
We learn about your workforce, your benefits stack, and your goals. We share pricing and answer questions. No pitch deck.
Week 1Agreement & setup
Standard SaaS-style benefits agreement. Your legal team reviews. We set up your dedicated employer portal.
Weeks 1–3Launch communications
We co-design announcement emails, intranet copy, and a benefits-page summary in your company's voice.
Weeks 3–5Employees enroll
Anyone who wants to enroll does so directly with us. They confirm employment via a verification code you provide. That's the only contact between us and HR.
Week 6+We will never share an employee's health information with you.
This is the single most important thing for HR and legal leaders to understand. HealthViber’s relationship is with each enrolled employee not with the employer. The employee owns their health information, and we don’t share it back.
What you will receive
- Total number of enrolled employees (e.g., "127 employees enrolled")
- Aggregated participation rate (e.g., "average attendance: 78%")
- Aggregated cohort size and format (in-person vs. virtual)
- An invoice based on enrolled count
- Quarterly summary reports all anonymous, all aggregated
What you will never receive
- The names of who enrolled or who didn't
- Individual session attendance for any employee
- Any clinical information A1C, glucose, weight, anything
- Notes from any session or message between Facilitator and employee
- Any indication of which employees have diabetes or are at risk
What it costs you. What it doesn't promise to save.
A real example, not a ROI claim.
Let's say you have 500 employees, and 60 of them choose to enroll over Year 1 (a 12% enrollment rate, which is what we typically see). At our per-employee rate (discussed on the call), here's the rough shape:
| What it covers | Per employee | For 60 employees |
|---|---|---|
| 50 weekly education sessions over 12 months | [per-employee rate] | total |
| 1-on-1 Facilitator access for 12 months | included | included |
| App, materials, ongoing support | included | included |
| Aggregate reporting & employer dashboard | included | included |
Three things that separate us from typical wellness vendors.
Real nurses, not chatbots
Every employee is matched with a DCES or RN-credentialed Facilitator who stays with them for the full 12 months. The relationship is the program's most valuable feature.
Education, not screening
We don't run biometric screenings, health risk assessments, or any process that asks employees for sensitive medical information. They learn. They build habits. That's the work.
Privacy by design
Your employees enter a direct HIPAA-covered relationship with us. Their health information stays with them. We can't share it with you even if you asked and you can't be asked about it.
What this benefit is and what it isn't.
This is a nurse-led education program not a medical service.
Living in Control™ is delivered by DCES or RN-credentialed nurse educators. They teach about diabetes, help employees build habits, and provide accountability. They do not diagnose conditions, prescribe medications, change treatment plans, or recommend supplements or specific therapies. Employees' physicians remain in charge of their medical care and the program helps employees have better conversations with those physicians. This is a workforce education benefit, not a medical benefit.
What they do
- Teach about diabetes
- Help employees build habits
- Provide accountability
- Help employees prep for doctor visits
- Help employees understand their numbers
What they don't do
- Diagnose any condition
- Prescribe medications
- Recommend supplements
- Change treatment plans
- Replace physicians
The questions HR and benefits leaders actually ask.
Does this comply with ADA, GINA, and HIPAA?
Yes, by design. Because enrollment is fully voluntary, free to the employee, and we don’t conduct screenings or biometric tests, the program sidesteps the most common compliance issues with workplace wellness. We don’t collect health risk assessments, we don’t ask family health history, and we don’t share individual employee information with you. Each employee enters a direct, HIPAA-covered relationship with HealthViber. We’re happy to share our compliance documentation and a sample BAA (Business Associate Agreement) with your legal team during the intro call.
What's the per-employee price?
We discuss pricing on the intro call because the rate depends on company size, enrollment commitment, and whether this is replacing an existing benefit or adding to your stack. We’re not coy about it the call is a fast way to share an actual number tailored to your situation, and it’s a much better experience than negotiating off a published rate card. Most employers find our pricing well below typical disease-management or wellness-platform vendors.
How do you handle eligibility verification without giving you a list of employees?
Employees enroll directly with us using a unique employer verification code you provide (a single code, not employee-specific). Once enrolled, we confirm employment status periodically through anonymous count verification we share the count of employees claiming employment, and your HR team confirms whether that count is consistent with your active workforce. No individual employee names are exchanged.
What's your minimum company size?
Practically, we work most efficiently with companies of 100+ employees, because that’s the threshold at which a single cohort can fill comfortably. For smaller companies, we can either combine employees from multiple smaller employers into a shared cohort (with everyone’s permission) or wait until enrollment hits a viable cohort size. There’s no hard floor.
How do you handle employees in multiple states or remote workforces?
Virtual cohorts work nationwide. Our Facilitators are licensed appropriately for the educational work they do (not clinical work, which falls outside state-licensure boundaries). An employee in Texas can attend a virtual cohort with a Facilitator based in Illinois. For employers with strong regional concentration, we’ll match Facilitators geographically when possible.
What happens when an enrolled employee leaves the company?
Their membership ends at the end of the current month, unless they choose to continue at their own expense. If they want to continue Living in Control™ as an individual member ($39/month), they can and we’ll honor any progress they’ve made. Their relationship with their Facilitator continues seamlessly. We handle this transition directly with the employee; you’re not involved beyond removing them from your enrollment file.
Can you integrate with our benefits administration platform?
We can integrate with most major benefits administration platforms via single sign-on (SSO) and standardized eligibility files. Common integrations include Workday, ADP, Paycom, BambooHR, and Gusto. For custom platforms, we provide an API that supports automated employee enrollment and removal. The intro call is a good place to discuss your specific platform.
30 minutes. Real pricing. Real answers. No pitch deck.
Tell us about your workforce. We’ll tell you what we’d do, what it would cost, and what we won’t promise. If it doesn’t make sense, we’ll say so. If it does, we’ll move fast.
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