2020 Employer Profile

The CDC ScoreCard is a tool to help 

employers assess whether their health 

promotion programs are based on the 

best evidence for improving employees’ 

health and wellness.

How Are 

Employers 

Doing?

26% of employers 

will spend the same 

amount or more on 

wellness programs 

next year.

58% of worksites 

have a paid health 

promotion coordinator. 647,865 

employees with 

ScoreCard strategies.

47% of worksites Employers have reached

use local hospitals 

and other health care 

professionals for their 

wellness programs.

Average employer has

ScoreCard strategies 

in place.

97of152 (64%)

480 worksites from 408 employers in 36 states 

submitted ScoreCards.

Who Is Using the ScoreCard?

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The staff is the heart of every hospital. 

Greater New York Hospital Association 

(GNYHA) supports its members in the 

development and continuous improvement 

of their internal employee health and 

wellbeing programs. GNYHA is currently 

supporting a subset of our independent 

hospitals that serve many of New York City’s 

most vulnerable communities through a 

yearlong wellbeing collaborative. The CDC 

Worksite Health ScoreCard is a valuable tool 

that we hope will allow our participating 

member hospitals to assess their existing 

programming and create benchmarks and 

goals for improvement.

—Jenna Mandel-Ricci, vice president, GNYHA

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CDC WORKSITE

HEALTH SCORECARD

What Evidence-Based Practices Does the ScoreCard Assess?

PROGRAMS

Opportunities to 

begin, change, 

or maintain 

health behaviors

POLICIES

Formal or informal 

statements to 

protect or 

promote health

ENVIRONMENTAL 

SUPPORTS

Physical factors 

at work that 

help protect and 

enhance health

BENEFITS

Overall 

compensation, 

including health 

insurance

Business Type

N=480

Nonprofit 

(34%)

Government

(26%)

Private,for-profit 

(40%)

N=480

Employer Size

Large (20%) Mid-size (751+ employees) (23%)

(251-750 employees)

Small (23%)

(101-250 employees)

Very Small (34%) 

(1-100 employees)

REPORTING

STATES
SCORECARD 

TOPIC STRATEGYa

% WORKSITES WITH 

STRATEGY IN PLACE 

(2020 SCORE)

Vaccine Preventable Diseases Provide on-site flu shots 82%

Organizational Support Have a health promotion champion 75%

Depression Offer depression counseling 66%

Physical Activity Have physical activity programs 71%

Prediabetes and Diabetes Have diabetes self-management programss 61%

Weight Management Provide education on weight management 64%

High Blood Pressure Provide blood pressure screening 57%

Maternal Health and Lactation Support Provide private space for mothers to pump breastmilk 79%

Tobacco Use Have a policy banning tobacco use 78%

Provide health insurance coverage for screening Cancer

and vaccinations 89%

73% Provide screening and brief intervention and referral for 

treatment (SBIRT) Alcohol and Other Substance Use

Stress Management Involve employees in decisions about workplace issues that affect stress 70%

43% Nutrition b Make most items in vending machines, cafeterias, and snack bars healthy

High Cholesterol Provide cholesterol screening 44%

53% Coordinate occupational health and safety programs 

with health promotion Occupational Health and Safety

Sleep and Fatigue Design work schedules to reduce fatigue 36%

a Evidence-based practices (i.e., programs, policies, environmental supports, and benefits) with the highest weighted scores (2 or 3 points) in the CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard, 

 including the strategy’s impact on population health outcomes and the strength of the supporting scientific evidence.

b Percentages are based on 359 ScoreCard submissions from employers who reported providing places to purchase food and beverages in 2020.

SAFETY

Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) Make job design changes to reduce MSD risk 65%

Have Automated External Defibrillator (AEDs) in place 78% Heart Attack and Stroke