Pitney Bowes, Fortune 500 firms-mail and document offered its first health plans in the years after World War II. In the following decades, Pitney Bowes to adapt their approach to the health of workers amid rising health care costs, related to the movement of employer health benefits, and a rapidly changing political environment. By 2008, the firm has been widely regarded as an innovator in the field of workers' health, devoting considerable time and resources to its health benefits under the leadership of then-CEO Michael Critelli and Corporate Medical Director, Jack Mahoney. The case provides an overview of the history of employee health benefits in the U.S. and Pitney Bowes. Range of health plans offered to employees of Pitney Bowes in 2008, as well as company policy is contracting with commercial insurers and self-insured plan administrators are covered in detail. Pitney Bowes and wellness programs are also described, which allows the analysis of the overall company employee health strategy in 2008 and the discussion Pitney Bowes, which should focus on moving forward. "Hide
by Michael E. Porter, Jennifer F. Baron Source: Harvard Business School 30 pages. Publication Date: January 26, 2009. Prod. #: 709458-PDF-ENG
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