Mitch L. Martens

Administrator, Employee Wellness

Cedars-Sinai Health System

Mitch Martens is the Employee Wellness Administrator at Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles, CA. For the past 20+ years, Mitch has cultivated academic and professional experiences and applied them to the importance of turning theory into practical applications. With 14 years of proven success in behavioral health interventions and a keen understanding for best practices, he has been strategically building a top performing and innovative worksite wellness program.

Cedars-Sinai is committed to our people, to the communities we serve and to advancing medicine. As we strive to improve the health of our own employees and prepare for future successes; collaboration and strategic alignment with community partners is key. Mitch is actively engaged with select industry leaders and peer organizations, including WELCOA, HERO, American Journal of Health Promotion, Hospital Association of Southern CA, American Heart Association, Anthem Blue Cross, and the National Association of Mobile Health Clinics.

The Employee Wellness Program at Cedars-Sinai has 3 basic objectives:
1. Cultivate a culture of well-being
2. Improve the health of our employees
3. Reduce healthcare costs

Under Mitch’s leadership, the employee wellness program has received numerous awards including the WELCOA Well Workplace University Certification, American Heart Association’s Platinum Certified Fit Friendly Certification and was recently selected as a Work@Health worksite, a CDC sponsored program.

Speaker Questionnaire

What are your top priorities for employee health and well-being in 2022?

What are the most innovative programs that you will focus on in 2022 and 2023?

Looking at our three moonshots surrounding costs, culture, and care, which do you align with the most? What are you doing in this area?

If you could automatically receive a 25% reduction in costs in three areas/programs, what would your dream list be?

Is there an area where you were able to either create savings or stop costs from rising?

Are you doing anything to reimagine corporate culture and wellbeing?

If there were two physical solutions that could be turned into virtual or remote care instead, what would those be?

If you look at our 3 Moonshots - Costs, Culture, and Care; In one sentence, tell us what would be something positive for us to take from 2020 and bring into this new year?

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1 Conference. 3 Moonshots.

Remember the mission to reach the moon? In 1962, President JFK set forth a vision. He initiated a movement that outlived him! Even in his death, the mission was accomplished seven years after his famous speech. Now we’re on a five-year mission, and it's not about us. This is a mission for you – the individual, the stakeholder, the employer healthcare and benefits professional. Join the mission to reduce costs, reimagine culture, and reinvent care.