Health and Wellness
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Can Social Media Produce Wellness Results?
… engagement and help create that buzz and culture around health and wellness that traditional engagement" methods aren't generating ..... are being careful to use their platforms to share health and wellness information but not dispense personalized health …
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Starting a Social Wellness Program
Social wellness tools won't do much if you don't establish objectives and a time frame for meeting them, says Jennifer Benz, a San Francisco-based employee wellness communications consultant.
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After Workplace Violence Incident, Mental Health Resources a Must
Employers also should work to make sure employees are trained in techniques that can help them prevent or escape violent scenarios.
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Cite Employees' Unhealthy Behavior as Biggest Challenge: Study
In the past five years, the percentage of plan sponsors who list the breadth of coverage offered to employees as a top priority for their plans has fallen 14 percent from 57 percent at the end of 2011. Simultaneously, the percentage of sponsors citing a balance of cost and care as a top plan ...
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Q & A on Employee Engagement with Dr. John Sullivan
… have the most impact on them. 15. Why is employee health and wellness not on the list of factors that increase productivity? JS: Health and wellness is included under number 19 on the slide, outside …
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Health Care Adds 19,000 Jobs in April, 7,000 Fewer Year Over Year
U.S. unemployment held steady last month at 8.1 percent as the overall economy added 115,000 jobs. Hospitals added 4,100 jobs in April for growth of 0.1 percent to bring total hospital employment to 4.8 million. For the year that ended in April, hospital employment grew by 95,100 jobs, or 2 ...
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Essential Health Benefit Packages Under Health Care Reform Have Employers Wary
Large and small employers have banded together to form the Essential Health Benefits Coalition to voice concerns in Washington and statehouses around the country on the issue.
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How Does Wellness Affect the Bottom Line?
Dear Health-Conscious:A great deal of evidence demonstrates that health and wellness yield significant financial gains. Here is a sampling of conclusions drawn from a wide range of credible global research …
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Self-Thought: Companies Ponder Bringing Insurance In-House
… identify what populations and health conditions are driving up costs. That in turn allows them to develop targeted health and wellness programs. "Claims data will tell you who is using the plan and for what and where the majority of costs are going …
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White House Suggestions on Funding Contraception Coverage Called 'Unworkable'
Under one administration suggestion, TPAs could fund the coverage through rebates they receive from drug manufacturers that the TPA is not contractually liable to forward to the affiliates.
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Northeastern Companies Reap Benefits of Healthy Habits
Six winners of the New England Employee Benefits Council's Best Practice awards for 2011 include Ocean Spray's Moms at Work program and Staples' use of computer games to entice the office supply company's younger workers to save for retirement.
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Will New Claims and Appeals Procedures Change Case Law?
Health care reform regulations that took effect for the 2011 plan year require non-grandfathered self-insured and insured group health plans to make changes to their internal appeal procedures and offer external reviews of denied claims. As a result, all plans, whether subject to or exempt from ...
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Humana Pharmacy Solutions Has New Offerings for Self-Insured Employers
The new options include the Wal-Mart Rx Network, which directs employees to fill prescriptions at the international retailer; and the Rx4Value formulary, which swaps certain name brand drugs for generic.
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Obesity Problems Weigh on Workers' Comp
Not only are obese workers comp claimants likely to miss more work days than healthy-weight co-workers with similar injuries, obese workers are likely to have higher medical costs and are more likely to become permanently disabled, research has shown.
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Health Reform Law to Slightly Lower Number of Employer Plan Enrollees: CBO
The health care reform law will have only a modest impact on the number of people covered in employer plans, but it will significantly reduce the number of uninsured, according to a congressional analysis.
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Going Mobile: On-Site Clinics Hit the Road for Employee Health Screenings
Mobile clinics, a relatively new phenomenon, offer an alternative for employers who might not otherwise be able to reach geographically scattered workers.
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Injured Worker's Depression not Compensable Because She did not Return to Work
A doctor found that Delores Roxbury's depression was caused directly by her 2004 work accident, and prevented her from returning to her former position. However, an independent medical expert contended that Roxbury suffered from mild depression, and was not totally disabled by her mental condition.
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Administration Lays Out Annual Dollar Limits on Student Health Care Plans
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said student health insurance policies must provide annual coverage limits for essential benefits of at least $500,000 for policy years beginning on or after Sept. 23, 2012, but before Jan. 1, 2014.
