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Analysis: Transforming the Mobile Workplace While Keeping an Eye on Ergonomics and Underlying Health Risks
… equipment that reduces employee health risks . In the U.S., employers have ..... tutorials to educate employees on the health risks of working on mobile devices ..... Employees can reduce their health risks by taking technology holidays …
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Cabinet-maker Among Firms Adding Wellness to Health Care Cupboard
… program was viewed as "a way to bar people that did have health risks from getting insurance," says Robert Jacobs, executive ..... health generally supported the plan, while those with health risks thought the program could be intrusive, Jacobs says …
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Depression Leads in Top Risk Factors for Employer Health Spending
… used employee health risk assessments to identify the health risks . They chose to use the StayWell risk assessment—the ..... the original study. They wanted to know whether the health risks of workers had improved or worsened over the past 17 …
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Ohio State University Takes a Stand Against Sitting for Too Long
… Personalized Health Care. One of the mobile campaign's initial proponents, Kanodia doesn't sugarcoat the potential health risks of excessive sitting. "If people are coming to work and sitting for four hours [over the course of] a day even they …
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Is Patient Health Taking a Hit Under High-Deductible Plans?
… tailor high-deductible plans plans in various ways to best suit not only their workers' income level but also their health risks , says Savan of Towers Watson. High-deductible plans with an attached health reimbursement account—rather than …
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Employer Guide Aims to Improve Employee Health, Reduce Costs
… participating KC2 project employers altered their benefit designs to better align incentives with desired behaviors that reduce health risks , promote use of preventive care and foster employee wellness. Those changes included covering preventive screenings …
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Health Coaches Tackle Both Risks and Goals
… employers tackle workers’ multiple health risks , including physical inactivity ..... and others linking reduction of health risks to reduced health care costs ..... and severity of a person’s health risks . A higher-risk individual may …
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Dear Workforce How Could We Influence Employees to Pursue Healthful Activities
… wellness programs rarely produce results or a financial return. Enlightened companies start by identifying specific health risks that will drive future health care spending. Next, they evaluate various total health management opportunities and …
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Obesity A Big Problem Getting Bigger
A report on the health risks associated with obesity, the costs of obesity and state mandates for obesity treatment. Also included: information on the cost of providing a bariatric surgery benefit.
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Trying to Hit a Moving Target
… effectively identify employees with health risks and craft a message that can get ..... are used to determine employee health risks , which are in turn used to steer ..... individuals, not just as people with health risks , said Ms. Gilding. Health …
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Some Firms Get Tougher on Workers’ Health Habits to Help Control Insurance Costs
… meet with a nurse-coach to address any identified health risks . Employees who qualify for the health-improvement ..... testing, refuse to give up smoking or address other health risks , they must enroll in the standard plan, for which …
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New Law Requires a Rework of Health Risk Assessments
… that employers want their people to be aware of any health risks that they have regardless of the genesis of that health ..... readings. This approach provides a better window into health risks , some of which the employees themselves may not realize …
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Health Risk Assessments Face Bias Hurdle
… Gavery says. The Milwaukee-based company uses an algorithm that combines family medical history with personal health risks to generate a health risk score. But many wellness experts say removing the handful of questions related to family …
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Multinationals Taking Global Approach to Health Care
… coverage overseas either in lieu of or in addition to publicly provided programs. However, the tools used to manage health risks globally are not as developed as they are in the U.S., said Nicole Serfontein, senior international consultant …
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Employers Turn to Third-Party Administrators to Reduce Health Care Costs
… data to help identify and manage cost drivers. Employers are mining that information to assess their populations’ health risks and determine, for instance, whether their wellness programs are yielding a return on the investment. Having that …
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Rules Lay Out Exemptions to Health Care Reform Law
… on whether a plan should lose grandfathered status if the sponsor moves from purchasing coverage to self-insuring health risks . Â Â Filed by Jerry Geisel of Business Insurance , a sister publication of Workforce Management . To comment, e …
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Employers Urge a Cautious Pace With Health Care Legislation
… to improve workforce health and productivity by increasing incentives that help employers better understand employee health risks , increase participation in care management programs, and improve employee health through lifestyle improvements …
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Latest Health Reform Bill Rankles Business Leaders
… immediately prohibit insurers from rescinding health policies and it would create a fund to help uninsured Americans with high health risks purchase health insurance in the current market. The bill is heading for a vote on the House floor, perhaps as early …
