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Population Health Management

The Population Health Management community showcases the latest news and innovative trends on wellness programs employers are executing to help maintain or improve the overall health of each individual employee as well as the entire population, cutting health care costs. This could range from sponsored fun-run, smoke cessation, biometric testing, health and performance, etc.

Articles

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Why Play Social Games at Work: It’s Healthy for Business

Millions of people cannot access Facebook from work at this very moment, and just as many wish they had a multi-player game as simple as Words with Friends while at the office, that gave them a good reason to act on their impulse for wanting a more interactive way to

The Case for Including Spouses in Employee Health Management Programs

There is evidence that comprehensive communications, the use of incentives and a strong culture of health can all help drive increased participation in employee health management programs.

Employers Consider Adding CDHPs and Wellness Programs to Avoid 2018 Excise Tax

An excise tax may have the biggest impact on employers of all provisions of the ACA, as any health plan with a premium totaling over $10,200 per individual or $27,5000 for a family will be susceptible to a 40 percent tax.

Jeff Marks, healthPERX, On Intersection Wellness, Benefits and Telehealth (Radio)

Hosts Doug Field, CEO of The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism (IHC), and Brent Macy, Managing Director of the IHC, talk with Jeff Marks, CEO/Founder of healthPERX. Jeff discusses the importance of employee health, and new ways to lower costs, increase employee health and decrease absenteeism with new techniques in medicine

Press Releases

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NavigatorMD, Inc. Launches Design180® Plus Wellness™

Health care analytics company extends data platform to integrate member-based wellness metrics and return-on-investment analysis

Virgin HealthMiles Survey Finds Employers Struggle to Measure Effectiveness of Wellness Programs

A new survey of approximately 1,300 businesses and 10,000 employees conducted by Virgin HealthMiles, Inc., found a strong link between the wellness and vitality of an organization and the health and wellness of its employees – resulting in employees’ increased job morale, satisfaction, commitment and

Workplace practices earn Unum and Colonial Life recognition as Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles

For the eighth year, Unum has been honored for its continuous efforts to support the health and wellness of U.S. employees and their families.

Blog Posts

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This Week on HealthCare Consumerism: Wellness, Telemedicine and Health Advisors

06/17/2013 - First off I would like to apologize for having to cancel our program last week....

 

Developing core metrics from employee health management

06/12/2013 - Originally published at Altarum Institute's Health Policy Forum.In my mind’s eye, I’ve started imagining U.S....

 

This Week on HealthCare Consumerism Radio: The Wellness Show

06/10/2013 - Description not available

 

White Papers

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Guidance for a Employer-sponsored Wellness Program Using Outcomes-based Incentives

This Consensus Statement was prepared by a Joint Committee of the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), American Cancer Society (ACS) and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSCAN), American Diabetes Association, and American Heart Association (AHA). This

Wellness Coaches USA Releases '2011 Employer Outcomes Study'

Wellness Coaches USA is excited to release this summary of our “2011 Employer Outcomes Study” which details our employee “engagement” and “health risk factor improvement” results from 2009-2011.

Employers See Wellness Programs as key to Improving Employee Health, Cutting Health Care Costs

ADP survey reveals wellness programs are part of a human resource strategy for many large and midsized employers to improve employee health and control costs, but majority don’t measure return on investment

IHC Radio

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Healthcare Consumerism Radio Archive - Mar 16, 2012

Podcast: Buzzword "Transparency" ... Listen

 

Sam Shallenberger, CFO of RJ Young, and his broker Alex Tolbert, Founder of Bernard Health

Podcast 6/1/2012: Interview with Sam Shallenberger, CFO of RJ Young, and his broker Alex Tolbert, Founder of Bernard Health. ... Listen

 

Why Critical Illness Insurance is Critical to Your Workforce Population's Well-being

Podcast 5/18/2012: Why Critical Illness Insurance is Critical to Your Workforce Population's Well-being ... Listen

 
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