Wellness

Consultant Timothy Wojcik maintains the decision to pay or play is a strategic one that will affect fixed costs as well as employee morale.

Contributing Editor Shana Sweeney profiles five tech startups that can fill gaps in current health and wellness programs.

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan portrayed Barack Obama as a shallow president who has failed to live up to his promises, in a convention speech also infused with an optimism reminiscent of Obama’s 2008 “yes we can” campaign theme.

A new survey shows that, despite rising costs, more companies plan to keep health care on the menu for active employees.

The Republican National Convention adopted a 2012 party platform that advocates changing how U.S. senior citizens receive health care by shifting Medicare from a defined-benefit entitlement to a defined-contribution plan.

Societal and insurance-based motivations are leading to fewer circumcisions, at a delayed price.

New Medicare and Medicaid funding uncertainties and potential for a political stalemate on health care reform could worsen revenue growth in U.S. not-for-profit health care sector.

Principal Financial’s annual evaluation of top companies in employee fiscal soundness has found a common link in wellness initiatives.

A new white paper suggests that wellness programs can lower health care and benefits costs if a strong communication strategy is in place.

Private retiree Medicare exchanges provide a glimpse of what public and private health insurance exchanges could look like.