Wellness

A new report from the Urban Institute examines reasons for two or more states to consider combining resources to create a multi-state health insurance exchange under the health care reform law.

DRIVE4COPD, a public health initiative sponsored by pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, is aiming to put the brakes on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.

In a six-week challenge last summer, more than 300 employees at Simonton Windows, a manufacturer of energy-efficient vinyl windows and doors, lost 1,470 pounds.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill April 5 that would repeal PPACA’s 1099 tax reporting requirement.

A U.S. court will hear oral arguments on June 8 in a government appeal of a federal judge's ruling that struck down President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul law as unconstitutional.

Health officials announced a new effort to curb America's obesity epidemic by moving science from the lab into clinical trials to find practical ways for prevention and treatment.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule March 31 that establishes the Medicare Shared Savings Program authorized in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Employers everywhere are launching wellness programs in the hope that this focus will lower their medical costs and keep their employees healthy. The challenge, however, is getting employees to participate and be engaged in the process of wellness so they actually take a stake in their own health.

My teenager is never separated from his cell phone. Never. Yet, sometimes when I dial his number, he doesn't answer.

HighRoads, a Boston-based compliance and benefits management firm, conducted a survey months after approval of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, finding that, in general, employers believed that outsourcing costs for health benefits administration will increase because of the law.