Benefits Think 5 ways to revamp your wellness incentives strategy
Employees should perceive incentives as a value, says Optum’s chief health officer Seth Serxner.
Seth Serxner
Optum
Wellness programs
Benefits Think The danger of ignoring employee depression, anxiety
The importance of primary care for employees’ mental health is often overlooked, writes Sandeep Acharya.
Sandeep Acharya
One Medical Group
How employers can best tackle workplace obesity
As the cost for weight-related disorders climbs, targeted, personalized programs lead to solid results, new research finds.
Benefits Think The danger of ignoring employee depression, anxiety
The importance of primary care for employees’ mental health is often overlooked, writes Sandeep Acharya.
Sandeep Acharya
One Medical Group
How employers can best tackle workplace obesity
As the cost for weight-related disorders climbs, targeted, personalized programs lead to solid results, new research finds.
What a truly successful wellness plan looks like
Employers describe what makes their well-being programs worth the investment.
Can big data help improve wellness programs?
Many employees who participate in such a program say it’s not helping their well-being, according to Healthmine data.
Can big data help improve wellness programs?
Many employees who participate in such a program say it’s not helping their well-being, according to Healthmine data.
What a truly successful wellness plan looks like
Advisers, consultants and employers describe what makes their well-being programs worth the investment.
Benefits Leadership in Health Care winner: Walking the wellness walk
Angie Villamaria, director of associate wellness for Centura Health, put rhetoric into action by implementing a weight loss program for the health network’s employees.
Arianna Huffington wants to sell your boss on office naps
As Arianna Huffington's workplace wellness program enters a crowded industry, with its quit-smoking incentives and step challenges, Thrive intends to go beyond the usual offerings to focus on "the mental aspects of our lives, what's happening in our heads."
Benefits Think Does your wellness vendor adhere to a code of conduct?
Wellness vendors are completely unregulated and need to use a code of conduct to remain ethical, says Quizzify’s Al Lewis.
Al Lewis
Quizzify
Wellness Adviser of the Year Craig Schmidt: Making wellbeing personal
The senior wellness consultant at EPIC shows clients that it’s about much more than lip service.
10 top compliance issues for 2017 benefit planning
Employers need to keep pace with the latest developments impacting health plans. Mercer shares what to watch out for in the coming months.
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Mercer staff
Mindfulness options growing following Humana’s new partnership
A deal between Humana and eMindful will add mindfulness programs to the insurer’s suite of wellness offerings available to employers.
How mental wellness can take aim at sick leave
Physical symptoms hold top priority for employers, but emotional health could be the cause of more absenteeism and lost productivity.
10 ways to do employee wellness right
The best programs tap our inner school kid by being fun and social. Here are examples of cool companies doing wellness successfully.
Benefits Think A closer look at the EEOC’s final wellness rules
Do your programs comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act? Here’s everything you need to know.
Daniel N. Kuperstein
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think 3 key predictors of success in employee well-being programs
Companies now have a variety of metrics to help define program success, including engagement rates, but achievement can be determined beyond these typical numbers.
Shawn Moore
ActiveHealth Management
How mental wellness can take aim at sick leave
Physical symptoms hold top priority for employers, but emotional health could be the cause of more absenteeism and lost productivity.
