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Welltok Inc., vendor of a Web-based health wellness platform called CafeWell that providers and payers can offer to consumers, is the latest organization to collaborate with IBM Corp. to enhance the health care cognitive computer capabilities of the Watson supercomputer.
February 13 -
The day after Addie Wilson was quoted in a newspaper article complaining about her experience with President Barack Obamas Affordable Care Act, her mobile phone rang while she was in the bathroom.
February 13 -
Obamacare health plans enrolled 3.3 million people through January, with young adult participants increasing 65% from a month earlier, the U.S. government said.
February 12 -
Wellness can specifically increase job satisfaction among current and prospective employees. However, employers cant expect these results to occur overnight. While many launch wellness programs, they often fall short of expectations. Perhaps the biggest reason this happens is inadequate communications to employees.
February 12
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Health insurers told to pay $150 billion in taxes over a decade to help fund Obamacare are now shifting at least part of that cost back to taxpayers.
February 12 -
Some locations of the Planet Fitness health club chain have begun charging some of their members a portion of the indoor tanning services tax mandated by the Affordable Care Act, whether or not they use the tanning services.
February 12 -
President Barack Obama said a delay until 2016 in his health care mandate for mid-sized employers is an adjustment that doesnt undermine the law.
February 11 -
The short-term motivators and health advice typical of wellness programs provide general benefits across an employee population, but people needing sustained weight loss require concentrated behavior change assistance specific to their condition.
February 11 -
Hillary Clinton, once President Barack Obamas political foe, emerged as his top ally on what would become his signature policy achievement: revamping the U.S. health care system.
February 11 -
Monday's IRS decision to allow some smaller employers even more time to comply with the ACA's employer mandate has some in the industry applauding, others frustrated.
February 10
