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Healthcare Reform’s Effect on Corporate Wellness

March 26th, 2010 No comments

Healthcare Reform could be very positive for corporate wellness.  Healthcare Reform creates small group wellness grants and will provide $200 million in funding from fiscal years 2011-2015.  The 2nd annual Corporate Wellness Conference will have a major focus this year on how healthcare reform is going to really grow corporate wellness programs and provide the answers you are looking for. 

 

The Corporate Wellness Conference will be taking place in LA on September 20th-22nd, 2010. For more information please visit www.corporatewellnessconference.com.

Some Statistics on U.S. Healthcare Reform…

March 22nd, 2010 No comments

19 million

Number of people predicted to lose their employer plan (Lewin Group)

 

 

8 to 9 million

Number of people predicted to lose their employer plan (CBO)

 

 

$11,543

Employer incentive to drop coverage for a $30,000 a year worker with family [Tax subsidy in the exchange minus tax subsidy at work minus $2,000 fine] (IRET)

 

 

8.5 million

Number of seniors and disabled people at risk of losing their Medicare Advantage plan (Medicare Chief Actuary)

 

 

3 million

Additional people who will likely lose Medicare Advantage plan benefits (Medicare Chief Actuary)

 

 

$816

Average annual benefit loss for 11 million seniors and disabled in Medicare Advantage plans (CBO)

 

 

33 million

Number of people in traditional Medicare at risk of losing access to care because of $523 billion in cuts in Medicare spending (Medicare Chief Actuary)

 

 

20%

Fraction of hospitals that would become unprofitable after Medicare spending cuts (Medicare Chief Actuary)

$100 million

Cost of ObamaCare mandates for Caterpillar, Inc. in the first year alone (Caterpillar, Inc.)

CorporateWellnessConference.com Has Been Updated

March 17th, 2010 No comments

Check out the new look of the Corporate Wellness Conference website! www.corporatewellnessconference.com The site has been updated and includes all new information about the 2010 conference and its speakers, sponsors and more. Fill out our Call for Speakers form or register for the conference today!

New Release of Corporate Wellness Magazine – Issue 8

March 11th, 2010 No comments

Issue #8 of the Corporate Wellness Magazine has been released, http://www.corporatewellnessmagazine.com.  This is the only magazine dedicated strictly to employee health, wellness, prevention and disease management.

Read the 8th issue of the monthly magazine dedicated exclusively to Corporate Wellness, Health, Wellness and Prevention at http://www.corporatewellnessmagazine.com.

The magazine’s writers are insurance companies, employers and corporate wellness companies who are involved in the industry and therefore bring more of an evidenced based approach to the magazine’s content and articles.  Its articles are written by those who are actually implementing and involved in corporate wellness.

Corporate Wellness Magazine is also the official sponsor of the annual Corporate Wellness Conference, http://www.corporatewellnessconference.com, which just took place October 27-28th, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA.  The dates for 2010 are September 20th-22nd, also in Los Angeles.  It is the only national corporate wellness conference to take place in the U.S.  The Corporate Wellness Conference is aimed at employers, insurance companies and health insurance agents who have either implemented corporate wellness plans or are interested in implementing corporate wellness plans.

Employer Healthcare Congress to Sponsor up to 200 Employers to Attend

March 1st, 2010 No comments

The Employer Healthcare Congress will be sponsoring up to 200 employers to attend the upcoming Congress on September 20th-22nd, 2010. The Employer Healthcare Congress, www.employerhealthcarecongress.com, will feature 4 individual conferences that will be happening at the same time – the Corporate Wellness Conference, the Voluntary Benefits Conference, the Self Funding Employer Healthcare & Workers Compensation Conference and the Expatriate and Travel Insurance Conference. The Employer Healthcare Congress is expecting up to 2,000 attendees, up to 120 exhibitors, up to 75 expert speakers and up to 5,000 private one-on-one networking meetings. The Congress will be highlighting the benefits of having these specific health plans for employers while also driving four times the amount of traffic for exhibitors by having a shared exhibit hall for all of the conferences.

The Employer Healthcare Congress will be providing advanced educational sessions while highlighting the opportunity to network with other leaders in the industry. With the Congress’ new networking software, before the conference starts attendees will be able to select who they want to meet with and set up a pre-scheduled time to meet with the other attendee in the conference’s networking rooms.   By taking advantage of the networking software, attendees will be able to accomplish in two days what would normally take years to accomplish.  The Employer Healthcare Congress should be the largest employer healthcare conference in the country.

The Employer Healthcare Congress is sponsored by the Corporate Wellness Magazine, the Voluntary Benefits Magazine and the Self Funding Magazine. For more information email me at anna@employerhealthcarecongress.com.