Issue 31
Column
American Crisis - Health of our Nation's Truck Drivers
In America, nearly 1 of every 15 people in the workforce is employed in the trucking industry, including over 7 million truck drivers on our roads. (read more)
Comparing the Caring
I sat next to David’s bed in the AIDS hospice the last week of his life and told him that he was a beautiful man. “Thank you,” he said, and I cl (read more)
Why New Year’s Should Be A Time for Corporate Wellness Resolutions
Around the country, motivation to train is never higher than on January 2nd. On-site company gyms are packed, (read more)
Energy Boosters
We’ve all observed children playing. We watch for a second and then say, “Gee, I wish I had their energy.” (read more)
Medical Self-Care: We Can’t Afford to Ignore It Workplace Wellness not meeting its potential
A comprehensive workplace wellness program can positively impact the wealth of businesses and nearly 60 percenthave embraced this concept with aspirat (read more)
A Revolutionary Approach to Corporate Wellness
Getting older: It is an inevitable“disease” that plagues us all at some point, and for your executives,age can become their biggest competitor and (read more)
10 Reasons Why Your Wellness Program Lacks Participation
This is the first installment of a 4 part series on a model for designing and managing a wellness program that gets measurable results. (read more)
Creating a Culture of Wellness with Employee Outreach and Social Media
As more and more companies start to implement wellness programs to address the continued rise in health care costs and the need for healthier employee (read more)
New Apps Improve Employee Wellness
Numerous studies show that improving employee wellness decreases employer healthcare costs. In addition, research directly correlates employee benefit (read more)
The Year of Acceptance… Eating Well for Health & Happiness
Being healthy starts from within, which for most of us, self acceptance is hard to find. We can easily console our friends and family when a crisis hi (read more)
Surviving the STRESS of Downsizing
In a rapidly changing economy, corporations may have to reduce the size of the full-time workforce. (read more)
Simplify Your Life to Reduce Your Stress
There's nothing simple about the typical American life. We work too hard, treat time like an enemy, amass too much stuff, and sit around too much watc (read more)
Improving Health Plan Cost and MLR Attainment with eProcurement Why eProcurement for Health Plans?
eProcurement: A uniform and centrally controlled paperless, web-based enterprise process that tightly integrates procurement, accounts payable and acc (read more)
The New Bankruptcy
It is no secret that many people have contemplated bankruptcy due to the financial strain they are facing. (read more)
Eat For Energy
Are you battling to bounce out of bed bright eyed and bushy tailed? Looking for more get-up-and-go to make it through 2012? Many of us may fall into t (read more)
Love Assurance: Employee Satisfaction and Workplace Wellness
Since the 1970’s, our nation’s companies have been instituting wellness programs following concepts that Asian companies have been using successfu (read more)
Voluntary Benefits
5 Compelling Reasons Why to Start Now
Companies that work hard to set themselves apart often attract and retain top talent by offering voluntary benefits such as health and wellness progra (read more)
4 Ways Brokers are Overcoming Commission Cuts with Ancillary Benefits
Brokers do a lot more than just sell. They explain critical differences, explore benefit plans and insurance options, and find solutions for employees (read more)
The Importance of Quality Dental Insurance
Dental health refers to all aspects of health and functioning of our mouth, especially the teeth and gums. (read more)
Going Beyond Eye-Popping Entertainment: 3D Technology Can Lead to Early Detection of Vision Problems
Today, 3D technology is everywhere. From movie theaters and televisions, to gaming systems and mobile devices, our exposure to 3D technology is becomi (read more)
2011 Leadership Awards
The Voluntary Benefits Association (VBA), in conjunction with the Voluntary Benefits Magazine (VBM), (read more)
Critical Illness Insurance
Based on statistics, we are more likely to survive cancer, heart attack, and stroke today due to advances in medical technology. (read more)
Financial and Legal Wellness Bolsters Employee Productivity & Loyalty
For employees, the state of the economy and the state of their "financial and legal wellness" are interdependent. The need for legal services is great (read more)
Employer Assisted Care: Not Just for Children
In 1971, Arnold Hiatt, the then CEO of the Stride Rite Corporation, opened the first on-site childcare center, and revolutionized the way people balan (read more)
Lost Work Time = Lost Revenue
Legal and identity theft services are now prized voluntary benefits. In the past four years, voluntary legal and identity theft plans have increased (read more)
Self Funding
How Defined Contribution Health Benefits Help Employers Recruit and Retain Employees
It costs a typical employer the equivalent of 6-9 months in salary each time they have to replace a salaried employee (read more)
Comparing the Caring.
I sat next to David’s bed in the AIDS hospice the last week of his life and told him that he was a beautiful man. “Thank you,” (read more)
Tennessee Overhauls Captive Insurance Law To Become National Leader
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed a comprehensive overhaul of Tennessee's captive insurance law in June. (read more)
Viking Range Uses Care Management Technology to Save on Health Costs
In November 2011, an employee at Greenwood, Mississippi-based kitchen appliance and cabinetry manufacturer Viking Range Corporation, who suffered from (read more)
B.I.N.G.O….and Safety Is It’s Name-O
How many of us in corporate America have grown tired of workers compensation claims? How many of us grow weary of the reasons why people become injure (read more)
Health Care Reform
Take Control of Your Health™ Employers Helping Employees Make Good on New Year’s Resolutions
How did the practice of making New Year’s Resolutions start? It seems to have begun in pre-Christian times with moral changes such as being good to (read more)
The Inspired Workplace
It starts at the top. In the Conference Room the large table is flanked with stability ball chairs and a large water-cooler for the company issued per (read more)
Recent Interviews
Interview with James Priebe, Vice President of Financial Services, OptumHealth
An early advocate of consumer-directed health plans and debit card use with health accounts, (Listen)
Interview with Carla Hall, Executive Chef and Owner, Alchemy by Carla Hall; Scott McClintock, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Marketing, Alere Health
America fell in love with Carla Hall’s heart-felt approach as she cooked her way into the finals on season five of the award-winning Bravo show, (Listen)
