Current Issue Artciles
Corporate Wellness
Marcia Reid: Bullying: What are the Myths Surrounding Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace?
Rose Gantner Ed.D.: Running a Wellness and Health Management Program? Where’s Your Certification?
Ria Duykers: Corporate Wellness & Executive Health Programs: What are the Benefits of Providing These Services?
Kathleen M. Gorman, MPH and Ross M. Miller, MD, MPH: Relative Influence of Modifiable Health Risks on Employer-Related Outcomes
Corporate Wellness Magazin: In this issue, we wanted to highlight one of our 2011 Corporate Wellness Leadership awardees for their innovative wellness initiatives.
Jennifer Turgiss : Healthy Workplaces: Leading Organizations Get Ready for June’s National Employee Wellness Month
Column
Kevin L. Shrake, FACHE: Healthcare Reform: Using Rebates to Turn Bills into Cash
Manish Nachnani: Social Media Health Revolution
Michael A. Schroeder: Group Captives: An Appealing Alternative
Sibyl C. Bogardus, JD: Bronze to Platinum Health Plans: What Will It Mean?
Dr. Gene Lindsey: ACOs: Healthcare’s Best Hope
Self Funding
Brian Black: Health and Wellness: Five Apps That Will Help You Lose Weight
Dennis Toohey: Controlling Benefit Cost and Spending By Creating Your Own Marketplace
Thomas E. Dreisinger, PhD, FACSM: Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain: An Epidemic Out of Control
Ronald J. Ozminkowski, Ph.D., and Seth Serxner, Ph.D./MPH: Program Reporting: Using the Right Process to Tell the Story
Voluntary Benefits
CJ Scarlet and Shirlita McFarland: Situational Coaching Offers Lasting Impact
Doug Ross: Long-Term Care Insurance: Helping Others by Helping Yourself
Dr. David Stoneback : Voluntary Benefits as an Employee Protection Strategy
By: Jonathan Spero, M.D.: Transforming a Traditional Occupational Health Center into a Total Employee Health Cost Containment Center
Editorial
Jonathan Edelheit, Editor in Chief: “Raising the Bar”
US Employee Benefits Industry Players Head to Chicago
I am very excited at this year’s upcoming Employer Healthcare Congress, October 26-28th, 2011 in Chicago. This will be our 3rd year, and each year we have focused on making improvements. Last year, only in our second year, we became one of the largest employee benefits conferences in the country beating out almost all other benefits conferences, some of which have been around for over 23 years.
We have moved to Chicago this year because of it’s central location which will draw a much larger audience. Our attendance this year is already almost at 200% higher than at this same time last year, and I believe this is because of our location and that Chicago is home to a high concentration of mid-size and large employers.
This year we have reinvested in the congress significantly to make this the biggest and best year yet. We have two great keynote speakers, Bill Rancic, the winner of Donald Trump’s 1st “Apprentice” TV Show, and Cecil Wilson, the President of the American Medical Association.
We have changed the format of the congress to have more cross-overs as to bring our symbiotic conferences closer together, and we will have more advanced educational sessions and workshops. We have also expanded our VIP program and will be including not just employers but agents and consultants also this year.
What I am most excited about is our new networking software which has been newly built and is more of a social networking tool on top of meeting scheduler. It will make it easier for attendees to view who is coming to the conference, through photos, bios and allow for attendees to synch to twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to see who in their network is attending the conference.
Tomorrow I am headed to New York City for an interview with FoxNews. See you soon.
Jonathan
