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”
Interview with Michelle Hicks, Director in Communication Practice, Buck Consultants
Michelle Hicks is a Director in the Communication Practice of Buck Consultants, a Xerox company. Michelle has nearly 15 years of strategic business communication experience. She specializes in designing and implementing strategies to help organizations manage and communicate changes in their culture, benefit and compensation programs, and organization structures. Michelle has significant experience in change management communication for mergers and acquisitions, enterprise software implementations, performance management, and organizational restructuring. In addition, she has an extensive background in recruitment communication, onboarding programs, consumer-directed health plan communication, retirement education, and more. Before joining Buck in 2008, Michelle was the HR communication manager for Micron Technology, a FORTUNE 500 multinational semiconductor company. Prior to that, she was a broadcast journalist in commercial television and public radio. Michelle received her bachelor’s degree in social sciences from Boise State University. Michelle has been a leader in the industry with numerous awards recognizing her achievements including:
- Recipient of several business communication awards, including IABC Silver Quill, Hermes Creative, IMPACT Award and Apex Award for Publication Excellence
- Recipient of Idaho Press Club awards in both journalism and public relations
- Named one of Idaho’s Women of the Year by the Idaho Business Review
In addition to Michelle’s role at Buck Consultants, Ms. Hicks is also a weekly columnist for the Idaho Business Reviewon HR and communication-related topics.
