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?

Pamela Hall: Best Practices: How Efficient Use of Health Incentive Dollars Increase ROI, Drive Wellness Program Engagement, and Encourage Long-Term Behavior Changes

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”

Economics

The Three R’s of ObamaCare- Repeal, Redo, or Redesign?

Rob Thurston

Now that Health Care Reform has passed and is known as ObamaCare; what should an employer do?

In the Midst of Change Preparing Carriers for Success in a Post-Reform Environment

Dan Maynard

This article focuses on what we currently know about health care reform, how the changes may impact carriers, and how Internet technology can increase carrier success with closing sales and decreasing administrative costs.

Prevention, Screening and Wellness Programs, A Sure Thing

Ginny Capone

We are all studying Health Care Reform Legislation and how it will affect our world. Hopefully, when the dust settles

Health Insurance Exchange Basics

Richard M. Tuten, Esq.

Over the past year, America’s attention has been increasingly focused on the reform of health care and health insurance.

Four Trojan Horses

John C. Goodman

Of all the criticisms that have been leveled at “ObamaCare” over the past year, the four worst features of the legislation have been almost totally ignored — by Republicans in Congress, by the national news media and even by serious economists. So you’re seeing it here first:

Addressing Deficiencies in Private Health Insurance Schemes: The Role of Medical Savings Accounts

Jabali Wells

The recent global economic crisis has been an impetus for legislators to expeditiously implement policies that increase access and quality of health care.

The Roller Coaster of Healthcare Reform

Patti Goldfarb

As a broker who specializes in employee benefits for small businesses, the past year has been a roller coaster of emotional highs

CEOs and Wellness

Michael Bina

No matter what all is in the healthcare reform bill (and what it all means), the fact remains: Employers are still paying the bills.

Healthcare Reform – Accept It, It’s Here to Stay

Jonathan Edelheit

Healthcare Reform has passed. Whether you love it, like it, are apathetic or absolutely hate it, it doesn’t matter.

The First Healthcare Reform Magazine is Launched

Jonathan Edelheit

The Healthcare Reform Magazine’s purpose is to provide everyone in the industry who is affected by healthcare reform,

The Secret to the Health of a Working Nation: The Wellness Program

Anna Neyzberg

It has become clear, especially with recent events in Washington D.C., that health care in this country is an issue that needs to be dealt with. For decades, time and money have been spent on care post-illness rather than investing those resources into prevention.

The Future of Medicare in a Reformed Marketplace

John Gorman

Sweeping change to this country’s health care system and $940 billion in new expenditures translates into a disruptive event and

The New Employee Communication Rules for Health Care Reform-

Gale Golden

Extensive multi-year change is coming to U.S. health care programs; will your employees get it?

The Perfect Storm in the looming Healthcare Human Capital Crisis

Brian Hudson

Just as our country has endured an unprecedented economic crisis in the past 24 months, the United States will soon be in an unprecedented healthcare HUMAN CAPITAL crisis that will catch many off guard,

When Congress Resets the Market, Understanding What the Life Cycle of the Post-Reform Healthcare Market Means for You

David Goodson

In April of this year Aetna Inc. became an unwitting example of what is to come for some health plans after reform. Because of its failure to meet regulatory requirements in the post-reform Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug markets, the company has been sanctioned by Federal regulators and temporarily banned from enrolling new members into its Medicare Advantage and Part D plans.