• Organize a launch event to create excitement about upcoming activities and to create a social climate that establishes being active as the norm.
• Organize and promote monthly or bi-monthly corporation events that are fun and active, e.g., picnics with physical games, staff tournaments and dragon boat racing.
Make sure to encourage families to join [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Many firms are still missing an opportunity to trim some medical plan expenses.
Generic versions of high-cholesterol drug Zocor have been on market for two years now, but a fair share of business drug store plans have yet to make the switch.
If your PBM gives generic Zocor favored status on the formulary, now’s a good time [...]
There is no single right way to approach wellness programs but winning programs share common success factors. These include commitment from management, staff member involvement, adequate resources, and a policy concerning health that goes hand in hand with the corporation’s mission, vision and values.
Wellness Program – A Range of Approaches
Although the goal is to eventually [...]
When it comes to health-coverage laws, there’s often a domino effect.
As individual states require insurers – and in some cases, companys – to cover or offer coverage of specific individuals and procedures, similar laws can spread rapidly to other states.
The effect on plan sponsors – Some mandates can increase your costs by 20% to 45%.
Small [...]
How does it feel to walk into your workplace? Do individuals look happy? is the place well lit and cheerful? Do you feel welcome, wanted and energized? Or do you feel a gloom come over you, and count the hours until you can leave?
The influence of the worksite environment on the wellness of workers [...]
Who worries more about health care costs – lower-compensated or higher compensated employees?
Answer – Both groups worry equally about their out-of-pocket medical costs, as reported by a PNC Services Group survey of 1,485 employees. Almost 52 percent of all respondents – regardless of income -cited the unpredictability of medical expenses as their No. 1 financial-planning [...]
These are fun and easy events that can be done within your organization to motivate healthful behaviors during a contest or during other times. the goal is to encourage employee participation. Some examples –
• Develop a sub-committee of enthusiastic workers who’ll help promote the fitness program by offering ideas, suggestions and encouragement to fellow [...]
It may be easier than you think to eliminate a major reason employees sue.
How? Well, roughly 75 percent of staff member lawsuits happen because of accidental disconnects between an corporation’s internal policies and procedures, and what’s written in the plan documents.
Here are two areas where some the costliest errors lurk, and three steps your fim [...]
These are short informational “Health Tips” in an e-mail format on many different health-related topics. You can appoint someone within your organization to find specific topics on the Internet from sites that are in the public domain or topics can be purchased from corporations.
Some licensed sources include –
• Hope Health
• Sound Ideas, Inc.
• [...]
Nine of 10 HR managers polled by Colonial Life feel that workers have at least a vague notion that benefits are a valuable part of working at a company.
However, the same study found that only 21% of those employers believed their workers had a strong understanding of the workings of their own benefits. and 5% [...]
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