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Managed Care February 2008 Michael Levin-Epstein	Federal and State Governments Pressed to Give Tax Breaks For Wellness Initiatives Legislators are being urged to reward companies that provide programs for their workers, but success has been mixed
CFO February 15, 2006 Melissa Hennessy	Putting a Premium on Health Employers are giving workers a new reason to get in shape: cash. Does this trend create a legal slippery slope of employers targeting anyone who might develop health problems?
Managed Care November 2006 Lola Butcher	Manipulating Deductibles To Foster Healthful Behavior Increasing employee deductible levels to encourage workers to be better health care consumers has become old hat. But how about this: tying an employee's deductible level to health status?
Inc. April 2006 Dee Gill	Get Healthy...Or Else Employers are getting a lot more serious about their wellness programs. But can you tell employees they're not allowed to smoke -- even at home?
Managed Care August 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Spend Money on Healthy People! The accepted insurance model is to provide care intended to make sick people well. There are new arguments that small investments in persuading people to live healthier lifestyles will result in large reductions in cost in later years.
CFO February 22, 2005 Ilan Mochari	Belt-tightening Can coaxing employees to live healthy lives help keep the bottom line in shape?
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Adrienne Selko	Prescription for Survival: How to Control Healthcare Costs Are healthcare costs making you sick? Manufacturers are discovering that a healthy workforce is a cost-effective workforce.
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IndustryWeek September 22, 2010	Pain Relief Health care cost increases may be inevitable, but strategies to promote a healthier workforce can eliminate some of the hurt.
BusinessWeek November 5, 2007 Jena McGregor	Sweat More, Pay Less Principal Financial Group launched a health-care insurance product that asks participants with health risks to try to shape up or pay more.
Managed Care April 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Medical Directors Find Themselves Working More Closely With Payers As large companies become more demanding of health plans, clinical executives are increasingly being relied on to provide advice and expertise.
Managed Care February 2008 Frank Diamond	You Will Live Healthily! Employers want to do everything within the law to make workers change their lifestyles, and they expect health plans to help
Managed Care February 2007 Lola Butcher	Biggest Health Care Purchasers Bullish on Care Management Businesses see care management, not cost shifting, as the most important trend in health coverage.
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Managed Care April 2006 Lola Butcher	Financial Incentives Increasingly Promote Healthy Lifestyles Fifty bucks to fill out a questionnaire, a discount on a membership at the gym -- these are some ways to get health plans are getting members to make a commitment to a healthy lifestyle.
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IndustryWeek January 1, 2008	The Secrets to Success in Wellness Programs: Leadership, Incentives, Healthy Workplace Wise executives recognize that while employees are most definitely human beings, they also are machines of production that require maintenance.
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HRO Today September 2008 Jay Whitehead	HRO's Performance Enhancer Faced with lagging adoption rates for money-saving employee-participation programs such as wellness solutions, smart HR leaders are using a performance-enhancer of their own.
BusinessWeek February 26, 2007 Michelle Conlin	Get Healthy--Or Else Inside one company's all-out attack on medical costs.
HRO Today September 2008 Korn & Van Noy	Encouraging Healthy Living By adding an incentive element to their wellness programs, employers raise participation among workers.
Entrepreneur September 2008 Karen E. Spaeder	Shape Up A healthy workplace starts at the top.
Managed Care December 2003 MargaretAnn Cross	'What Can You Do To Help Control Costs?' Employers are beginning to tap into the groundswell of employee interest in reducing premiums.
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Fast Company June 2010 Elaine Appleton Grant	Next Health: Better Office Health Through Employee's Diet Can Zoe Finch Totten's whole-foods-only wellness system attack companies' health-care costs through employees' stomachs?
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz	A Healthy Approach to Going Lean Corporate wellness programs encourage employees to manage their health.
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Managed Care January 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Transparency Called Key To Uniting Cost Control, Quality Improvement NCQA President Margaret O'Kane and a panel of clinically oriented administrators call for emphasis on making the best care financially attractive to physicians, plans, and employers.
Managed Care February 2008 John Marcille	The Wellness Train Is Leaving; Are You on Board? Wellness is riding high, and health plans should consider using their expertise, data resources, and business connections to design programs that will appeal to buyers.
Job Journal January 13, 2008 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Wellness Benefits Bottom Line Employers are finally acting like healthy workers are good for business.
Managed Care May 2003 MargaretAnn Cross	Physicians in Large Corporations Take on More Influential Roles Businesses are relying on doctors to direct the health benefit. They often work directly with plans to keep workers healthy -- and at their posts.
Entrepreneur January 2007 Karen E. Spaeder	2007 Shape-Up Take it from these experts - healthy choices benefit both your body and your bottom line.
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IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Adrienne Selko	Employers Offering Financial Rewards for Healthy Behavior Almost half of companies interviewed offer financial incentives to help workers improve health.
Managed Care June 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	CDC Begins To Provide Resources for Workplace Wellness Programs As employers become more comfortable with the idea that prevention pays, health plans may find their scope of services widening.
Managed Care June 2006	Survey: Workers Not Guided When Choosing Care A study shows employers believe their workers can learn what they need to know to become better buyers of health services.
Job Journal June 29, 2008	Workplace Trends of the Future Where, how and why we work has changed dramatically over the past two decades and it will go through further transformation over the next twenty years. Here are some glimpses of the change to come.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Adrienne Selko	National Business Group on Honors Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles The National Business Group on Health, a national non-profit organization recognized on May 9 more than three dozen U.S. employers for their continuing efforts to promote healthy work environments and encourage workers to live healthier lifestyles.
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Managed Care August 2004 Bob Carlson	Preparing for NCQA: What Not To Do Deciding to seek NCQA accreditation sets an HMO up for lots of preparatory work. Make sure the effort is well spent.
Bank Systems & Technology August 24, 2010 Matt Gunn	U.S. Bank Launches Credit Wellness Center U.S. Bank has launched a new interactive feature on its website designed to help consumers manage credit scores, provide education about credit and provide tools and resources to help build and maintain credit.
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