Should Employees Get Insurance Discounts for Completing Wellness Programs?

2/19/2013 2:45:38 PM

Updated February 18, 2013 | The Wall Street Journal Employers have a vested interest in encouraging their workers to do things like eat right, exercise and not smoke: Healthy employees generally are more productive and have lower medical costs than their less-healthy colleagues.

To that end, a growing number of companies are implementing workplace wellness programs, many of which include incentives

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SeeChange Health Named to Fast Company’s “World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies 2013″ List and Reports 560% Revenue Growth in 2012

2/14/2013 1:21:15 PM

SeeChange Health’s unique approach to health care coverage recognized as industry-changing and leads to rapid growth in revenue and membership

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – SeeChange Health (www.SeeChangeHealth.com), the leader in wellness-centric health care coverage known as value-based benefit design, announced revenues grew from $7.6 million in 2011 to $50.2 million

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TurboTax, Not Travelocity, May Be Better Analogy For Health Exchanges

1/31/2013 7:22:11 PM

January 30, 2013 | by by ERIC WHITNEY / Colorado Public Radio / Kaiser Health News

For years, we’ve been hearing that health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act are going to be “online marketplaces, like Travelocity” where people will buy health policies like plane tickets.

But a consumer focus group in Colorado suggests people are going to want something

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5 trends for health care in 2013

1/30/2013 11:10:35 AM

Get ready for an onslaught of educational campaigns.

January 30, 2013 | by Nina Dunn, Ragan’s Health Care Communication News

Looking back at 2012, I can say with certainty that the year was one of the most uncertain that the health care industry has seen in a long time.

At the heart of the confusion was how and when elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would take effect.

Compounding

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