Employee Benefit News

Get Your Employees Moving

Just 30 minutes/day of simply walking can cut your employees’ risk of type 2 diabetes in half, the risk of stroke by more than 25%, and the risk of heart disease by almost 40%.*

Getting your employees moving has obvious advantages, for them, and for you. During this presentation, you’ll hear how Avivia Health and JDSU, the worldwide leading provider of broadband test and measurement solutions and optical products, worked together to enhance employee involvement in wellness through team challenges engaging 25% of their workforce.

While it sounds almost like a “miracle cure,” the multiple health benefits of simply walking are amazing, including a reduced risk of diabetes, stroke, some cancers, heart disease, and other chronic diseases. And the physical activity doesn’t need to be strenuous to reap significant rewards; just 30 minutes a day (or two 15-minute sessions) of brisk walking is all it takes. Plus, walking is safe, simple, costs nothing and it’s accessible to just about anyone.

So, mark your calendars and join us for the webinar “Get Your Employees Moving” on Tuesday November 15th at 2:00 Eastern and learn how you can implement a successful group challenge.

Speakers:

• Melodi Brown, RN, MSN, CCP, Vice President, Avivia Health From Kaiser Permanente
• Dena Regan, Director, Global Benefits, JDSU
• John B. Arden, Ph.D., Director of Training Mental Health, Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers

* Source: KP Videos on http://everybodywalk.org

Using Social Networks to Drive Organizational Change

Organizational network analysis (ONA) is similar to an “x-ray,” providing a view into an organization’s internal workings to help management understand how work really gets done. With that view in hand, the necessary changes can be made to help achieve results, whether it is talent management or adherence to an employee wellness program.

ONA helps to identify how information flows within an organization and who the most connected / influential players are. For a successful program roll-out or internal change, these individuals would have to be engaged and encouraged to participate. Even physicians are believed to be influenced in this manner as a Journal of the American Informatics Association report indicated doctors’ interest and use in EMRs is “whether their friends use them”.

In this webinar, we will discuss more in depth how a network analysis is performed, what insights are found, and how employers can use them to help promote internal program and manage talent effectively.

Speaker:

• Dr. Rob Cross
  Professor of Management at the University of Virginia and Research Fellow at MedNetworks
  
  Rob’s research focuses on how relationships and informal networks in organizations can be analyzed and improved to promote competitive advantage, innovation, customer retention and profitability, leadership effectiveness, talent management and quality of work life. Rob has worked directly with more than 200 strategically important networks across over 120 well-known organizations in consulting, pharmaceuticals, software, electronics and computer manufacturers, consumer products, financial services, petroleum, heavy equipment manufacturing, chemicals, and government. Ideas emerging from his research have resulted in two books, four book chapters and 23 articles, several of which have won awards.

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How Timberland Leverages Social Connections and Technology to Create a Culture of Health

Communities are a key factor in building a culture of health and engaging employees over time. Employees are more likely to stick with a health program when they participate with a friend. Leveraging the power of social networks in technology-based employee wellness programs helps your employees create accountability, build enthusiasm, camaraderie and healthy competition with their peers—taking the phrase ‘team-building exercise’ to a whole new level.

View this seminar to hear Andy Pfeifer, director of total rewards for Timberland, a global leader in the design, engineering and marketing of premium-quality footwear, apparel and accessories and Ed Dougherty, vice president of client and member services at Virgin HealthMiles a leading provider of technology-based employee health programs as they discuss:

• Best practices for creating a culture of health and engaging your employees in long-term healthy behaviors
• How social connections and technology motivate employees to stay active and engaged in your employee health initiatives
• The benefits of an incentives-based approach to employee health
• How Timberland has improved employee health and lowered healthcare costs with its “Total Balanced Life” initiative

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New labels to make picking insurance plans easier

Insurers and employers will have to spell out plainly the costs and benefits of the health plans they offer starting next year.

6 tips for making preventive care more prominent for employees

Liz Rowell, a senior consultant at Benz Communications, offers benefits pros tips for using health care reform’s focus on preventive care to their strategic advantage and force employees to get serious about screenings.

Subsidies make health coverage available to most families

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the establishment of health care exchanges to enable individuals to purchase health insurance on the open market is proceeding as scheduled.

Personalized information improves employee health, engagement and ROI

More consumers are asking for help understanding their healthcare choices. A recent survey indicated 61 percent of consumers want personalized recommendations to improve their health and manage their healthcare.*

Providing tools that support decision making with consumers can help your organization better manage your healthcare cost trend. Engaging people with personalized, tailored information about their health improvement and cost savings opportunities can increase compliance by 10 - 20% and save money by early identification and cost avoidance for a return-on-investment of 2.5 - 3.

Learn more about how to engage individuals in actively managing their care to stay healthy and save money - and help your organization navigate this new era of healthcare consumerism.

Join us to hear industry experts discuss:

• The market challenge: reducing waste in our healthcare system
• Effective strategies for waste reduction
• The case for consumer activism and transparency – savings opportunities
• Real-world employer stories and results
• The value of comparing healthcare provider price data variances

Speakers:

• Bobbi Coluni, Senior Director, Consumer Solutions
• Robert Kelley, Vice President, Healthcare Analytics

*Deloitte Survey of Healthcare Consumers

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