Health Risk Appraisals and Health Risk Assessments

In many segments of society, we  hear about ethnic and racial profiling in negative ways. But what about when it comes to wellness programs?
When used for the specific purpose of starting â.” or evaluating  â.” a wellness or disease management program, profiling isn’t just legal. It’s also encouraged.
Affects health risks
Different racial and ethnic groups tend [...]

Are your healthcare programs delivering on your providers’ promises?
Just as importantly, how can you hold vendors accountable when you’re not getting what you compensated for?
Here’s one proven way – Create a vendor scorecard. Scorecards alone won’t bring down your healthcare costs. But they’ll at least help make sure your organization â.” and employees â.” get [...]

In the last few years, there’s been a rising trend for public businesss â.” not just private companies â.” to ban tobacco use. Here’s what your colleagues are doing.
What’s New in Benefits and Compensation recently surveyed 374 of our readers from both the private and public sectors to figure out their organization’s policy on permitting [...]

In this recession economy and out-of-control employee debt, many corporations who don’t have automatic 401(k) enrollment have seen participation drop.
Here is how one small business in Arizona cleverly tied 401(k) education to employees’ other financial concerns. Rather than simply holding its usual 401(k) open enrollment education meeting, it held a “financial health fair.”
Stressed 401(k) importance
How [...]