Changing the Game of Employee Health Risk Management

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Join us at Mütter Museum on February 22nd to learn how a healthy employee is your best way to combat rising healthcare costs. Attendance to this event is complimentary. Our panelists will discuss The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and it’s impact on Insurers, Employers,  Employees and Providers.

Key Learning Issues

  • Employers will have a chance to experience and learn how the merging of biometrics and health risk assessment data predicts and reduces future claim costs
  • Understand the next stage of Health Care Reform and impact on employer health management strategies
  • Discuss the root causes of the rising costs of health care and spending
  • Identify drivers of behavioral change and effective, meaningful and appropriate incentives for successful engagement
  • Present core principles and market-based solutions to improve population health, efficiency of health delivery while reducing health care spending
  • Improve collaborative care management to build effective partnerships
  • Accelerating innovation, aligning investments, formulating incentives and system-wide collaboration necessary to drive efficiencies in health care
  • Business model re-engineering and integration strategies that deliver high performance health care

RSVP by February 15th to: Neal Pollack 215 942 7184

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ESBA Releases New 5500 Form Troubleshooter’s Guide

Posted by admin on February 1, 2011  |   No Comments »

International Foundation of Employee Benefits

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has released a new edition of theTroubleshooter’s Guide to Filing the ERISA Annual Report (Form 5500 and Form 5500-SF).

The booklet offers guidance on the EFAST2 filing system and how to file accurate reports. It includes checklists and line-by-line instructions.

Wellness Programs – How Well Do They Work?

Posted by admin on February 25, 2011  |   No Comments »

Model Consulting Employee

If your Wellness program helps just one person to start living a healthier lifestyle it is worth its weight in gold. In October, 2010 when our Wellness Committee rolled out the American Trail Walking Contest along with the Biggest Loser contest I made the decision to participate and commit myself to finally trying to lose weight and try to begin living a healthier life. I started walking – a lot, and since I do not believe that prescribed diets work for everyone, I began to change my eating habits on my own. Simply by walking everyday and eating healthy meals the weight started to come off. When the cold weather got to be too much to bear I joined the gym. Rising at 4:30 AM to workout is now becoming a habit. Winning the Biggest Loser was fun and our team came in second on our walk across America (not too shabby.) As of this writing I am happy to report a weight loss of over 30 lbs, a gain in energy and self-confidence and ultimately it should help to reduce the dollars spent on healthcare issues that arise from being overweight. I can use some of those dollars to buy a new wardrobe! My personal experience is proof that promoting wellness in the workplace can be a real win-win!

Changing the Game of Employee Health Risk Management Event Update

Posted by admin on February 28, 2011  |   No Comments »

Neal Pollack

Our February 22nd event at the Mutter Museum: Changing The Game of Employee Health Risk Management was a grand success. The venue, biometric testing and healthy breakfast went off without a hitch….except for the end of Winter snow that made it impossible for some people to attend. Our speakers and guests offered insightful tactics and information on all facets of healthcare legislation, health risk management and the legal sides of both.

We would like to thank R. Scott Post from Independence Blue Cross; Jennifer Platzkere Snyder from Dilworth Paxson and Carol Staubach from WellNow.

Stay tuned for our second installment in our seminar series this coming May.

New Year Brings New Payroll, Tax Rules

Posted by admin on February 7, 2011  |   No Comments »

In addition to extending the Bush era tax cuts, a bill passed on Dec. 17, 2010, requires payroll changes and extends certain tax credits. The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 includes the following provisions:

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