Population Health & Wellness Trending Upward | Health Care Solutions and Benefits Management

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CDHC Solutions Magazine - Aug/Sept 2010

FEATURES

Managing Retiree Health Care Costs
Despite confusion and potential roadblocks to cutting the rising cost of providing health care coverage to retirees, employers have many options to choose from when handling their retiree benefits.

By Eric Gudmestad

SPECIAL SECTION
Expert Update on Population Health and Wellness
Incentive, Wellness Links Too Powerful to Ignore
Strong employer support, important new research, and federal health care reform initiatives have converged to make the outlook for workplace health and wellness program particularly bright.

By Tracey Moorhead

Corporate Wellness Program Maximizes Benefits
Properly designed wellness programs can help corporations reduce employee benefit expenses, increase productivity, and positively affect the bottom line.

By Barb Hendrickson

Consumers Embracing HSAs Provide Tremendous Room for Growth
While health savings accounts are an easy way for consumers to better manage expenses, the accounts remain underutilized, which means the growth potential is significant.

By Curt Palmer

Online Tools Help Employers Control Health Costs
Health expense monitoring can play a core role in a broader wellness program, including health assessment and behavior modification, physical activity tracking, physician referrals, and more.

By Jim Grenier

COMING UP NEXT... Developing and implementing year-round communication/education program to make employees better health care consumers; roundup of CDHC Solutions Forum; a look at the new Health Reform Navigator.

INSIDE

Editor's & Publisher's Letter
Population Health Gains Traction Among Employers

Briefs
• ADP Acqires Workscape Partners with First HSA LLC
• Evolution Benefits Sold

Health Care Consumerism
Sick, Healthy Participants to Decide Care

By Ronald E. Bachman

Ask Your Broker
CDHP Shows No Signs of Waning

by Dan Morrill

Supplemental Health
Bolster Core Medical Plan with Accident, Critical Illness Insurance

by Alex Moral

HSA/FSA/HRA
Premiums Drive Employers to Health Savings Accounts

by By J. Kevin A. McKechnie and James S. Gandolf

Policy and Legislative Perspective
Flexibility Key to Administer Benefits with
New Legislation

by Steve Pownall

Ask the Expert
Proactive Brokers Seek Answers on Limited Medical Plans

by John Conkling

Who's Who Profiles

Stats & Data
• Report Concludes Care Costs May be Halved in a Decade
• CDHCI Offers Quarterly Report on HSAs

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Web Only Features:

Pharmacy Benefit Management
Health Care Reform: Elimination of Retiree Drug Subsidy Deduction

by McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Health Plans/Managed Care
The Benefits of Digging Deeper: Using Data Mining to Improve Employee Health and Reduce Employer Costs

by Sibson Consulting

Integrated Care: Wellness and Disease Management
Guidance Issued on Coverage of Preventive Services

by Aon

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Featured Blog
Premium Vision Benefits: So Much More Than Meets the Eye

by Patrick Tibbs

Special Event!!! 2010 CDHC Solutions Forum
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