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Companies that embrace a culture of health not only improve employee health and productivity levels, but also augment profitability and shareholder value. And when the C-suite is visibly on board with this attitude shift, employees are quick to follow. can deliver hoped-for participant outcomes in weight management, tobacco cessation, stress management and related health-related savings.

In this special report, "Employee Health Promotion Strategies: Effecting Change through a Culture of Health," HealthFitness President and CEO Gregg Lehman details the process and challenges of creating a corporate culture of health and the payoffs in improved worker health and safety that can result. To describe how one company overcame a "benefit entitlement mentality," Lehman is joined by Eastman Chemical Company's David Sensibaugh, who chronicles the development of a culture of health at Eastman Chemical Company.

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Dr. Rick Botelho, professor of family medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, discusses collaborating with health coaches and the impact that has on his practice, patients' responses to this new blend of treatment and the direction that health coaching is headed.
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Retail Clinics 1.0: Selling the Care Model to Payors and Providers

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Framing the Medical Home Model of Care: Blueprint from Early Adopters

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Measuring Change: Evaluating Health and Wellness Coaching Performance, Outcomes and ROI

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Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2008: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry

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Healthcare Questions & Answers...

Coordinating Effective Health Interventions

Each week, a healthcare professional responds to a reader's query on an industry issue. This week's expert is Dr. Eric Berman, Medical Director & Chairman of Health Policy, Horizon BCBS of NJ.

Question: What initiatives have been enacted by health plans to furnish reimbursement or financial incentives to providers for investing the extra time and resources needed to implement and coordinate effective health interventions in overweight children?

Response: (Eric Berman) That is an area where most health plans are woefully inadequate. Our health plans do not reimburse pediatricians for addressing obesity as a primary diagnosis, which is a big problem.

One way to address this is to develop regional programs in weight management. Horizon has developed a Health and Wellness Education program for our HMO members that is a self-referred program for members aged 12 or older.

Members can call and have a frank discussion with a nurse who will either direct them to a registered dietician or exercise physiologist or hear out their concerns and develop a weight-loss program for them to start exercising and eating right.

In Atlantic County, New Jersey, we are developing as an outgrowth of the Bariatric program at the AtlantiCare Health System an entire wellness program that includes children and adults. There are specialized classes for children on exercise and food selection, and they can also take cooking classes. We’re also looking into rewards to our members who are able to lose weight and keep the weight off. WellPoint and possibly Blue Shield of California have embarked on similar programs where they are starting to either give people reductions in their premiums or cash bonuses. If they are able to lose 10 to 15 pounds, they receive a reduction of $200 to $500. If they keep the weight off for another six months, they get a second payment of equal amount. Many health plans are looking at this and over the course of the next few years, there will be more and more plans offering some kind of bonuses for people who are starting to adapt these more healthful behaviors.

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Framing the Medical Home Model of Care: Blueprint from Early Adopters
Emergency Exits: Reducing Emergency Room Utilization by Retooling Care-Seeking and Care Access Options
Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2008: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry
Measuring Change: Evaluating Health and Wellness Coaching Performance, Outcomes and ROI
Driving Improvements in Health Coaching Outcomes Through Physician Collaboration and Coordination, a 90-minute webinar on May 15, 2008
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