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What is a “Reasonably Designed” Wellness Program?
5/2/2013Experts describe the state-of-the art in organizational health scorecards and compare and contrast instruments used for designing and assessing employee health programs.
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A recap of ACSM’s 17th Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition
4/22/2013Throughout the Worksite Health Promotion track, we found more wellness champions and learned how relevant wellness champion networks are.
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Join Our “Journal Club” Discussion
3/1/2013In this month’s issue of The Art of Health Promotion we feature an article from Seth Serxner Ph.D., MPH, entitled: “A different approach to population health and behavior change: Moving from incentives to a motivation-based approach.”
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Remembering C. Everett Koop and reflecting on his legacy
3/1/2013StayWell Health Management’s connection to Dr. Koop began in 1992 when he joined forces with The Health Project to create the C. Everett Koop National Health Award program
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ROI of Wellness – Isn’t it Time to Move On?
2/25/2013As employers consider investing in employee wellness programs, many want to know there will be a positive return on investment (ROI).
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Defining Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs Remains a Work in Progress
2/5/2013The Department of Labor has issued new guidelines concerning the wellness provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that relate to the use of financial incentives, and the Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance is seeking public comment.
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How Do You Engage Families in Health Promotion?
1/4/2013Involving families in a company’s wellness program has broad social as well as health benefits as highlighted by Judd Allen and his colleagues in the January/February issue of The Art of Health Promotion.
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Answering the question: How much, by when?
12/18/2012This research is a tremendous leap forward in our understanding of how changing health risk status impacts health care spending. While there is still much to know and understand, this research closes an important gap in the business case for a population health management approach to health care cost containment.
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Wellness and Citizenship: Learning about Engagement from the Volunteer Service Movement
11/5/2012The idea that volunteerism and social connectivity rate right up there with the most potent of personal health practices.
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With Weight Management, One Thing Leads to Another
10/15/2012Are we acknowledging that the sustainability of healthy lifestyle improvements in diet, exercise, or tobacco use is fundamentally linked to our surroundings?
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Dr. David Anderson Wins HERO’s “Mark Dundon Research Award"
10/4/2012Dr. David Anderson, StayWell’s senior vice president and chief health officer, has been honored with the “Mark Dundon Research Award” from The Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO).
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Mutualism of Culture and Engagement
8/2/2012A panel discussion on the concept of advancing a culture of health as an accepted strategy for improving a population’s health.
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A whirlwind tour of the 37th National Wellness Conference
7/26/2012Being passionate about what you do and being successful in your career is associated with greater longevity -- and other great lessons from the 2012 conference.
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Supreme Court Ruling on the Individual Mandate: Financial Incentives vary according to the eye of the beholder
7/20/2012Health care policy wonks were abuzz about the samurai jujitsu move that Chief Justice Roberts struck with his ruling in support of the constitutionality of Obamacare.
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Many perspectives. One consensus guidance statement.
7/19/2012I’ve participated in many collaborative projects over the years, but my recent involvement in the development of a consensus guidance statement on the use of outcomes-based incentives was unique in several ways.
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Honoring employers who commit to best practices
6/29/2012Whether our focus is on employee participation, health assessment results, risk change or financial outcomes, understanding what a company has been able to accomplish through its commitment to employee health enables them to prove the worth of their program to C-suite executives, while contributing to the evolution of their wellness initiative.
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The Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act
6/28/2012Business leaders responsible for making decisions about employee health benefits should view this morning’s Supreme Court ruling as interim relief from the need for changing course.
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Improving Health Practices by Changing the World: Some notes from the 22nd Annual Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference
4/26/2012Dr. Paul Terry on current trends and issues in health promotion.
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Reflections on the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Summit
4/17/2012Research suggests that getting up for a mere five minutes each hour may have an impact on overall health -- and other interesting takeaways from the 2012 conference.
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Health Care Reform 2012: What Congress Giveth... the Supreme Court Taketh Away?
4/5/2012What I am willing to bet, however, is that fundamental changes the law has stimulated at the heart of health management will forge ahead – regardless of what the Supreme Court decides!
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The opportunities that lay ahead for wellness professionals
4/4/2012I am often asked to address university student groups and typically welcome the opportunity because I have found I often walk away from the discussions more excited than ever about the wellness field and the opportunities that lay ahead for wellness professionals.
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Get your game on
3/15/2012Paul Terry, Ph.D., CEO discusses the remarkable "overlaps between behavioral economics, social psychology, and game theory as each informs what we know about motivating people and supporting their successful health behavior changes."
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Reflections on the The Twelfth Population Health and Care Coordination Colloquium
3/12/2012CEO Paul Terry, Ph.D., disucss a StayWell study, "The Role of Incentives in Improving Engagement and Outcomes in Population Health Management."
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Health Reform and the use of Financial Incentives in Wellness Programs
11/15/2011This means companies are allowed to use an “outcomes-based” incentive model that provides financial rewards for those who satisfy a prescribed health standard such as a BMI of less than 30 or who meet a “reasonable alternative standard” or obtain a waiver from their physician.
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At the Midwest Worksite Health Conference, it’s all about context
11/14/2011This conference attracts worksite health professionals and vendors from the Midwest, and speakers from all over the country.
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Do we get what we pay for with financial incentives in wellness programs?
10/7/2011Our short answer to this question about incentives, one that seems to be the pressing issue of the moment many of our clients, is: “we don’t yet know.” Believe us, it’s an unsatisfying answer for those of us who have studied wellness program effectiveness for many years. But here’s the problem. We’re dealing with a moving target.
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Focus on Progress in your Wellness Strategy
9/9/2011It’s hard to argue with progress. Researchers have shown that the thoughts, feelings and behaviors signaling progress toward a goal are the best predictors a person will achieve that goal. At StayWell, we’re applying this principle to the use of incentives in health improvement.
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Industry awards recognize excellence and drive program outcomes
7/19/2011StayWell has represented 28 companies that have received NBGH's “Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyle” award.
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Connecting health risks to productivity loss
6/28/2011StayWell has such a solid foundation in, and commitment to, best practice programming and to research,
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Health promotion: 25 years later
5/26/2011As a young health promotion professional with just six years of on-the-job experience under my belt and a freshly stamped Ph.D. in hand, I was eager to apply my training and skills to an important societal issue.
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My Own Worst Enemy - Part One
5/3/2011Take some time and think of how you are your own worst enemy and next time, I’ll share how you can get yourself off the weight battlefield and make peace with your body and yourself.
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Understanding the value of health assessment data
4/11/2011State-of-the-art health assessments work by allowing companies like StayWell to collect data not only about a participant’s risks but about their psychological readiness to change, which is a key element in tailoring a wellness program to be more effective for that individual participant.
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Essential Reading List for Coaches
3/17/2011Our initial thoughts on who we think belongs in our top-10 list of experts in the field of health promotion
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Nike has it right...Just Do It.
2/1/2011It’s the time of the year when visions of vigorous exercise replace the visions of sugarplums that danced through my head...
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