Financial incentives that employers provide to employees participating in wellness programs generally could not be included in determining if an employee is exempt from a health care reform law ...

Companies that have been using financial incentives or other inducements as part of their wellness programs must reconsider those incentives in light of recent federal guidelines clarifying what ...

Promising workers lower health insurance premiums for losing weight did nothing to help them take off the pounds, a recent study found. At the end of a year, obese workers had lost less than 1.5 ...

With new regulations on incentive-based wellness programs still in limbo, offering more than minimal incentives to participate in activities such as health screenings—or imposing more than minimal ...

Employer-sponsored wellness programs are designed to promote healthier lifestyles through health screenings, fitness incentives, and/or lifestyle coaching. In recent years, such programs have become ...

Elk Grove Village, IL – The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and other groups recently published a joint statement (.pdf file) on best practices for using outcomes-based ...

Getting in trouble with the law is pretty much the last thing on someone’s mind when starting a wellness program, right? Of course! Ad Loading... Employers who leverage wellness programs want to make ...

Boston – Employers increasingly are relying on financial incentives to encourage employee participation in health improvement programs, indicates a study released Feb. 9 by the National Business Group ...

Health Savings Account provider HSA Health Plan has partnered with Boston-based Wellable, an employer wellness company, to offer an incentive program to its members. Wellable’s digital, customizable ...

The Affordable Care Act encourages workplace wellness programs, chiefly by promoting programs that reward employees for changing health-related behavior or improving measurable health outcomes.

Employer wellness programs can gather medical information from employees and spouses – so long as financial incentives or penalties don’t exceed 30 percent of the annual cost for an individual in the ...

A survey out yesterday found that financial incentives have taken on greater importance as businesses seek to increase employee participation in health improvement programs. According to the study ...