Life & Health

An electrodiagnostic functional assessment can provide new data--important because hardware removal accounts for 33% of all planned orthopedic surgery.|

The wellness provision of the Affordable Care Act was based on the success story at Safeway and a seminal article in Health Affairs -- both of which turn out to be made up.

Taking a positive view of maternity leaves may not be second nature for employers. But the approach can create high-quality employment relationships--and productivity and profit.

Many of us may be reluctant to question the design of our company's wellness program because it sounds like we are challenging Mom and apple pie. But poorly designed wellness programs can do much more harm than good.

Health costs and  healthcare premiums continue to increase much faster than the rest of the economy, which cannot continue without some type of intervention.  Without some long-term improvement in the economics of healthcare we, as individuals and a nation, are faced with exceptional long-term economic challenges.

Brokers and consultants would be well-advised to start backing off from employee wellness programs.

If an employee receives a prescription for narcotics after a workplace injury, it can pose significant safety issues and add unnecessary costs without proper monitoring.

If you’ve seen one private exchange—you’ve seen exactly one private exchange.  Exchanges are all different, from their front-end requirements to their back-end requirements.