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Wellness Ignited! Edelman panel talks about how to build a health culture in the U.S.

By on March 26, 2012 in Behavior change, Connected health, Corporate wellness, Demographics and health, Design and health, Diabetes, Employers, Entertainment and health, Environment and heatlh, Exercise, Food and health, Health and Beauty, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health regulation, Health social networks, Heart health, HITECH Act, Internet and Health, Kids' health, Managed care, Medicaid, medical home, Medical innovation, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Nutrition, Obesity, Personalized medicine, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Retail health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust, Welness, Women and health, Workplace wellness

Dr. Andrew Weil, the iconic guru of all-things-health, was joined by a panel of health stakeholders at this morning’s Edelman salon discussing Wellness Ignited – Now and Next. Representatives from the American Heart Association, Columbia University, Walgreens, Google, Harvard Business School, and urban media mavens Quincy Jones III and Shawn Ullman, who lead Feel Rich, a [...]

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Consumer engagement in health: greater cost-consciousness and demand for cost/quality information

By on December 14, 2011 in Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health literacy, Internet and Health, Managed care

People enrolled in consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) are more likely than enrollees in traditional health insurance products to be cost-conscious. In particular, CDHP members check prices before they receive health care services, ask for generic drugs versus branded Rx’s, talk to doctors about treatment options and their costs, and use online cost-tracking tools. Furthermore, CDHP [...]

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Employers’ health plans look to behavior change, while accelerating the premium cost shift to employees

By on June 8, 2011 in Employers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health Plans, Health social networks, Managed care, Medication adherence, Prevention and wellness

The new mantra for employers who sponsor health benefits is: “a healthy workplace leads to a healthy workforce.” Employers that sponsor health plans are now in the behavior change business, according to Aon’s 2011 Health Care Survey. Health plans are tightly focusing on wellness, motivating and sustaining positive personal health changes, with carefully designed incentives [...]

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No relief: medical costs will increase by double-digits again in 2011

By on October 4, 2010 in Health Economics, Health reform, Managed care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PPACA

Medical costs will grow between 10% and 11% in 2011, depending on whether an enrollee is opting for a PPO (11%), a POS (11.2%) or an HMO plan (10.2%). These growth rates are similar to 2010 increases, with the largest percentage growth projected for point-of-service plans from 10.6% in 2010 to 11.2% next year. These [...]

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Benefits and costs: the growing burden of health insurance on American families

By on September 3, 2010 in Employers, Health Economics, Health Plans, Managed care

Since 2000, American workers’ contributions to health insurance premiums more than doubled, to nearly $4,000 a year from $1,619 ten years earlier. The total premium going to health insurance per worker for family coverage is $13,770 in 2010, with nearly $10,000 being borne by the employer. Workers’ share of premium increased 147%, and employers’ grew 114%. The [...]

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