According to a recent survey conducted by Virgin HealthMiles, the four most common wellness programs offered by employers are physical activity programs (58 percent), smoking cessation programs (50 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – In a victory for business, federal regulators said Thursday that employers can continue to use financial penalties and rewards to nudge staff to participate in fast-growing workplace ...

Drexel University and its employee wellness program, A Healthier U, has for the third year in a row received recognition from Springbuk as one of the 100 healthiest workplaces in America! This award ...

Here are seven things to know about the final rules. 1. The rules were finalized Monday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 2. Under the rules, employers may set financial rewards — or ...

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 ...

Human Resources reminds benefits-eligible employees (and spouses covered on a Purdue health plan) on the West Lafayette, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Northwest campuses that there’s still time to earn ...