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Wendy Lynch's Presentation - Who Survives? How Benefit Costs are Killing Your Company

Susan Freed's Presentation - The Latest on Healthcare Reform

Are employee benefits helping or hurting your business? - Business Record article

News

Iowa sets goal to become the Healthiest State On August 10, 2011, Governor Branstad announces a new state-wide initiative.

Uncommon Knowledge: the Value of Health Assessment Data Health assessments provide unique and accurate data...do employers need to conduct them annually?

Update on Funding for Prevention and Public Health Fund President Obama commits to continue to work with Congress to responsibly implement the Affordable Care Act, including the Prevention and Public Health Fund component.

Wellmark Changes Prescription Mail Service Vendor FAQ Frequently asked questions and answers about Wellmark’s transition from Walgreens Mail Service to Immediate Pharmaceutical Services (IPS).

A Culture of Health There's no easy cure for escalating healthcare costs, but some experts say creating a "culture of health" can make a difference and point to several corporate examples as proof.

WellNews Legislative Update What the Affordable Care Act has in store for Health Promotion

Wellness Grants - updated as of February 2011 Learn more details about the proposed health promotion efforts in the 2010 Affordale Care Act.

LMC Wins Gold Well Workplace Award LMC has earned the "Gold Well Workplace Award". This is an award given to select employers by the Wellness Council of America.

Bending the Trend Although wellness programs have the potentioal to bring down healthcare costs, determining whether they actually do can be tricky.

Affordable Care Act helps improve the health of the American workforce, increase workplace health programs

Iowa Healthy Worksites Tool Kit New Wellness Tool Kit available from IDPH. The Iowa Departmenty of Public Health, in conjunction with input from Iowa employers and members of the Wellness Council of Iowa (including our own Susie Roberts), has developed a very informative and easy to use toolkit.

Group likes risk, wellness programs If employers are to provide broad access to quality health care at a reasonable cost, they need to more aggressively engage workers in wellness and risk assessment programs, and raise employee awareness of what health care really costs

HHS Announces $103 million in Community Transformation Grants On September 27th, HHS awarded more than $103 million through grants which were established by health care reform's Prevention and Public Health Fund.