Firms Weigh Impact of Obesity on Comp
April 1, 2009
Feature: As the link between obesity and health problems becomes clearer, employers and workers' compensation vendors are increasingly assessing the impact that the rising prevalence of obesity is having on workers' comp claims and safety efforts...
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Medicare Likely to Drop Coverage of Surgery for ...
November 18, 2008
News: As the largest single payer of health care in the country, Medicare's proposal to no longer cover a procedure strongly influences what procedures employers and health insurers will cover.
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What 'The Biggest Loser' Can Teach Employers
November 6, 2008
Feature: The hit TV show can be viewed as a kind of wellness program, offering insight into how support groups, incentives and education can help people lose weight. Winner Bill Germanakos lost 164 pounds in the course of the show's fourth season...
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Study: Weight Surgery Pays Off for Employers
October 3, 2008
... study of its kind, researchers looked at health care costs of more than 3,000 patients who underwent bariatric surgery.
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Employers Seek to Gain From Weight-Loss Surgery
August 5, 2008
Feature: With six in 10 American adults overweight or obese, benefit managers are desperately looking for ways to save money on the long-term costs associated with obesity-related diseases such as heart failure, high blood pressure and diabetes.
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States May Require Some Employers to Provide ...
May 20, 2008
News: State legislators are looking at ways to encourage--or force--employers to offer work-site wellness programs to their employees.
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Swallowing the Cost of Obesity Treatment
January 5, 2005
Feature: When Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina scrutinized medical costs and claims data for its obese members, it discovered that their care cost at least 30 percent more than normal-weight members. That is when the Chapel Hill-...
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Exposures Not Thinning Popularity of Bariatric ...
November 5, 2004
Article: With more procedures also comes increased medical malpractice risk for the providers and facilities performing these procedures. (11/5/2004)
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Obesity: A Big Problem Getting Bigger
June 1, 2004
Also included: information on the cost of providing a bariatric surgery benefit.
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Weighing the Pros and Cons of Paying for Gastric ...
June 1, 2004
Feature: Although gastric-bypass procedures and other bariatric surgeries to combat obesity are popular, they are also costly. Employers and insurers balk at picking up the tab. (6/1/2004)
www.workforce.com/archive/feature/23/73/97/index.php - 80.0Kb
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