This article was published on June 14, 2018 on BenefitsPro, written by Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News (Maria Fabrizio for KHN) . Photo Source: BenefitsPro. Kaiser Health News is releasing years of Purdue Pharma’s internal budget documents to offer insight into the hundreds of millions of dollars spent to launch and promote OxyContin. Purdue Pharma [...]
According to preliminary government data, U.S. deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids fueled a 21% jump in annual drug overdose deaths during 2017. The increase from 9,945 opioid deaths in 2016 to 20,145 during 2017 reflected the sharpest one-year increase since the U.S. began experiencing a widespread opioid addiction. CDC data shows that deaths [...]
This article was published on May 23, 2018 on Westfaironline, written by Aleesia Forni. Photo Source: Westfaironline. New York and Connecticut ranked among the worst states in the nation in terms of hospital safety, according to a recent survey. According to the Leapfrog Hospital Survey covering the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, New [...]
The thought of a corporate wellness program conjures up visions of apples and scales. The notion that wellness programs are built only to keep weight in check barely scratches the surface of what wellness can do. A well thought-out program takes the health needs of your employee population into consideration, but also envelopes the bigger [...]
This article was published on May 4, 2018 on Corporate Fitness & Health’s blog. Photo Credit Corporate Fitness & Health. Given that most of us spend a good amount of our time at work, it should come as no surprise that our work environment plays a significant role in our mental health and overall well-being. Despite [...]
May is National Employee Health & Fitness Month! Diversified Group’s wellness consulting and services company, Corporate Fitness & Health (CF&H), celebrates employee health and fitness all year long. But, they want to encourage all organizations to use this month to show their employees how much they care about their well-being. With chronic illnesses (and the [...]
Members would be well advised to keep an eye out for a new wrinkle in provider billing – facility fees, resembling resort fees often tacked on to daily room charges at upscale hotels. These fees, being charged by some hospital-owned clinics in addition to the charge for physician services, are said to be the result [...]
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will take place on Saturday, April 28th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is a great opportunity for those who missed the previous events, or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, especially medications including opioids such as codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine or fentanyl, to safely dispose of [...]
The Society of Actuaries reports that nearly one in five Americans in their early 70s are still working. A big reason cited is that the age at which people can claim full Social Security benefits is currently 66. With actuarial tables showing that a 65-year old male can expect to live an additional 20 years, [...]
Financial wellness, standing desks and other wellness strategies are high on the list of benefits trending upward in 2018. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, a growing number of organizations are offering programs to help employees improve their financial well-being. Some companies are providing debt counseling and help with repayment of student loans. [...]
