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Al Lewis keeps you up to date on employee health trends, wellness strategies and health literacy topics.

Nov 13, 20182 min read

News Roundup: Low Health Literacy, Overtreatment by Physicians, and Overtesting of Diabetics

Do your employees understand basic health insurance terms? There are four basic terms in health insurance – deductible, co-pay,...

Oct 26, 20182 min read

Wellness and Benefits News Roundup: New EEOC Rulemaking Delay, Overscreening Concerns, Obesity Myths

New EEOC Rulemaking Delay The EEOC had intended to establish its “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” (NPRM) this coming January. That...

Oct 22, 20184 min read

Can Healthcare Be Hazardous to Your Health? A review of Netflix’s The Bleeding Edge

[Post updated 10/25/18 to include dates.] One of the drawbacks of wellness is that focusing resources on risk factors that may pose...

Oct 19, 20182 min read

Wellness & Benefits News Roundup: New Diabetes Findings, Provant's Bankruptcy, & Too Many EKGs

Diabetic Employees Need Not Test Glucose Daily A study showed that non-insulin-dependent diabetics (meaning about 80% of them) do not...

Oct 12, 20181 min read

Wellness and Benefits News Roundup: Too Much Healthcare, Too Much Prevention, & Too Many Lab Tests?

The Commonwealth Fund found an inverse relationship between employer spending on healthcare and the number of preventable...

Oct 8, 20184 min read

New Study Says We Shouldn’t Drink. Ignore It.

A recent study in The Lancet concluded that the only safe level of alcohol consumption is: none. As the principal investigator said:...

Oct 6, 20181 min read

Wellness and Benefits News Roundup: Conflicted Physicians, Nicotine Successes, and Diet Failures

The New England Journal of Medicine published its first-ever article about wellness [behind a paywall but worth signing up for the free...

Sep 28, 20181 min read

Wellness and Benefits News Roundup: Open Enrollment Speed Bumps and EEOC Update

As open enrollment fast approaches for most companies, we recommend three articles. What employees don’t know about health insurance can...

Aug 13, 20183 min read

Should Employees Start Colon Screening at Age 45?

The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently decided that, because the rate of colon cancer has increased by an “alarming” 22 percent in...

Jul 25, 20183 min read

Could new blood pressure guidelines harm employees & waste money?

Few things create as much employee stress as being told they have a chronic condition, such as high blood pressure. High blood pressure...

Jul 24, 20182 min read

EEOC Update: Leading Wellness Vendors Foresee “Wild West of Litigation” in 2019

Stay up to date on the latest news and developments on the EEOC wellness ruling by registering for our upcoming webinar. (Quizzify...

Jul 11, 20182 min read

BenefitsPro Tackles Pending EEOC Wellness Rule Change

It’s not just us. The pending EEOC wellness rule change has become a large enough concern that BenefitsPro devoted their lead article...