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Employee Wellness News Roundup: Canada Disses…Milk?
Among the more head-scratching news roundup items we have ever covered is this one: Canada has taken dairy off its good-for-you nutrition guidelines.Two observations about that decision:1. The research is trending strongly in the other direction. Dairy – particularly full-fat dairy, the type that comes out of the cow – turns out to be good for most people. (We say “most people” because one of the many things the wellness industry and the nutrition industry get wrong is labeling things “good/heal
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Six Things Employees Should Know About Sugar
Very little is settled in nutrition science. Sugar is one of them. Added sugar – even naturally occurring sugar – should be limited in most people’s diets, because it raises risk of diabetes and heart disease. Quizzify can complement your health risk assessment and take sugar-avoidance advice to the next level.For instance, while it is great that HRAs almost invariably advise employees to “eat a healthy breakfast” or “avoid added sugar,” that information by itself needs some elaboration to help
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Wellness and Benefits News Roundup: Health Literacy, Scanning, and Obesity
Bad news and good news in this roundup. Let’s do the good news first, for a change.Good News: Health LiteracyA new report endorses employee health literacy. It concludes:35 percent of respondents either only somewhat understand, don’t understand or know nothing about their healthcare coverage, and 33 percent of respondents don’t understand their medical bills. Yet, employers are not providing adequate resources to address these issues.Interesting, but you might ask: “How is this good news?” Well
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MRIs and CT Scans: Overused, Overpriced…and Overrated
The Journal of the American Medical Association says Americans are exposed to radiation, overtreatment and high costs via unnecessary scans. Here’s how you can help employees avoid these risks.From launch, Quizzify has been educating employees about the hazards of diagnostic scans. Check out the graphic below, which compares the US to 20 other countries that, for the most part, have better health outcomes than we do. And yet, we do more MRIs and scans combined than any other country, by far.As h
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6 Myths and Facts About Employee Health Literacy
While employee health literacy is a fast-growing segment of employee health benefit services, what’s amazing is not the number of organizations embracing it. It's the number of organizations ignoring it.
Read articleBreaking: EEOC Wellness Rules Now Unlikely Until 2020 or 2021
EEOC Rule Officially Ends “Safe Harbor” for Wellness Incentives. Al Lewis highlights the details in this blog post.
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A Trip into the Treatment Trap: The Birth of Quizzify
Does wondering how Quizzify got started keep you up at night? Wonder no longer. Al Lewis highlights the birth of Quizzify.
Read articleWellness & Benefits News Roundup: Are Employees Getting Too Many Screens?
In a very balanced article, Consumer Reports summarized the debate about which screens to do and which to avoid. The bottom line is that Americans are both over-screened and
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Do you (and your employees) know these 3 important facts about dental care?
Nowhere in healthcare is there a bigger gap between what employees should know and what they don't know than dental care. Find out these 3 important facts about dental care.
Read articleNews 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, co-insurance and out-of-pocket maximum—that two-thirds of Americans think they can define. However, according to a new study, half of them define them wrong. Only 4% understand all four. The Explanation of Benefits doesn’t help much, the study observes.Are we overmanaging diabetic employees?Doctors are overtreating patients, because they simply can’t keep up with the li
Read articleNew EEOC Rulemaking Delay, Overscreening Concerns, Obesity Myths
New EEOC Rulemaking DelayThe EEOC had intended to establish its “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” (NPRM) this coming January. That schedule would have put them on track to declare new rules governing clinical wellness programs in early 2020. Last week they announced that the NPRM will not take place until June. This may possibly delay the actual declaration of rules to mid-2020 or beyond. An NPRM requires a quorum. With the possible departure of Commissioner Chai Feldblum, the EEOC might not have
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Can Healthcare Be Hazardous to Your Health? A review of Netflix’s The Bleeding Edge
Al Lewis from Quizzify reviews Netflix's, The Bleeding Edge that focuses on the hazards of healthcare on your health.
Read articleNew Diabetes Findings, Provant's Bankruptcy, & Too Many EKGs
A study showed that non-insulin-dependent diabetics (meaning about 80% of them) do not benefit from daily blood glucose checks. Find out more in this blog post by Al Lewis.
Read articleToo Much Healthcare, Too Much Prevention, & Too Many Lab Tests?
In this installment of Wellness and Benefit News Roundup, find out about if employer are spending too much on prevention and on too many lab tests.
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New Study Says We Shouldn’t Drink. Ignore It.
Al Lewis takes a deeper dive into a new study that says there's only one approach to alcohol...none.
Read articleConflicted 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 near-term subscription]. Its viewpoint: primary care physicians should not be forced to choose whether to report employee noncompliance.
Read articleOpen Enrollment Speed Bumps and EEOC Update
Wellness and Benefits News Roundup: What employees don’t know about health insurance can hurt them…and can cost you money.
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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 the 45-to-49-year old cohort this century, colon screenings should start at age 45. This is a very instructive decision, though not because it is a good idea.
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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. However, it could be causing more harm...read more of the blog article.
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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.
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BenefitsPro Tackles Pending EEOC Wellness Rule Change
The pending EEOC wellness rule change has become a large enough concern that BenefitsPro devoted their lead article last week to the topic. The article, entitled "The EEOC isn’t taking action on wellness regulations, but employers certainly can," features extensive commentary by Quizzify CEO, Al Lewis.
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Quizzify Applauds Choice of Atul Gawande to Lead Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan Joint Venture
The newly announced CEO's philosophy is nearly indistinguishable from Quizzify’s: “Virtually every family in the country, the research indicates, has been subject to overtesting and overtreatment in one form or another. We at Quizzify agree.
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Sunburn and Ivy and Ticks, Oh My!
How well do t-shirts block sunlight? How fast does poison ivy spread? How would you know if you got sick from a tick? Find out in this summer hazards blog post.
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Webinar Recap: The Pending EEOC Wellness Rule Changes
While much still remains unknown, one thing is certain: come January 2019 and barring an act of Congress, employers will no longer be allowed to coerce employees into “voluntary” clinical wellness programs. Listen to this live webinar "How Quizzify Turns Lemons into Lemonade."
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