Walmart's announcement last week that it would acquire telehealth company MeMD to provide virtual care nationwide for primary, urgent and behavioral healthcare is a bigger deal than Amazon's March rollout of its virtual primary care services, according to consultant Paul Keckley of The Keckley Report. "I think it's a strategic play, I think it's bigger than Amazon," Keckley
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WASHINGTON, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, every hospital and ASC across the country received a letter signed by four influential national employer groups the Health Transformation Alliance, ERISA Industry Committee, National Alliance of Health Care Purchaser Coalitions, and the Business Group on Health requesting their participation in the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey and Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey.
The organizations represent in total over 12,000 employers with more than 55 million lives. Their collective voice as purchasers sends a strong signal to the health care market of their expectation for high quality, safe care. As organizations that speak out for America s employers, who invest significantly in the health and well-being of employees, we feel that participation in Leapfrog Surveys is vital to achieving real progress towards a safer, higher-quality, more transparent health care system for all, said E
Measuring the Impact of a Well-Being Program: U-Haul’s Story
U-Haul shared how it uses data and employee feedback to continually improve its health and well-being program and move up the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America list.
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Moving equipment and storage company U-Haul has used information from its employees including data on how they’re using their benefits and feedback on what they say they need to work to improve its health and well-being program.
At one of the sessions held during the Business Group on Health’s 2021 Annual Conference, “From Crisis to Opportunity,” Penny Moore, chief commercial officer of Springbuk, a health data analytics solutions provider, said U-Haul was named No. 15 on its 2020 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America list as a result of its effort.
Certilytics to Showcase Big Data Healthcare Analytics for Employers at Business Group on Health Conference
Data Warehousing & Benefit Management Technologies to be Highlighted During Virtual Event
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Certilytics, Inc. today announced it will showcase its AI-powered data warehousing and predictive analytics solutions at this year s Business Group on Health annual conference, a gathering of the nation s largest and most forward-looking employers, including 74 Fortune 100 companies.
The virtual conference will be held May 4-6.
In addition to highlighting its machine learning technologies that enable self-funded employers and health plans to track progress on shared targets for cost savings, Certilytics team of experts will be available to offer live demonstrations of how the company s solutions help employers evaluate the performance of their benefit and wellness partners based on va
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The commercials are eye-catching, and no expense was spared: celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga talk about how seeing the WELL Health-Safety seal outside a business makes people feel safer going inside.
But is there really good science behind that seal?
The concept of certifying buildings for meeting certain standards isn t new; LEED green building certification, for instance, started in the 1990s. But the notion may have broader appeal as the country grapples with how to reduce the spread of COVID-19 while helping the economy rebound.
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) launched its original WELL Building Standard in 2014 after a years-long pilot. The company was planning to roll out a 2.0 version of the standard in early 2020, but quickly pivoted when COVID-19 hit, Jessica Cooper, chief commercial officer at IWBI, told