WELLNESS: The Legal Pitfalls of Drawing a Line In The Sand
FACT: A well-implemented, well-communicated Wellness program will help your company control renewal costs and protect your company's bottom line. BUT WATCH OUT! Before you pull the trigger and launch your program, there are legal pitfalls you need to be aware of...things that you can and can't do. As you create your Wellness program, you need to make sure your plans don't run afoul of federal and state laws in terms of:

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When The Cure APPEARS Worse Than The Disease
Your employees need to take their necessary medically prescribed drugs. Why? Because it keeps them healthy. For example, employees who have high cholesterol or diabetes that don’t take their medications will inevitably have a major medical event. This is what costs your company money and causes your renewals to increase. As the FDA begins to increase the number of drugs that include warnings for suicide risk, your employees are being given just one more reason not to take their medically prescribed drugs. As an employer, you need to ensure that your employees are properly educated about the resources available to them (e.g., doctors, online research, advocacy call centers, etc.) when they have questions about thier prescription drugs utilization.

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Drug Companies Get BUSTED!
While company's across the nation are struggling to find ways to reduce healthcare costs while still providing their employees with the same level of benefits and services...drug companies are gouging prices up to 1000%! Here's just one example: Indocin IV (produced by Ovation), used to treat heart problems in premature babies, previously cost $136.10, now costs $1,875...that's an increase of 1,278%! As an employer, you need to help your employees identify quality doctors, get their Preventive Care Screenings, and ensure the medications they need are affordable. However, like all companies, drug companies too need to be able to justify their profits and become part of the solution in battling the rising cost of healthcre benefits.

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LEAD...Follow...Or Get Out Of The Way
A wellness program won't work in my company because [insert your reason here]. Well...you now have one less reason. The state of Alabama, along with dozens of other company's across the country, are making Wellness and Disease Management programs work...and they're saving their company's hundreds of thousands of dollars annually by doing it. They've done this by combining a long-term strategic plan with programs that focus on "Compliance" as opposed to "Outcome." Asking your employees to show continued progress (Compliance) is a much more successful model than penalizing employees for not reaching established goals (Outcome). Enacting a cultural change in your organization takes time...but the end results of healthier employees and a stronger bottom-line are rewards worth working towards.

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WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT?
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