Case Management Advisor – February 1, 2010

February 1, 2010

• Case managers can take a role in fighting obesity epidemic

  Pick up any newspaper or magazine or turn on the news and you're likely to hear somebody talking about this country's obesity epidemic.

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• Program helps members stay independent at home

  Recognizing that seniors have a unique set of health care challenges, CDPHP has developed the Health Ally program for the Medicare population.

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• Program focuses on proactive interventions

  At ProHealth Care in Waukesha, WI, community outreach is more than the hosting of an educational event from time to time.

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• Don't settle for second-rate data on wellness

  If you assume that your workforce has better than average health statistics due to programs for nutrition, fitness, and smoking cessation, you may be sadly mistaken. On the other hand, you may have far fewer obese employees than the national average.

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• Don't overlook indirect costs of presenteeism

  What would you say are the two strongest drivers of lost productivity due to a health-related problem at your workplace? According to Lisa Jing, program manager of integrated health at San Jose, CA-based Cisco Systems, these are depression and anxiety.

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• EEOC: Pandemic rules based on 'direct threat'

  By law, how far can you go in screening employees or altering leave policies during pandemic?

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