For Immediate Release:
LEADING HEALTH GROUPS OUTLINE GUIDANCE ON OUTCOMES-BASED INCENTIVES
Industry collaboration produces guidance for the use of outcomes-based incentives in employer-sponsored workplace wellness programs
EDINA, Minn. (July 17, 2012)
A forward-thinking new initiative by a group of leading health care organizations has produced the industry's most consensus-driven guidance for the use of outcomes-based incentives in employer-sponsored wellness (or health management) programs.
The guidance is intended to help ensure that worksite wellness programs utilizing such incentives are effective and fair to all employees, and improve health results. Outcomes-based incentives are expected to become more common in the workplace as a result of provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - which encourage their use.
The guidance, which was published in the July 13th issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, is unique in that it represents the collaborative thinking of six well-respected health care organizations with diverse
