Balancing the Scales: Strategies to Optimizing Weight Management Programs

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 · 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST

Obesity continues to be a growing health concern in the U.S. The CDC estimates that among adults age 20 to 74 the prevalence of obesity increased from 15% in the late 70’s to 32.9% in 2004. Annual medical costs related to obesity add up to approximately $93 billion and absenteeism due to obesity related illnesses also cost employers an estimated $4 billion annually.

Balancing the Scales: Strategies in Optimizing Weight Management Programs , will present strategies for implementing weight management programs, discuss incentives for encouraging members to make healthy decisions and address the financial and health benefits that weight management programs yield.

During this 90 minute webinar Todd McGuire, COO for incentaHEALTH and Jenny Quinn, Wellness Specialist for Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, detail case studies on weight loss and management solutions. In addition, they present effective tools for communicating and promoting program to employers. Register now to maximize the effectiveness of your organization’s worksite wellness and weight management programs to help employees stick with their 2008 New Year’s resolutions to improve both overall productivity and control escalating healthcare costs.

Formal presentations will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A to answer your most pressing weight management programs questions.

Tune into this live 90-minute webinar from the convenience of your office to:

• Design and implement effective member weight management programs
• Optimize member adoption and utilization of weight management programs
• Realize the employer benefits by increasing productivity, minimizing turnover and lowering absenteeism
• Increase employee-interest in living healthier lifestyles though effective incentive and rewards programs
• Assess web tools and other means to improve the BMI (Body Mass Index) of employees and members

Jenny Quinn – Wellness Program Specialist, Accident Fund Insurance Company of America

Jenny Quinn is responsible for the internal wellness program at the Accident Fund Insurance Company of America and its subsidiary United Heartland. Jenny is in charge of program design, implementation and evaluation. The program addresses all areas of health promotion, and serves roughly 900 employees.

The program, called eBalance, was created in 2005; as the Wellness Program Specialist, Jenny is dedicated to helping the employees improve their quality of life, while also benefiting the organization.

Jenny has a B.S in Exercise Physiology, and an M.S in Health Promotion.

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Todd McGuire — Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer

Todd McGuire, COO and CTO, manages incentaHEALTH’s operations and technology strategy. As one of the co-founders of incentaHEALTH, Todd has helped architect many of the systems and processes that allow incentaHEALTH’s customers to deliver measurable, incentive-based wellness programs to employees.

Todd has focused his career on helping organizations improve their business performance through the application of advanced technologies. Before co-founding incentaHEALTH, Todd served as CTO of BlueCompass, where he worked with incentaHEALTH’s CEO, Jack Rule. Previously, Todd worked at Raymond James Consulting and BDM Technologies, in Denver, CO, where he developed e-commerce systems for healthcare, financial services and manufacturing companies. A graduate of the University of Colorado, Todd studied information systems and management to earn his B.S. degree. Todd is also a Certified Personal Trainer and enjoys participating in marathons and triathlons as a way to stay healthy.

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