When designing wellness programs, it seems that more and more health plans and employers are including health coaching as a component. Health coaches ensure that employees/members are using other elements of a wellness program effectively; in fact, the person to person interaction that a health coach provides can help detect and eliminate unhealthy behaviors that specific wellness tools alone (like health risk assessments and gym membership reimbursements) can miss. But what should an employer look for when choosing a health coach program; and how should a health plan go about integrating health coaching into its wellness program(s)?
Join us at our April webinar, titled Coaching Your Way to "Healthy": Keys to Implementing, Integrating and Utilizing Health Coaches, where Michael Samuelson from The Health & Wellness Institute will provide an overview of how health coaching programs work as well as specific case studies detailing implementation strategies as well as the health benefits and financial savings health coaching components can yield.
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Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Director and Senior Level Managers responsible for:
- Health Promotion
- Wellness
- Disease Management
- Medical Management
- Quality Improvement
- Health Data Management
- Medical Affairs
- Health Economics
- Health Informatics
- Care Management
- Utilization Management
- Health Services
- Medical Management
- Corporate Health
- Worksite Wellness
- Health Promotion
- Health Management
- Occupational Health
- Benefits Administration
- Productivity
From:
Health Plans, Employers, Health Services Companies and Corporations that have or are interested in health coaches and/or wellness programs.
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Michael H. Samuelson is the President & CEO for The Health & Wellness Institute (HWI). He currently leads business development activities for HWI, conducts senior management seminars and delivers enterprise wellness briefings for worksite wellness clients. When he’s not on the road, Michael lends his 30 years of expertise to the product development process. In addition to the management of HWI, Michael provides direct executive support to the health insurance industry.
For more than 25 years, Michael was the President and CEO of The National Center for Health Promotion, a health and productivity consulting organization he co-founded in 1977. Over the years NCHP earned a reputation as an international leader in the design and delivery of disease management, training, leadership and health promotion systems. As President and CEO, Michael led his marketing team in providing services to over 1,000 corporations and 800 medical centers. In addition, he directed a program of professional development and training for over 4,500 individuals throughout the US, Canada, and Japan. Michael is widely published and a frequent director, consultant, and advisor to numerous prestigious boards and organizations including The Men’s Health Network, The Business Innovation Factory, The HERO Forum for Optimal Employee Health, The Lance Armstrong Foundation and The Department of Defense. In addition, he has written and contributed to corporate policies for several major US corporations. A graduate of the University of Michigan with a MA degree in Education, Michael has appeared on over 200 television and radio stations throughout North America and has been interviewed by numerous print publications including Newsweek, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. His work in the area of behavior change, health economics and healthcare consumer advocacy has been featured on the ABC News program, 20/20, The CBS Morning Show, CNN, and MSNBC. Michael is a Viet Nam Era veteran of the US Air Force (1967 – 1971) and a recipient of the Commanders Coin of Excellence from the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. An avid fitness advocate and trekker, Michael has climbed mountain peaks in Asia, Africa, and Alaska, as well as the US lower 48.
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Michael H. Samuelson