Health Bits

September

 

School Lunches


It's that time again! Are you prepared to send your kids back to school? Don’t forget about a nutritious lunch. Get informed about what foods your child’s school serves and better ways to pack a lunch.

 

Fruits and Veggies


It can be difficult sometimes to eat all your fruits and veggies, so a lot of people don’t get the recommended 5 servings a day. Learn some tips on how to increase your fruit and vegetable intake.

 

World Heart Day

 

Work on making your heart healthier everyday with these 10 simple steps.

 

Focused Intermediate Risk Mgt.

Care Management

At its Annual Forum this year the Managed Care Executive Group announced the 2008 Top Ten issues impacting the managed healthcare industry.  Issue #6 includes the following core statement:

 

“Prior authorization and utilization reviews are fading, and in their place is a more collaborative model based on access, quality, safety, effectiveness and patient centeredness.”
 
FIRM, a fully confidential, clinically-proven wellness program, is now offered to at-risk persons whose health status is not being proactively addressed by existing Health Benefit Plan services such as disease and case management.  FIRM offers a combination of online and telephone resources that focus on restoring and preserving good health through these key components: 


  • Health Risk Assessment (HRA) is a health measurement tool in which participants’ self-reported information is professionally analyzed.  HRA findings are reported to in a Personal Wellness Profile (PWP).

  • Newsletters that provide concise, easy to comprehend risk management information that targets identified participant-specific risks.

  • General Health section links to more extensive risk-management information resources for those who desire additional details.

  • FIRM Care Management services for those whose conditions and risks should benefit from this additional level of service. Care management representatives will contact qualifying participants, and will conduct an initial care management interview to better understand participants’ challenging health issues so that they can assist them in improving their quality of care and quality of life.  

 

 

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