My Wellchoice and DataPath Partner to improve + Wellness Pro

 

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DataPath, based in Little Rock, Ark., and my Wellchoice +, based in Eagle, Idaho, provides a third-party administrators and employers in a new way to use HSA contributions to increase participation in welfare programs and reduce health care spending.

With software developed by DataPath, employers may convert points earned in the Wellchoice + My wellness program in real dollars paid directly to an employee's HSA account. By linking the management of well-being to an employee's HSA account, employers can better encourage employees to take control of their wellness and disease management.

The Wellchoice + My Online Wellness personalized fitness, nutrition and plans to improve the autonomy with a web-based reporting and monitoring tools, education, access to experts, and awards as part of an online community of well-being. Employees and their families also receive discounts to members of health clubs in 9000 and savings on top-of-the line exercise equipment to help improve their health.

"The partnership with My Wellchoice + offers our customers an easy and effective wellness program," said Ben Robbins, director of marketing for DataPath. "Our new software platform will give employers a better way of well-being to monitor participation, while providing financial incentives to encourage employees to actively participate in the program. Finally, employers have a way of measuring participation and the return on investment of their overall wellness program. "

Through My Wellchoice + program, employers can monitor employees' use of fitness facilities. My Wellchoice + All members receive their cards slide into a drive to the entrance and exit of an establishment. This information is summarized to provide employers with a report on how the group of employees as a whole using the fitness facilities. Employers can monitor the number of workers going to a fitness center and for how long.

Employers and employees have access to a web portal to convert points earned through active participation in the program + My Wellchoice to receive credits. When participation affects the well-being their bank account, employees are highly motivated, "said Scott Leavitt, founder and CEO of My Wellchoice +.

"We know wellness works. Our programs help employees healthier and more productive while reducing overall costs of health care for their employers, "said Leavitt, who is also president of the National Association of Health Underwriters (Nahua). "We have done our wellness program easy to use. But it only works when employees to eat healthily, exercise more, live better, quit smoking and reduce stress. And what better way to encourage employees to participate and put money in their pockets. "

DataPath, founded in 1984, is a management company owned, private company based in Little Rock, Ark., which produces software solutions for the management of employee benefit plans. Clients include employers, performance benefits outsourcing consultants, service providers and the plan, including banks, CPAs, insurance companies and insurance agencies. DataPath specializes in operating systems benefit plans under federal regulations, such as cafeteria plans, flexible spending accounts, according to plans of care, reimbursement of health accounts, health accounts Savings, COBRA, health care debit cards and more.

My Wellchoice + offers affordable and effective wellness programs can reduce costs for employers and to promote healthy behaviors for employees. Our wellness program online is designed to involve employees and their families in physical activity, healthy eating and managing lifestyle that leads to concrete results. My Wellchoice + The online program is based on the technology of trust of more than 20 million participants. Quitting smoking, bio-metric testing programs and stress management are also available.