Join us as we present Part 2 of a 2-part series on Health Care Reform for HR professionals. Despite sweeping changes at a national policy level, a strong need for risk mitigation at the employer level still exists — perhaps now more so than ever. The focus of this discussion will be on ways to reduce current & future costs by managing behavior and lifestyle risks in your workforce. We’ll examine best practices used by employers of all sizes and industries and present practical strategies to design and implement an effective program with a meaningful return-on-investment, including those with little or no employer investment required. Non-SHRM members: please contact us for registration details.

The Alliance sponsors quarterly presentations on rotating subjects for HR leaders and business owners at the Talamore Country Club in Ambler, PA. The events are easy to attend, they get right to the point, and are full of information. Best of all, they’re free to the public & your time includes a complimentary networking reception with light refreshments. Each event also includes a drawing for a complimentary golf membership to the Talamore that can be used for 1 year… a terrific bonus if your business card is drawn!

Never been to an event? Now’s your chance! Our next seminar is being hosted on Thursday, June 17th from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Denise Lantz, President of Attentive Health, and Kevin Melesky of First Contact HR will be presenting “Wellness on a Shoestring & Reducing Costly Turnover” — focused on how business leaders can subtract dollars from the ever-growing cost of doing business in two critical areas of HR risk management: health care and hiring. Click here for details & registration.

The last 2 events each gathered 60 or so business professionals from around the region in a fun & engaging atmosphere. In April, the topic was “Getting Great People & Making Benefits Count” with Daniel Ebbert of Strategic Research Solutions & Bob Thorsen of Colonial Life presenting. In January, we kicked off the year with “Maximize Employee Wealth & Wellness“, a presentation by Marc Rosenberg of United Benefits Group & Elena Sickles from Edward Jones. At our next seminar on September 16th, 2010 the event format will change with a panel discussion on “Improving Your Bottom Line” in which each sponsoring member of the AHRP will present a brief topic in rotating small group sessions.

If you are interested in these or any other AHRP activities, please join our LinkedIn Group page by clicking here. This page serves as a communication avenue for events, as well as being a forum for attendees to share ideas and continue their discussions online.

If you’re in HR, or have a vested interest in human capital management, we hope to see you at a future AHRP event! In the meantime, as always, if you have any thoughts or suggestions, please contact us.

It is with great pleasure that we now enlist the help of a friendly email/newsletter service that is not only helping us change the way we send messages (and do so more consistently), but will also help improve the content to be more topic-focused & personalized to our readers. Introducing our new friend: Mail Chimp.

So if you or someone you know would like to receive our email updates and newsletters (with the option to unsubscribe at any time, no questions asked), just click on the furry messenger below to subscribe to certain  topics & preferred email formats. No spam, no privacy violations: just brief, useful information. We promise.

Every 10 years since 1980, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leverages scientific insights and lessons learned from the past decade, along with new knowledge of current data, trends, and innovations to formulate national objectives to promote health and prevent disease. Healthy People 2010 is the current effort in this area, and will soon to be updated by Healthy People 2020.

Attentive Health is honored to be able to contribute to this effort and offer our insights as a community stakeholder to help shape the future of this initiative. Thus far, we’ve joined the Healthy People Consortium and been asked to provide input via the public comment process. As the initiative moves forward, we look forward to further advancing the objectives of Healthy People 2020 by incorporating this national resource into our program planning. We encourage all of our colleagues in the wellness & health promotion industry to do the same!

With all of that (and more!) in mind, we’ve been taking steps to leverage social media be accessible and stay connected to our clients, customers, and friends… as well as helping them connect with one another. Of course, there is no one-size-fits-all in these sorts of things, so please see below for links to our various pages on LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter. Wherever you choose, whenever you like, you can follow us, friend us, share us with your friends, and make friends with our friends! There’s truly nothing like having a supportive community in which to share ideas, information, and great conversation…

Happy networking!

For a listing of all upcoming Attentive Health LLC events, check out our new events registration page by clicking here on EventBrite, where you can also subscribe to receive notices of all future postings.

In the meantime, here’s a list of our newly-scheduled events:

• WEBINAR on February 18th (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.)
  Wellness Programs on an Unhealthy Budget

• LUNCHEONS in the Greater Philadelphia area (11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
  Good Health Is Good Business: Reduce current & future costs by managing behavior and lifestyle risks in your workforce

  February 25th @ Revivals Restaurant, Perkasie PA
  March 25th @ The Drafting House, Ambler PA
  March 29th @ McCoole’s Red Lion Inn, Quakertown PA

Feel free to invite your friends or colleagues, and as always, please contact us with any questions or comments. We look forward to seeing you!

For employers, the grant makes best-practice wellness programming available with no investment required by the employer. The program includes an onsite program kickoff/launch meeting for employees, Health Risk Assessments for employees and spouses, basic biometric data collection, a follow-up meeting with a certified health coach, monthly lunch & learn seminars, annual ROI reporting, and the option to add additional intervention services (employee-paid). The grant is primarily focused on providing these services to small and mid-sized businesses, but larger employers are also welcome to participate. More information is available on the Healthy People 2010 Grant website.

To enroll or learn more about how you or your company can get involved in this rapidly-growing program, please contact us.

Click here for more information & registration instructions.