Citation

O'Donnell MP. Am. J. Health Promot. 2014; 28(4): iv-vii.

Affiliation

Editor in Chief, American Journal of Health Promotion, Director, Health Management Research Center, and Clinical Professor, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.4278/ajhp.28.4.iv

PMID

24575746

Abstract

Employers had to scramble to develop policies for their Wellness Incentives in time for their Fall, 2013 Open Enrollment deadlines, and are already refining policies for the 2014 Open Enrollment period. Employers are encouraged to consider six policy elements and to view all of them through four lenses. The policy elements are: (1) Number and Types of Behaviors and Outcomes to Target. (2) Cost-Positive, Neutral, or Savings Approach. (3) Maximum Incentive Value and Allocation of Incentives. (4) Ratio of Types of Incentive Structure for Reasonable Alternative Standards. (5) Numbers of Cycles of RASs. (6) Access and Allocations for Family Members. The lenses are: (1) What drives healthy behavior? (2) What is equitable? (3) What is sustainable? and (4) What enhances employee morale?

Language: en