The number of health-focused mobile apps continues to climb in response to demand from consumers, particularly young people. Health care professionals are also adding to the demand by increasingly using apps as a way to encourage their patients to pursue healthier lifestyles.
Only weeks after a former Harvard economics instructor claimed that virtually all of the money companies have spent on wellness programs has been wasted, a Harvard study is highlighting one corporate wellness program as a ringing success.
The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU), one of many industry groups opposing the tax, released a statement Friday in response to repeal efforts that argued that the tax was based on flawed economic analysis.
The federal government still has a lot of work to do to improve the performance of the 14 state-run health insurance exchanges that were set up as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.