Events

Event: Keeping America Healthy Through Worksite Health Promotion

Date: July 10, 2008

Location: Room B-340, Rayburn House Office Building
 
Time: Noon

Description:

This lunch briefing will highlight the importance of investing in employee health.  A panel of experts will discuss the benefits of worksite health promotion from a business and a health perspective and legislative proposals that reinforce the importance of establishing workplace wellness programs.

Participants include:

- John M. Clymer, President, Partnership for Prevention and Co-Chair, US Workplace Wellness Alliance

- Michael D. Parkinson, MD, MPH, FACPM, President, American College of Preventive Medicine

- Amy Compton-Phillips, MD, Physician Director of Population Care, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Region

- Kate Kohn-Parrott, Director, Integrated Health Care & Disability, Chrysler LLC

With comments from Congressman Joe Knollenberg

The briefing is being sponsored by Partnership for Prevention, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance, in cooperation with the US Workplace Wellness Alliance.

Event: How America's Employers Are Promoting Health and Wellness Programs in the Workplace

Date: July 14,2008

Location: Dirksen Senate Building, Room 430
 
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM

Description:

This briefing will discuss the Blue Plans efforts with employers to collaborate in pioneering workplace wellness programs.

Participants include:

- Richard Lueders, Director of Compensation and Benefits, DTE Energy and Doug Woll, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Blue Care Network, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

- Pat Fulcher, Vice President of Associate Services, Food Lion and Don Bradley, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

- Helen Darling, President, National Business Group on Health

The briefing is being hosted by the BlueCross BlueShield Association.