Module 8 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Workplace wellness
programs can lead to
fewer absences,
improved productivity,
and fostering what
factors amongst
employees?
Satisfaction and
retention
The target
demographic group
of a wellness
program
Those who struggle
with health or
wellness
Wellness program
objectives should
promote a healthy
lifestyle and provide
targeted responses
to what?
Health risks and
conditions
A confidential form in
which employees
answer questions
about their health related behaviors
Health Risk
Assessment
This is generally
administered by a
nurse/other qualified
professional and provides
informational results for
various health risk factors
Biometric screening
A type of
employer program
providing
recommendations
for various health
topics
Health education
program
A workplace wellness law
that prohibits discrimination
by group health plans
based on an individual’s
health status, but allows for
premium or cost-sharing
discounts based on one’s
health status in certain
circumstances.
ERISA
A law that prohibits
employment
discrimination based on
health status and forbids
employers from inquiring
about workers’ health
status, but allows this if
part of a voluntary
wellness program
ADA
An employer law that
prohibits employment
discrimination based on
genetic information and
forbids employers for
asking about one’s
genetic information
GINA
A federal law that
protects the
privacy of personal
health information
Health Insurance
Portability and
Accountability Act
(HIPAA)
This act amended
ERISA to permit group
health plans to adopt
wellness program
incentives that adjust
a person’s group
health plan premiums
or cost-sharing based
on health status
The Affordable Care
Act
Another name for
wellness programs
that vary health plan
premiums or cost sharing based on
participant health
status
Health-contingent
wellness programs
Heath-contingent
wellness programs must
provide notice to
participants,
waivers/alternatives for
earning rewards, & make
rewards available at
least annually to be
considered as __________.
Reasonably
designed
The DOL considers
wellness programs
that do not base
rewards or penalties
on health status as
_____________.
Participatory
This governing body that
issued enforcement
guidelines that a wellness
program is considered
voluntary under the ADA
if an employer doesn’t
require participation or
penalize employees for
non-participation.
Equal Employment
Opportunity
Commission (EEOC)
The EEOC provided final
rules on regulations to an
ADA rule that specifies a
reasonably designed
wellness program may
not be designed to
mainly do this to
employees based on
health
Shifting costs onto
employees based on
their health
The extent to which an
employer may offer
inducements to an
employee’s spouse to
participate in
workplace wellness
programs falls under
this Act
GINA wellness rule
In the event one’s
privacy is violated
under HIPAA, a
complaint can be filed
with this organization
U.S. Department of
Health and Human
Services
Effectively
managing your
economic life
Financial wellness
