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Belly of The Beast, Episode 1
The Opening Gambit My wife’s employer starts sending an endless stream of mailers teasing about the upcoming open enrollment period and the — WOW! — wellness program. I am so … Continue reading →
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Belly of The Beast, Episode 2
The Threat, The Penalty The employer lets it be known that there is a significant sum of cash in play here. If my wife and I refuse to submit to … Continue reading →
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Belly of The Beast, Episode 4
The HRA My wife and I have now both completed the wellness vendor’s HRA, also known as a health risk appraisal. The tool used by the vendor is like every … Continue reading →
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Belly of The Beast, Episode 3
The biometrics My wife and I spend 2-person-hours going to a lab to part with some blood for the biometric sampling. Interestingly, according the lab voucher, they are measuring only … Continue reading →
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Belly of the Beast, Episode 5
The customer service & the security My wife and I visited an outpatient lab office on November 17 to have our biometrics done. The wellness vendor and lab company both … Continue reading →
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Belly of The Beast, Episode 6
Ignorance is bliss The customer service rep for my wife’s employer’s wellness vendor simply ignores our question about why the server certificate is not secure. We remain flummoxed by a … Continue...
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Episode 7, When risk really isn’t
This whole wellness game started in November 2014, with the first entreaties from my wife’s employer. One of the most important steps was to get biometric screenings, which were supposed … Continue...
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Episode 8, Welcome to wellness, where you can’t log in
On January 7, my wife and I emailed the wellness vendor’s customer service rep with whom we’ve been in contact and asked why we cannot log-in to the new wellness … Continue reading →
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Episode 9, who designs this stuff?
Ok, I gave in. I relented and, for the THIRD time, I have created an account for my wife in her employer’s wellness program, run a by a vendor to … Continue reading →
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The Beast Revealed: The Vendor is…Provant « They Said What?
In today’s post at They Said What, I reveal the name of the wellness vendor that’s been giving me the business. The Beast Revealed: The Vendor is…Provant « They Said … Continue reading →
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