“If employers' health promotion efforts are successful, workers use health care services sparingly, they have lower absenteeism, disability rates decrease, worker safety improves, and productivity is improved. When done right, this presents a "win-win" for employees and employers.”

— Ron Z. Goetzel, Health Affairs, Jan/Feb 2009

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Labor and Management Beat Costs Together

February 8, 2013

The Fresno Unified School District Joint Health Management Board has achieved unprecedented savings through collaboration. To see the video, click here.

HSA Contributions Save More in 2013

January 7, 2013

  Federal social insurance taxes are imposed on employers and employees, ordinarily consisting of a tax of 6.2% of wages up to an annual wage maximum ($110,100 in 2012) for Social Security and a tax of 1.45% of all wages for Medicare. For the years 2011 and 2012, the employee's contribution had been temporarily reduced to 4.

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School District Turns to Claremont Partners for Health Program Integration

March 10, 2012

Board members knew that they needed a crystal clear picture of the whole system, as well as an ambitious approach to break from state and national health cost trends. http://www.claremontpartners.net/media/resources/school-district-case-study.pdf

Claremont Collaborates with CHHS to Secure Privacy

May 27, 2010

Today Claremont Partners presented its working paper on how to best align California's Confidentiality of Medical Information Act with HIPAA. The paper was presented at the most recent meeting of the Privacy, Security, and Accountability ("CalPSAB") Legal Committee, organized by the California Health and Human Services Office of Health Integrity.

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Health Program Integration Program Installed

November 18, 2009

  Although health purchasers have recognized the importance of health and wellness, and their impact on productivity, few at this time have developed a formalized health and productivity strategy and tactical roll-out plan. Today, Claremont Partners announced the completion of its Health Program Integration program to address these needs.

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Bjornson is Member of NBGH Workgroup That Developed Guide for Strategic Integration of EAP

February 25, 2009

The National Business Group on Health's Center for Prevention and Health Services has published, "An Employer's Guide to Employee Assistance Programs." Tom Bjornson was a member of the workgroup that developed the report which focuses on strategically defining, integrating and measuring EAPs. A copy of the report is available in Resources.

Claremont Partners Introduces Accountable Care Integrator To Benefit Consultants and Health Care Leaders

January 14, 2009

Health benefit consultants and Taft-Hartley plan trustees continue to respond enthusiastically to Claremont Partners’ strategic benefit integration solution, Accountable Care Integrator (ACI), according to principals Tom Bjornson and Phil Polakoff, MD. “In the past several weeks we’ve...

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