Al Lewis, JD

Al Lewis wears multiple hats, both professionally and also to cover his bald spot. As founder of Quizzify, he has married his extensive background in trivia with his 30 years experience in healthcare to create an engaging, educational, fully guaranteed and validated, question-and-answer game to teach employees how to spend their money and your money wisely. As an author, his critically acclaimed category-bestselling Why Nobody Believes the Numbers, exposing the innumeracy of the wellness field, was named healthcare book of the year in Forbes. As a consultant, he is widely acclaimed for his expertise in population health outcomes, and is credited by search engines with inventing disease management. As a validator of outcomes, he consults to the Validation Institute, part of an Intel-GE joint venture.

Articles

Workplace Wellness Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

May 22, 2018

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The health hazards of workplace wellness programs fall within 6 categories.

In Light of Wellness Program Findings, Employees Should Be Able to Opt Out of Wellness Screenings

May 03, 2018

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Since wellness programs have not demonstrated any meaningful cost savings or outcomes improvement, the Affordable Care Act policy allowing financial coercion by employers to force employees into unlicensed, unregulated, wellness programs should be reconsidered. And, yet, a bill currently awaiting a floor vote in Congress would allow greater financial coercion by employers.

NBER's Invalidation of Wellness: Behind the Headlines

March 08, 2018

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A new study represents an existential threat to conventional wellness programs. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the study's findings.

Do Wellness Outcomes Reports Systematically and Dramatically Overstate Savings?

January 24, 2017

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When analyzing the effect of workplace wellness and related employee health services, studies invariable attribute savings among participants to the program rather than the more likely

Protecting Employees From Harmful Vendored Wellness Programs: A Wake-Up Call

October 10, 2016

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While previous studies have revealed concerning issues regarding workplace wellness programs, the industry has now crossed a line. The program chosen as the industry's best actually harmed employees.

Chronic Disease in the Workplace: Are We Fighting the Wrong Battle?

February 16, 2016

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Whether or not employer wellness programs work remains debated, but the real question to address is whether we are even fighting the right battle.

Questioning the Widely Publicized Savings Reported for North Carolina Medicaid

August 15, 2012

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Savings claims for Community Care of North Carolina raise many questions, concerning both arithmetic/epidemiologic plausibility and omission of presumably authoritative but contradictory source materials/citations.