NBCH CEO Andy Webber Quoted in Forbes Article on Employee Wellness Rules

NBCH's President and CEO, Andy Webber, was quoted in a Forbes article on the recently-published employee wellness program final regulations. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers are allowed to increase the incentives they provide to workers in order to get them into a wellness program, gym or other effort to encourage healthier behaviors. Employers also get clarity on implementing penalties for unhealthy workers.

“This reinforces that employers have been on the right track in using financial incentives as one approach among many to influence health,” Andrew Webber, president and chief executive of the National Business Coalition on Health in a statement to Forbes. “We’re supportive of the wellness rules and increasing the amount of incentives that employers can use in trying to influence employee behavior.”