Managing Chronic Disease
Chronic disease is now the biggest drive of benefit plan costs, affecting 6 in 10 Canadian employees. Presenter Paula Grossman, Senior Health Benefit Specialist for Medavie Blue Cross examines the reasons for this health crisis, the impacts on the workplace and ways to contain plan costs, while improving health outcomes.
About the Author
Paula Grossman
Paula is a registered nurse and has been with Medavie Blue Cross for 23 years. She is a senior member of our product development team and responsible for benefit management initiatives for private group and individual health programs. Paula has led several workplace health promotion and disease prevention related projects, studies and product development initiatives and evolving existing health & wellness related products and programs. Prior to joining Medavie Blue Cross, she worked in medical surgical units, with experience in both the Canadian and American health care environments.
CAF, RCMP, VAC