{"id":14949,"date":"2019-05-14T23:08:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T03:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/Life-Insurance-Blog\/manulife-expands-group-benefits-offerings\/"},"modified":"2019-05-14T23:08:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T03:08:25","slug":"manulife-expands-group-benefits-offerings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/05\/14\/manulife-expands-group-benefits-offerings\/","title":{"rendered":"Manulife expands group benefits offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca.res.keymedia.com\/files\/image\/iStock-manulife-building-1090291904.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Manulife has announced that it is introducing new technology and innovative thinking to its employee benefits plans, promising that they will \u201ctransform the benefits experience for Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starting July, Manulife said it will expand its Vitality offering to group benefits customers. Through the goal-oriented program, customers can track healthy activities to improve their health and well-being; at the same time, they can potentially earn rewards and discounts upon reaching certain activity levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChronic health conditions are on the rise in Canada and, in combination with an aging population, could soon reach economically unsustainable levels,&#8221; said Donna Carbell, Head of Group Benefits, Manulife (Canada). \u201cWe are on a mission to help people and organizations become healthier, so employees can be their best at work, feel happier, and be more engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recognition of Canada\u2019s opioid crisis, Manulife has also developed a two-step opioid management program focused on prevention and early intervention. The first step puts patients on an opioid treatment regime with a short-term supply, while the second step prioritizes the use of short-acting opioids first. These two measures, in concert, allow earlier monitoring of side effects, risk tolerance, and dependence, helping reduce the risk of chronic use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough a much more holistic approach, we hope people will be better able to recover sooner, and with less chance of addiction or additional health issues caused by overuse,\u201d Carbell said. \u201cWhen fewer plan members need ongoing, long-term treatment, their plan&#8217;s drug costs and addiction management costs are lower.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company also recently piloted a program to explore how a person\u2019s genes are linked to their physical response to medications, particularly ones that treat pain, depression, or anxiety. Preliminary results showed that after genetic testing, 51% of patients\u2019 prescriptions were changed, either in terms of dosage or medication. The study is still ongoing, and will hopefully reveal how a person\u2019s genetic makeup can support or accelerate their treatment and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Manulife has also partnered with Akira Health on a new service called Healthcare Online, which aims to make healthcare more accessible to group benefits customers. With that program, customers will have increased access to virtual medical consultations.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/news\/manulife-expands-group-benefits-offerings-257359.aspx\">Read the original article at https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/rss\/ <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manulife has announced that it is introducing new technology and innovative thinking to its employee benefits plans, promising that they will \u201ctransform the benefits experience for Canadians.\u201d Starting July, Manulife said it will expand&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}