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We Have Seen The Future, And It Works
"Want a look at one piece of the future of health care? Pop this into your browser: www.elementswellness.com. . . . What Freiman has done is design an insurance program that loads on all the preventive information, tracking, and care that you could possibly use, and then helps the employer recoup the lowered medical costs that result. . . . I believe that something like this will become the standard for health insurance in the near future, simply because the market demands it."
- HealthCentral.com
Wellness, Insurance Linked in New Program Based on a New Model of Health and Well-being
"For several years now, insurance carriers and managed care organizations have sought ways to incorporate the concepts of wellness and preventative health into their offerings. But Petaluma, CA-based Elements Inc. has made a better step: Its program was created from scratch with such integration as its founding principal. . . . Designed to empower employees to take a responsible approach to their own health and well-being, it is based on a new model called The Five Elements of Wellness . . ."
- Employee Health & Fitness
Innovative Health Plan Launched - Petaluma brokerage creates its own plan for medium-size companies
"The plight of American health care has captured the attention of Congress and the state Legislature and inspired Arnold Freiman to take action. Mr. Freiman, founder and president of Elements, Inc., is . . . launching a health plan that combines the cost-saving features of the corporate-wellness model and a self-funded health plan . . . What sets Elements' health plan apart is the financing, which brings the cost savings of a self funded plan within reach of companies with 150 to 5,000 employees . . . "
- The Business Journal serving Sonoma, Napa and Marin Counties
Catching the Enterprising Spirit - New frontiers in health care
"By conventional thinking, the premiums, deductibles and co-payments on this extraordinary package must be huge. They're not. As Debra Castillo, benefits manager for Food For Thought, a northern California grocery chain, says, 'Actually the cost with Elements was 22 to 24 percent lower than what we had been paying.' "
- Health Forum Journal
New Age Insurer Points One Way to Lower Costs
"Mr. Freiman agrees that Elements Whole Health makes sense only for companies with 150 or more employees. But he points to Natural Abilities Inc.'s Food for Thought markets, a Santa Rosa-based health food retailer with nearly 400 employees, which in April 1998 began a test of the Elements program. The company says its health costs have dropped at least 22%."
- The Wall Street Journal
Surviving an Illness, and the Health Care System
"Holistic wellness is not about adding the latest modality such as acupuncture or massage therapy to your health care plan. It is understanding our complex, interwoven environment and that health is more than just physical."
- Employee Benefit News
Benefits Firm Takes Holistic Approach To Health
"I am glad Arnie's firm is working to create a model that has as its cornerstone a focus on wellness, not just treating disease," Shelton says." I hope other companies pick up on this model. It's certainly working for us."
- California Medicine
Company-sponsored Fitness Programs Help Keep Employees Active and Healthy
"Since she started consciously walking in pursuit of fitness. . . ., Cassandra Quilala-Nickel feels better, enjoys work more and is eight pounds lighter. Quilala-Nickel is a member of her company's Wellness Team, which Elements developed with them to promote healthy lifestyles for employees. 'We're trying to encourage people to develop healthy habits, which we hope will ultimately help cut down on the company's health care costs,' says Quilala-Nickel."
- Press Democrat, Sonoma County California
Can 'Wellness' Cure Healthcare's Ills?
"Elements is designed to help employers work wellness into their employees' daily lives through exercise and education programs. The key to cutting costs, says Dr. Freiman, is to help the employee learn to assess the need for a doctor before actually going to see a doctor. . . . 'Our goal is to educate people to move from entitlements to empowerment,' says Dr. Freiman. . . . Elements' products include the Integrated Health Program, which integrates a medical, dental, and vision plan into a customized wellness program. . . . The more employees utilize the wellness options, the less the employer pays for insurance coverage."
- North Bay Business Journal, July 22, 2002
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