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- November 2006 PRESS RELEASE
Ceridian Corporation today announced that it has acquired Leade Health, a leading health coaching firm specializing in the areas of weight management, stress management, tobacco cessation, and cardiovascular health.
- November 2006 PRESS RELEASE
Every year, smokers across the nation participate in the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov. 16. Leade Health, Inc. – a national leader and pioneer in health coaching programs – is encouraging all citizens to support smokers’ efforts to quit this year.
- October 2006 PRESS RELEASE
Leade Health has announced a new health coaching service tailored for
candidates and patients of bariatric surgery. The program works with individuals before and
after the surgery, and identifies which candidates are appropriate – and more importantly, who
isn’t appropriate, a distinction which can save employers thousands of dollars per individual.
- August 2006 PRESS RELEASE Leade Health's work at home health coaching model yields industry high success rates. Our coaches combine education and experience with dedicated participant relationships and flexibility. Hear from one of our coaches on how she makes
telephonic health coaching a success.
- July 2006 PRESS RELEASE Leade Health has released a new whitepaper that will help establish best practices for behavioral change programs such as weight management, stress
reduction, tobacco cessation and cardiovascular health.
- May 2006 PRESS RELEASE
Drawing upon years of data from dedicated coaching
programs and research, Leade Health is establishing best practices outcomes for
its key behavioral change programs of weight management, stress reduction,
tobacco cessation, and cardiovascular health.
- April 2006 PRESS RELEASE
Leade Health has been recognized as one of the “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch,”
an awards program sponsored by the Edward Lowe Foundation.
- April 2006 PRESS RELEASE
Leade Health, Health Coaching pioneers in the areas of weight management, stress
management, tobacco cessation, and cardiovascular health, announce the release
of a new white paper, “The Business Case for Weight/Obesity Management Using
Health Coaching Interventions.” The paper not only addresses the impact of
obesity on workplace productivity and medical costs, but focuses on health
coaching as a way for employers to combat employees’ weight issues through
lifestyle intervention programs.
- February 2006 PRESS RELEASE Leade Health achieves some of the industry’s best behavioral change results through its single, unique approach: health coaching. Leade Health establishes a
direct partnership between a dedicated coach and a participant, focusing on one
or more positive lifestyle goal(s). Dedicated coaching is paying off for
participants; for example, smoking quit rates are among the highest in the industry.
- January 2006 PRESS RELEASE Leade Health increases full-time employment by over 42 percent in 2005 in spite of gloomy regional economy, corporate downsizing. The healthcare provider is experiencing unprecedented growth, in its health coaching services that focus on Tobacco Cessation, Weight Management, Stress Management, and Cardiovascular Health.
- November 2005 Published article, "Health and Productivity Management: The Integration of Health and Wellness into Employee Assistance and Work-Life Programs." Michael Mulvihill, Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, Nov 2005.
- June 2005 Leade Health is awarded funding to pilot a free obesity help line for the State of Michigan. Participants who are ready to make lifestyle changes to manage or lose weight are enrolled in Leade Health’s telephonic I Can Change Weight Management Program.
- May 2005 Leade Health presented to the annual meeting of the North American Quitline Consortium about the innovative cost sharing model created for the State of Michigan Quitline and Medicaid qualified health plans.
- January 2005 Seven Michigan health plans partner with Leade Health to provide Michigan Quitline services for Medicaid members. These plans include CAPE Health Care, Great Lakes Health Plan, HealthPlus of Michigan, M-CAID, Midwest Health Center, Molina Health Care, and Total Health Care.
- January 2005 Leade Health announces the first release of the I Can Quit, I Can Change and I Can Relax E-coaching programs. These web based programs provide participants with educational articles, interactive tools and a designated health coach.
- January 2005 ASAHI Thermofil, a Michigan corporation, partners with Leade Health to provide health risk assessment, on-site screenings and health coach programs for employees.
- November 2004 Leade Health receives coverage in Wall Street Journal article on Obesity and Medicare.
- November 2004 Michael Mulvihill, President & CEO of Leade Health presented at the annual meeting of the Employee Assistance Professional Association in San Francisco. The title of the session was, “Integration Case Studies of EAP/Worklife/Wellness: The Players & their Perspectives, the Challenges of Implementation, and the Health and Productivity Metrics.”
- November 2004 Excellus Health Care presents the program design and outcomes of the telephonic prescription weight management program managed by Leade Health at the Best of Blues Conference
- October 2004 Leade Health begins distributing free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to eligible residents via the Michigan Quitline.
- May 2004 CIGNA Behavioral Health establishes a partnership with Leade Health to provide Leade’s health coaching programs for client organizations.
- October 2003 The United Nations Business Council selects Leade Health's I Can Quit program as one of the nations top rated evidence-based tobacco cessation programs.
- October 2003 Published article, "Wellness & Health Promotion: Definition, Core Practices and the Future." Michael Mulvihill, ACSW, Journal of Employee Assistance, Oct 2003.
- October 2003 The State of Michigan Department of Community Health selects Leade Health to provide a statewide quit line for tobacco users. Participants recieve free telephone coaching and a complimentary quit kit.
- October 2003 Excellus Health Care, a statewide New York health insurance provider, offers Leade Health's I Can Quit, I Can Change and I Can Relax health coach programs to members.
- June 2003 MCare HMO of MI creates a partnership with Leade Health to offer the I Can Quit smoking cessation program to adult health plan members.
- June 2003 HealthPlus of Michigan contracts with Leade Health to offer the I Can Change weight management pilot program for members meeting minimum BMI criteria.
- May 2003 Leade Health announces a Strategic Alliance with Claremont Behavioral Services of Alameda, CA to distribute the I Can Quit smoking cessation program, I Can Change weight management program and the I Can Relax stress management to its EAP clients.
- April 2003 Health Alliance Medical Plans partner with Leade Health to offer the I Can Quit smoking cessation program for health plan members in Illinois and Iowa.
- March 2003 Leade Health announces the first release of the I Can Relax stress management program. The program is a cognitive behavioral approach to stress management which focuses on workplace stress. Emphasis is placed on the development of specific goals and action plans to make changes which will improve health and work productivity.
- January 2003 Care Choices HMO of Michigan pilots Leade Health's I Can Change weight management program for members meeting minimum BMI criteria.
- January 2003 HealthPlus of Michigan joins in partnership with Leade Health to offer smoking cessation programming for adult members.
- January 2003 Leade Health announces the first release of the I Can Change weight management program. The program features a non-diet, lifestyle approach to weight management whereby participants are placed into tracks based on their experience with weight loss programs and health habits such as exercise.
- December 2002 Leade Health announces that Michael Mulvihill, President, has been appointed to an internationally based EAP, Work/Life and Wellness Committee focusing on researching the integration of Health Promotion/Wellness Programs, EAP's and Work/life programs. The committee is sponsored by the Employee Assistance Professional Association based in Arlington, VA.
- November 2002 Leade Health announces the first release of the I Can Quit smoking cessation program. Among the program features are personalized coaching and a dynamic workbook which assists program participants to develop the confidence and motivation to quit.
- January 2002 HealthDesign Consultants announced its new name and corporate identity - Leade Health: Leaders in Health Behavior Change. The purpose of this change, effective January 9, 2002, was to showcase its strengths, and distinguish itself in the health promotion, managed care and pharmaceutical marketplace. Leade Health, Inc. is a disease prevention company specializing in health behavior change programs such as weight, smoking and stress, featuring an innovative triage process backed up by sophisticated outcome measurements.
- September 2001 Leade Health entered into an agreement with Univera Healthcare, of Buffalo, New York to design and implement a longitudinal study to evaluate the effectiveness of weight management pharmacological interventions with and without personalized health coaching.
- August 2001 Michael Mulvihill, President of Leade Health was voted Outstanding Board Member of the Year for the Association of Worksite Health, Region IV.
- June 2001 At the Michigan Association of Health Plans Annual Summer conference, Care Choices' Stop Smoking Program was awarded First Place in the Health Care Programs category. The Stop Smoking Program was also awarded the Gold Pinnacle Award for Best Practices, recognizing it as the top prevention program submitted in 2001. There were 37 submissions in 2001 from 12 different Michigan health plans.
- February 2001 Leade Health and Trinity Health / Care Choices HMO co-presented at the "Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care Conference". The session, entitled "Creating a Smoking Cessation Benefit that Works", examined how a health plan can integrate pharmacy benefits and national tobacco control guidelines into a smoking cessation program, remove barriers to member enrollment, and develop winning partnerships with physicians, employer groups and physician hospital organizations.
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