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• Evive Health Announces Record-Setting Growth in 2011: Total Number of Covered Lives Nationwide Tops 750,000
  Jan. 19, 2012, 11:51 a.m.
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  Evive Health achieved a record-setting performance in 2011, based on new customer growth, revenue increase and the addition of 200,000 covered lives. Evive now surpasses 750,000 covered lives and is expected to exceed one million at the year's end. By offering employee engagement programs at an affordable price, Evive is helping employers achieve their employee health and wellness goals more rapidly than they thought possible, with an average of a 19 percent increase in employee engagement during the first year alone.

  In 2011, Evive added 14 large group customers, representing a 100 percent growth over 2010. And in the first quarter of 2012, 21 additional large groups are coming on board.

• Evive mentioned in Health, Wellness & Support for Seniors research report from TripleTree
  Dec. 16, 2011, 12:17 p.m.
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  Health, Wealth & Support for Seniors is the second in a series on Chronic Illness by TripleTree Research. This report focuses on the challenges and opportunities associated with providing and financing high-quality health care for a large, rapidly growing and diverse population of older Americans. Evive Health is mentioned on page 14 for it's consumer engagement platforms tailored for health care.

• COO Prashant Srivastava featured in Self-Funding Magazine
  Dec. 15, 2011, 2:34 p.m.
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  See pages 52-55 to read Prashant Srivastava's "How a Simple 'Nudge' Could Increase Employee Wellness Engagement and Reduce Wellness Program Costs." In the article, Srivastava describes the drive to increase employee participation in health improvement programs and how businesses can persuade employees to make healthier life choices and participate in wellness initiatives.

• Pasadena Community Urgent Care Urges Employers and Local Residents to Consider Sensible Alternative to ER Visits
  Oct. 31, 2011, 1:01 a.m.
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  Wendy Karsten, chief executive officer of Huntington Medical Foundation reports that the findings of a recent survey by Evive Health in conjunction with the University of Chicago Booth School of Business are "totally consistent with what we've experienced over the past year." Most employees don't realize that many non-acute illnesses can, and should be, treated at urgent care facilities to not only help reduce costs but to open up the ER for true health emergencies, such as trauma, heart attacks and stroke. The Pasadena Community Urgent Care provides immediate care for on-the-job injuries as well as an array of employee health services.

• Susan Bailey on Evive Reminders
  Oct. 28, 2011, noon
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  Watch Susan Bailey, DTE Energy's program manager of health and wellness, discuss how Evive reminders have impacted DTE employee adherence at the 2011 Corporate Wellness Conference.

• CEO Peter Saravis to Present Strategies for Increasing Employee Wellness Engagement at Corporate Wellness Conference in Chicago, October 28
  Oct. 28, 2011, 10:03 a.m.
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  Evive Health CEO Peter Saravis will discuss new strategies that employers can utilize to increase employee engagement in health and wellness programs at the 2011 Corporate Wellness Conference taking place October 26-29, 2011 in Chicago. Saravis will be speaking alongside Evive customers Susan Bailey, MS, CHES, IC, program manager of health and wellness for DTE Energy of Detroit, and Karen North, benefits director for J.R. Simplot, headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Saravis, Bailey and North will present "New Tools for Increasing Employee Engagement in Your Health and Wellness Programs" on Friday, October 28, at 9 a.m.

• Employers can Reduce Use of Emergency Rooms by Changing Employee Perceptions of Urgent Care
  Oct. 24, 2011, 10:37 a.m.
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  Check out Urgent Care Management Monthly's story on Evive's survey about urgent care vs. emergency room perception.

• Employers can slash unnecessary ER costs through education
  Oct. 21, 2011, 2:06 p.m.
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  A recent story developed from Evive Health and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business surveying emergency room treatment vs. urgent care facilities, written by Amanda McGrory for BenefitsPro.com.

• Employers can Reduce Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Rooms by Changing Employee Perceptions of Urgent Care
  Oct. 20, 2011, noon
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  It is estimated that anywhere between 13.7 to 27.1 percent of all emergency room visits could take place at an alternative treatment site, such as urgent care, with a potential cost savings of approximately $4.4 billion annually. Employers are experiencing higher medical costs due to unnecessary emergency room utilization. However, by simply educating employees about their choices and options, these costs and numbers have the ability to significantly decrease. Unnecessary use of ER facilities result in not only increased medical costs, but also long wait times and decreased availability of medical resources for patients truly in need of emergency care. Evive Health realizes that the key factor in helping consumers make less costly and more practical choices in urgent situations is employee education. By enabling employers to educate their employees about alternatives such as urgent care, Evive helps to reduce unnecessary ER use and, ultimately, health costs overall.

• Prompts Promote Flu Shot Participation, featured on FOX News
  Oct. 13, 2011, noon
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  Each year, the flu costs employers and businesses billions of dollars as an average of 200,000 Americans are hospitalized with the seasonal flu. Employers across the nation are encouraging, insisting and begging their employees to get their flu shots but yet only about 20 percent of workers will receive one, even when it is offered free of charge. A new research conducted by the academics at the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, Harvard and Yale along with Evive Health, found that a simple planning prompt message increased employee flu shot participation by 7.9 percent. The research found that promoting people to simply write down the specific date and time for when they planned to get a flu shot was a highly effective and zero-cost method for increasing flu shot compliance.