Corporate Wellness Executive Unravels Health Care Reform

Royal Oak, MI, October 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- In response to growing alarm by Michigan businesses that health reform and employee health insurance premiums are getting out of hand, Scott Foster, Wellco Corporation’s President, will be moderating the Healthcare Reform panel at TiECon Midwest 2009 on October 23-24, 2009 at the Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn.

The conference will include presentations by renowned health care leaders. Featured speakers include:

-Scott Foster, President, Wellco (Royal Oak)
-Gerard van Grinsven, President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
-Benjamin R. Carter, Exec VP & COO, Detroit Medical Center
-Thomas M. Brisse, Senior Vice President and Hospital Director of Beaumont Hospital, Troy

“Health reform can be confusing but it doesn’t have to be,” says Foster. “Health Care Reform continues to move through congress with several promising provisions to curb health costs slated to begin in January of 2010, including incentives for corporate wellness programs,” Foster said

Recent surveys suggest that many Michigan businesses think their employee health care premiums are unbearably high. And in a recent poll taken by Michigan Research & Communications, Inc., nearly a quarter of business leaders said that, “ . . . the cost and availability of health insurance will most significantly impact their company’s ability to hire new workers in the next five years.”

Scott Foster is President of Wellco Corporation, one of the premier corporate wellness firms specializing in health ROI systems, health risk appraisal, wellness programs, speaking, and consulting. Wellco is the developer of the award-winning HealthHammer, the first and only Zero Trend Appraisal system. Wellco is a 2009 winner of Corp! Magazine's Michigan’s Economic Bright Spots. Scott Foster has generated millions of dollars in cost savings for organizations and is a highly popular speaker and consultant. Scott works with Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, including Home Depot, MetLife, SBC, and 3M. Scott is a consultant for the Michigan Department of Health, Chairperson of the Michigan Cardiovascular Business Alliance, a featured writer and columnist for publications such as "Health Michigan", a board member of the Troy Chamber of Commerce and an Executive Committee Chairperson of the Oakland County Wellness Coalition (a strategic alliance of prestigious organizations such as Automation Alley and 28 Chambers of Commerce). Scott is the facilitator of wellnessroi.com, a resource that provides interviews and commentary from the nation’s wellness superstars. Often featured as a media expert, he is certified as a Health Promotion Director by the world-renowned Cooper Clinic in Dallas, and he was awarded a Lipid Clinic facilitation certificate by Chicago’s Midwest Lipid Clinic. Scott has previously served as a hospital administrator and clinician. For more information, please visit http://www.wellcocorp.com/.

TiECon Midwest 2009 is Michigan’s Largest Conference on entrepreneurship. More than 1,000 participants will engage in a dynamic dialog with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, top industry executives and thought leaders.

TiE is a global, not-for-profit, non-political, and non-religious organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurs across its international network sponsored by top Venture Capital Firms, and Fortune 500 corporations; spread across 53 chapters in 12 countries comprising 1800 experienced entrepreneurs and business executives as charter members, 12000 aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals as members. TiE has grown to become the world’s largest non-profit organization for entrepreneurs For more information about TiECon Midwest 2009, please visit http://www.tieconmidwest.org/.

TiECon Midwest 2009 takes place on October 23-24, 2009 at the Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn.

Registration can be made at www.wellcocorp.com.

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