Health Resources
TIP: Enroll in a Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and save money by setting aside pretax dollars for medical expenses (office visit co-pays, deductibles, and prescription drug co-pays).
National Trends
University Focus
Staying Healthy
Health Risk Assessment
Patient Safety
Taking Care of your Mental Health
Savings on Prescription Drugs
Flexible Spending Accounts
Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs and Dietary Supplements
Health Plans
National Trends
Healthcare.gov is a federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. It includes both public and private health insurance options from across the nation, extensive information about consumer rights, how to navigate the health insurance marketplace, and how the Affordable Care Act can help. Get more information here...
The Health Research Institute of PricewaterhouseCoopers provides intelligence, perspective and analysis on trends affecting health care spending and service delivery. Read specific reports on industry trends and issues…
Busted: Ten Myths about Healthcare, from the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Findings, University of Michigan School of Public Health. Read the article here…
Sick Around the World: Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health care system? This PBS FRONTLINE documentary examines how five capitalist democracies deliver health care, and what the United States might learn from their successes and their failures. Watch the program online…
University Focus
- University of Michigan Benefits Office
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U-M & the Health Care Debate. Health care reform is the hottest debate in the country, and U-M is weighing in every day:
- Learn how a U-M proposal could change Medicare and save millions of dollars.
- Find out why a U-M expert says universal health care may not be the cure-all after all.
- Read about the university's experts featured in the news.
- MHealthy offers programs that encourage faculty and staff to invest in their health by participating in wellness assessments, engaging in physical activity, choosing healthier foods, reducing injuries through good ergonomic practices, taking care of their bodies and minds, managing their diseases and more.
- University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design was established in 2005 to develop, evaluate and promote value-based insurance initiatives that achieve improvements in health outcomes and contain health care costs.
- Benefits Stewardship at Michigan comprises two committees established by the University to make recommendations to help slow the rate of cost increase and safeguard the University’s standards for high-quality benefits.
- Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation combines the research strengths of the University with the health plan expertise of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to test the best ideas for improving healthcare delivery, financing systems, population health and access to health care.
Staying Healthy
- MHealthy Alcohol Management Program
- MHealthy Disease Management Programs
- MHealthy Ergonomics Awareness
- MHealthy Mental & Emotional Health Programs
- MHealthy Nutrition & Weight Management Programs
- MHealthy Occupational Health Clinics
- MHealthy Physical Activity Programs
- MHealthy Tobacco Treatment Program
- American Dental Association
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Healthy Living
- CDC: Oral Health
- National Institute on Aging
- National Institutes of Health
- Nutrition.gov
- Partnership for Prevention
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Health Risk Assessment
- MHealthy Wellness Assessments
- American Heart Association: Heart Attack/Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment
- National Cancer Institute—U.S. National Institutes of Health
Patient Safety
- MHealthy Ergonomics Awareness
- Healthcare Research and Quality’s Patient Safety Network
- Patient Safety Institute
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—Agency for Health Research and Quality
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Patient Safety News
Taking Care of Your Mental Health
- MHealthy Understanding U: Managing the Ups and Downs of Life
- Mental Health Resources at University of Michigan
Savings on Prescription Drugs
- U-M Prescription Drug Plan
- U-M Generic Drug Incentive Program
- U-M Drug Plan Mail Order Service
- U-M Special Voluntary Programs
- U.S. FDA Consumer Information on Generic Drugs