Brookstone Capital changes ownership structure

Interactive Health launched Healthy Triumph, a preventative screening program to detect employees' risks as soon as possible and to support employers as they respond to health care reform mandates specific to wellness and preventive care.

Within 48 hours of the health evaluation, Interactive Health's physicians and health coaches contact all participants with critical health issues and assist them with contacting a physician for appropriate follow up care. Health coaches begin immediate outreach to individuals with newly discovered health issues and those with the following conditions:  metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes, diabetes, elevated cholesterol and hypertension.

The program also enables employers to reward their employees for proactive health management. Participants earn points for completing healthy actions such as meeting a personal health goal that is measured by the following risk factors: blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, glucose, triglycerides and tobacco use.  The program uses online tools and mobile applications that enable participants to monitor their progress, maintain food and exercise logs, create social networks and compete in team challenges.

Premier Companies, Inc. hired Todd W. Morrissey as its first national marketing director.

Morrissey brings more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry as a career agent, marketing director and executive.

Morrissey has worked such insurance companies as Mutual of Omaha and UnitedHealthcare. He brings a vast knowledge of the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Part D products as well as experience in the long-term care and final expense areas.

The New York Life Foundation increased its 2013 charitable giving budget to $14.5 million, a 7 percent increase over last year's budget of $13.5 million. The increase will support programs in the Foundation's focus of "Nurturing the Children," particularly in the areas of educational enhancement and childhood bereavement.  This is the third consecutive year the Foundation's budget has increased.

Since 2008, when the Foundation expanded its focus to include childhood bereavement, more than $10 million has gone to nonprofits that provide this kind of support. The Foundation also created a bereavement guide and a website, www.achildingrief.com, which offers articles and resources for families and educators to help a child cope with the death of a loved one.