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HERO is a national leader in the creation of  Employee Health Management: Research, Education, Policy, Strategy, Leadership and Infrastructure.
     


 

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Become a Member

The HERO  mission is to move employee health management forward as a widely accepted and accurately measured strategy to enhance employee health, and there-by, control health care costs. To accomplish this mission, the following of strategies have been activated:

  • Create, test, and validate new financial and related metrics that resonate with senior corporate executives (i.e. – how does the financial impact and health show up on the bottom line or balance sheet?).

  • Facilitate, on a regular schedule, employee health management Best Practice Workshops that showcase the most mature, successful, and data-rich programs.

  • Develop, evaluate and create national consensus for employee health management definitions and standards.

The oversight for these efforts is provided through the HERO Think Tank membership. There are HERO Think Tank meetings every February and September. Each meeting includes presentations from industry innovators as suggested by the membership To enhance the education-networking opportunities, there is a reception and sit-down dinner, along with a stimulating after dinner program. The HERO Forum think Tank is a quantum leap forward in creating an environment where Corporate and Stakeholder (provider) members interact on a broad agenda to enhance the effectiveness, acceptance and documented impact of employee health management.

Who Should Join?

Membership in HERO is open to Corporate and Stakeholder members. Corporate members are encouraged to be involved on a multi-disciplinary basis, which suggests that HERO Forum Think Tank participants represent the following departments:

  • Finance

  • Benefits

  • Human Resources

  • Medical

  • Risk Management

Over time this approach could minimize corporate siloing.

On the Stakeholder side, the following are invited to become members:

  • Universities

  • Health Care Plans

  • Health Care Providers

  • Health-Benefits Consultants

  • Disease Management Providers

  • Disability Management Providers

  • Health Promotion Providers

Benefits of Membership

 HERO benefits of membership include, but are not limited to:  

  • Provide leadership and recommendations for the operation of the Think Tank that creates national strategy and policy to move employee health management forward as a widely accepted and accurately measured method to control health care costs.

  • Have an oversight role in the operation of new employee health management Best Practice education and networking systems. 

  • Twice annually have the opportunity to participate in Think Tank meetings where you can network and socialize with the nations employee health management experts and informed colleagues.
     
    Have a role in the organization and facilitation of a national Forum called the HERO Forum for Employee Health Management Solutions

  • Exclusive password access to the HERO library, which is available to members only. 

  • Potential to serve on selected HERO committees.

  • Membership in HERO allows you and your organization to be at the epicenter of a new, dynamic, evolutionary process that has the potential to enhance the sophistication and credibility of employee health management as a strategy to control health care costs.

The annual fee for Corporate or Stakeholder membership is $5,000. This can be provided as a single payment, or two $2,500 payments, at six-month intervals.

How to Become a HERO Member

Click on the Membership Application link.  If you need additional information or have questions, you may email us at info@the-hero.org or call 952-835-4257.

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