PENSACOLA, Fla., May 29, 2025
Green Circle Life (GCL), provider of the employee communication, engagement and wellbeing platform SmartFHR™, announced its Healthy Weight for Life program (HWFL) to address employee weight management and healthcare costs.
HWFL is a proven weight management program designed to work with individuals to help attain and maintain their desired weight through sustainable lifestyle changes. This program can be used with or without GLP-1 weight loss medications, such as Wegovy™ by Novo Nordisk and Zepbound™ by Eli Lilly.
Sal Morana RPh, PhD, EVP Pharmacy Benefits Lead at Alliant Employee Benefits and Dinesh Sheth, CEO of Green Circle Life, recently presented the success of a mutual client at World at Work Total Rewards 2025 conference in Orlando, Fla.
Morana explained, "To offer GLP-1 coverage for weight management, you need to carefully plan, adhere to the treatment protocol and be able to manage the spend. It takes a combination of diet, behavioral change and exercise along with drug therapy when appropriate to make a meaningful and enduring difference with obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, the pharmacy landscape in the U.S. is difficult to navigate due to high costs and regulatory considerations. HWFL couples drug therapy with behavior change to achieve a sustainable, cost-effective and efficient weight management program."
HWFL is implemented in collaboration with employers, pharmacy benefit managers and health service providers to improve outcomes and lower healthcare costs. Additionally, incentives are integrated within the platform to ensure compliant employees can fill and refill their prescriptions with a lower copay, thus improving accountability and outcomes.
"When employees are unhealthy, both employees as well as employers pay for it: weight-related conditions are key contributors to elevated annual medical costs and a lowered quality of life," said Dinesh Sheth, Founder and CEO of GCL. "For participating clients, HWFL has been a success in managing healthcare and pharmacy costs and meeting employee needs for overall wellness. The program combines lifestyle changes with accountability, ensuring individuals can attain their weight goals."
HWFL can function as a standalone program or can be integrated with existing health and wellbeing solutions. Regardless of insurance, pharmacy benefits manager and solution providers, HWFL is designed to integrate all benefits providers and use single sign-on to build a one-stop-shop, achieving superior user experiences and outcomes. GCL's evidence-based health and wellness services are certified in Health Appraisal, Health Coaching and Self-Management Tools from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), further ensuring positive impacts to the health and wellbeing of employees and their families.
For more information, visit https://www.greencirclelife.com/platforms/healthy-weight-for-life/index.htm.
About Green Circle Life
Green Circle Life offers the patented SmartFHR™ platform for employers to empower employees and their families to live happier, healthier, and more productive lives. This helps employers attract and retain talent by providing employees access to all of their benefits and services, chronic condition management programs, wellness programs and one-one-one health and wellness coaching. SmartFHR delivers a greater return on investment with an engaged workforce, better healthcare outcomes, lower healthcare costs, reduced absenteeism and presenteeism, and improved profitability. The platform is SOC2 and HIPAA certified, client-branded and fully integrated with internal and external systems. For more information, visit www.greencirclelife.com and follow them on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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