Forum For Business January 2015 | Page 8

On the professional side of things, the New Year is a time to make important decisions about the future of your business. While health care costs are continuing to rise anda businesses struggle to understand the ramifications of the ACA rules and regulations, one local insurance agent is creating a new kind of employee benefits program, where a healthy group has a tremendous advantage in regards to employer health care costs. Greg Sale, Partner at OMS, believes that a good health strategy is a good business strategy. He and his benefits team have been working tirelessly to design the most cost-effective healthcare benefit program for their clients that would work to foster a healthier workforce. The OMS Well-Life Corporate Health System is a self-funded platform combined with preventative care and a strong wellness initiative. Greg and his team define what a healthy company culture looks like for many Central Florida businesses. They begin first by assessing a group through biometric screenings to determine who may be at-risk for a serious health condition. The system is confidential and each at-risk employee receives personalized medical attention and opportunities to improve their health through coaching and one-on-one disease management. When employees reach their health goals they receive awards and incentives. Company culture begins to shift its awareness away from reactionary health care and embraces prevention. Now OMS is launching a new project as part of this already 8 | FORUM FOR BUSINESS successful system: a focus on nutrition, education and training to promote healthy eating habits that further the preventative stance these groups are taking. Whitney Cabrera, has joined the OMS team to lead this charge. She has designed comprehensive workshops to educate participants about nutrition and healthy cooking that she believes will be a turning point in many lives. Whitney has a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing and began her career 28 years ago as an RN. She is also a licensed Well Coach, certified personal trainer, and therapeutic chef. While working in the Emergency Room and Critical Care Unit, she noticed that many of her patients were return visitors because they had preventable or manageable diseases, which she knew could be reserved or avoided with proper nutrition. She has brought her extensive knowledge to OMS. Her workshops include cooking demonstrations to show healthy, yet tasty recipes, food education, and meal planning. Whitney likes to get to the root of many health set-backs—food. Now there’s someone in the trenches with those who want to learn and make a change for the better. Her excitement for natural wholesome food combined with her compassion for helping people is opening new doors, bringing farm fresh produce to the tables of corporate conference rooms.