System and Method for Employee Health and Productivity Improvement Plan
AssigneeDwight Harris
InventorDwight Harris
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Abstract
A system and method facilitates an employer to make tax-deferred payments into an employee's account as an incentive to live a healthier lifestyle. The system awards tax-deferred contributions to individuals based on accomplishments in a number of categories. Each category, such as exercise regimen, provides some indication of an individual's health. The system awards points on a predetermined scale for accomplishments in each of these categories. The system gathers data to a central processing location from various sources to calculate of an individual's score. Based on the score, the employer will contribute an amount of money into the individual's tax-deferred account. Thus, employees will have an incentive to improve their health.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- assigning a first score to the individual in a first health category;
- assigning a second score to the individual in a second health category;
- comparing the first score against a previous score of the individual in the first health category, and generating a first improvement point value based on this comparison;
- comparing the second score against a previous score of the individual in the second health category, and generating a second improvement point value based on this comparison;
- and
- adding the first improvement point value to the first score, and adding the second improvement point value to the second score.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- assigning a first score in a first category to a first individual based on whether the first individual is a smoker or nonsmoker;
- assigning a second score in a second category to the first individual;
- calculating a total score based on the first and second scores;
- and
- determining a money amount to allocate to a tax-deferred account of the first individual based the total score.
A system comprising:
- a first client computer receiving first health information on a program participant;
- a second computer receiving second health information on the program participant;
- a central processing unit, coupled to the first and second client computers, receiving first information from the first client computer, and second information from the second client computer;
- and
- a third client computer, coupled to the central processing unit, receiving from the central processing unit a calculated score for the program participant based on the first information and second information, whereby based on the calculated score, a money amount is allocated to a tax-deferred account of the program participant.
A method comprising
- receiving information from a plurality of sources indicative of a health of each of a plurality of individuals;
- calculating scores for the individuals based on the information from the plurality of sources;
- and
- based on the scores, calculating money amounts in deferred compensation to allocate to each of the individuals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.