@DrDianaHoppe - Late Night Parents
Dr. Diana Hoppe talks about health coaching and http://Amazingover40.com.
Hoppe says there are several reasons this is a banner time for the health-coaching industry. A few of those are:
• Insurance companies are forcing companies and corporations toward more preventative health care for serious medical conditions, including diabetes, obesity and hypertension.
• Laws have changed so that physicians are now paid by Medicare for overseeing weight loss and other conditions in obese patients. Medicare also has been phasing in a plan that links a portion of doctors’ pay to their performance. That plan will be completely phased in by 2017, making the need for health coaches even more important.
• There are about 70 million Baby Boomers in the U.S., with 10,000 turning 65 every day. Many of these Baby Boomers will employ health coaches to improve their health and wellness.
The most recent figures are from 2012, and life coaching was a $700 million business in the United States that year and nearly $2 billion worldwide.”