HPM Bootcamp Puts Health and Productivity Management Theory into Motion; ''How-To'' Training Helps Mid-Size and Large Companies Create Programs to Improve Employee Health, Well-Being, Productivity -- and Overall Corporate Performance.

DENVER -- Registration kicks off today for HPM Bootcamp, a nationwide series of three-day, intensive training sessions geared toward corporate leaders in search of a hands-on approach to implementing health and productivity management strategies.

"The aim is to deliver 30,000-foot-level theory down to the street for a higher return on investment," says Les C. Meyer, a seasoned health care strategist and CEO of HPM Advisors, Inc., a Denver, Colo.-based think tank and co-founder of HPM Bootcamp.

The university-style curriculum will feature an evidence-based and outcomes-driven focus with insights and exact how-to's from national experts beginning with 18 events across the country. Attendees will be instructed on immediately actionable steps to improve health and productivity and strive for better work-life balance in hopes of attracting and retaining a high-performance workforce, and boosting profitability. They also will learn how to build a business case and operating plan, plus harness robust implementation processes and company-wide performance measurement systems.

Karen Hill, President and CEO of Employers Coalition for Healthcare Options in Huntsville, Alabama, and host of the first HPM Bootcamp, November 14-16, 2006, states, "We are pleased to offer Alabama employers an integrated approach to promoting health, and programs that strategically and systematically motivate employees to health achievement while improving the employer's bottom line."

A multi-disciplinary approach to health and productivity management is the key to success, notes Kathleen Moreo, president of the accredited medical and professional education provider PRIME(R). "For this reason," she says, "we have designed and multi-accredited HPM Bootcamp for medical directors, occupational health nurses, human resource specialists, case managers, vocational specialists and other connected professionals involved in the dynamically changing HPM environment." The goal is to provide the most comprehensive and cutting-edge learning experience ever offered.

Lee Calhoon, president and CEO of executive search firm Lee Calhoon & Co., will serve as a key faculty member and advisor. After attending countless industry forums and symposiums in the 36 years that his firm has been involved in the health care field, he laments the absence of a vehicle to deliver on the leading edge ideas that were espoused at these events. "HPM Bootcamp is the first organization of its kind to create such a process to ensure that what is learned about health and productivity management can and will be implemented," he explains.

Because enlisting change at every level in a corporation can prove challenging, Alexandra Ross and Franklin Cameron of Cameron-Ross Partners will work with attendees to achieve buy-in and create the change necessary to successfully implement a health and productivity management program.

Additional faculty members are nationally recognized, real-life experts, with proven track records in designing and implementing programs in their field of expertise. These CEOs, employers, consultants, researchers, program directors and professors all share a common passion -- to shift the focus of health care from disease to wellness, thus improving our country's health care system, corporate profitability and the overall health of employees and dependents. They also share an increasingly common struggle in their quest to improve employee health and productivity: responding to an alarming rise in preventable illnesses related to poor lifestyle choices reflected across American society in the form of heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and obesity.

HPM Bootcamp is aimed at helping corporations realize a stronger return on investment from their initiatives. An award-winning wellness program at Lincoln Plating generated 7:1 ROI stemming from a 50% reduction in musculoskeletal injuries, workers' compensation medical dollars and recorded injuries among other factors related to healthier lifestyles. And of the roughly $600,000 a year the American Cast Iron Pipe Company spends on wellness, there is $1.2 million in savings associated with delaying the onset of chronic illness.

Attendees will continue to benefit from HPM Bootcamp long after the onsite learning has completed. Its PostCamp 365(TM) Implementation program will utilize Fort Hill Company's tools and methodology to optimize the learning experience, drive tangible results and create an ongoing community of learners. Leveraging a proven learning process and proprietary tool set, the strategies learned during HPM Bootcamp will be reduced to actionable goals that then convert to meaningful results for the participants and their organizations.

HPM Advisors is a think tank of national experts creating answers to the problem of health care in America. Its training arm, HPM Bootcamp, is the vehicle that moves 30,000 foot theory into actionable health and productivity management strategies for employers of all sizes. HPM Bootcamp is a nationwide series of accredited, intensive training sessions that focus on the approach, design and implementation of health and productivity management programs with immediately actionable information. Unlike anything currently available in the market, each HPM Bootcamp event actually spans more than one year with PreCamp required learning and PostCamp 365(TM) Implementation and follow-through programs. Learn more at www.HPMBootcamp.com.

Professional Resources in Management Education, Inc. (PRIME(R)) is the first health care educational company nationwide to achieve Core accreditation from URAC and has achieved exemplary compliance within key elements of the ACCME. PRIME is an approved educational provider with the U.S. Department of Defense and is a registered federal government vendor of educational support services. Learn more at www.primeinc.org.