Corporate Wellness Programs

Capitalizing on two successful pilot projects with Chrysler Group LLC in Auburn Hills and Dow Chemical Co. in Midland, the six-hospital system's Center for Integrative Wellness in Southfield received $400,000 from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan last month for a pilot project to provide group wellness services to 600 members who have pain and stress-related ailments, said Alba Rodriguez, the center's associate director.

"There are wellness programs out there, but very few have specific interventional approaches to get people healthy," Rodriguez said.

"It is like you visit a mechanic and are told you need brakes," Rodriguez said. "Instead of fixing them you go home and don't do anything about it. This is what is missing in most programs."