Experience

Free & Clear has been a national leader in the delivery of health behavior change solutions for 25 years.


Free & Clear, Inc., formerly The Center for Health Promotion, Inc., was originally a department of Group Health Cooperative, a consumer-managed, regional health system serving more than 600,000 members in the Pacific Northwest.

The Quit For Life® Program brought to you by a partnership between the American Cancer Society® and Free & Clear®, evolved 25 years ago from research funded by the National Cancer Institute to test the effectiveness of telephonic smoking cessation treatment. The results of the study showed that combining self-management materials with cessation calls boosted quit rates over 50% compared to controls. Since that time Free & Clear has established itself as a national leader in tobacco cessation services delivered by phone, and more recently via web.

The  Mind & Body® Program is a new innovative healthy living program from Free & Clear that has evolved after 14 years of experience in delivering a classroom based weight management program and phone-based bariatric support services.

Today, Free & Clear employs over 450 service delivery staff and helps over 1500 people per day to adopt healthy behaviors. Our clients include 24 state governments and more than 350 commercial organizations (50 in the Fortune 500) representing over 70 million people.

Free & Clear is recognized for its scientific expertise and leadership in the field of health behavior change. As part of Group Health Cooperative, it was consistently recognized by the American Association of Health Plans' Managed Care Achievements in Tobacco Control Awards Program and by the CDC and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as a model tobacco cessation program. In addition, Free & Clear works with esteemed research and strategic partners such as the American Cancer Society, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, SRI International, Center for Health Research, and Center for Health Studies and has provided testimony to public policy makers for tobacco treatment.

 

Tobacco use costs companies up to $5,455 per year, per person in excess medical expenses and lost productivity.


The Quit For Life® Program is brought to you via a collaboration between the American Cancer Society® and Free & Clear®. As the nation’s leading tobacco cessation program, it employs an evidence-based combination of physical, psychological and behavioral strategies to enable participants to take responsibility for and overcome their addiction to tobacco use.

Learn more about the Quit For Life Program.

 

Overweight and obesity costs companies up to $1,991 per year per person in excess medical expenses and lost productivity.


Free & Clear’s Mind & Body® Program is an innovative behavior change solution that will inspire your employees to achieve and maintain a healthy weight for life. The program teaches people how to be experts in healthy living using The 8 Essential Practices for a Healthy Mind & Body®, evidence-based principles for living well for life.

 

Learn more about the Mind & Body Program.

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