Patent ID: 8595063

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: setting up a wellness program for employees of an employer; tracking participation in said program by at least a first one of said employees of said employer, to determine if said at least first one of said employees has earned a reward by said participation; responsive to determining that said at least first one of said employees has earned said reward by said participation, determining whether said earning of said reward by said participation comprises an initial earned reward for said at least first one of said employees; responsive to determining that said earning of said reward by said participation comprises said initial earned reward for said at least first one of said employees: creating a reward payment card for said at least first one of said employees; initializing an amount associated with said reward payment card for said at least first one of said employees; and providing said reward payment card to said at least first one of said employees; detecting subsequently-made purchases by said at least first one of said employees with said reward payment card; based on purchase level data associated with said subsequently-made purchases, determining if said at least first one of said employees is eligible for a supplemental award, wherein said determining if said at least first one of said employees is eligible for said supplemental award further comprises comparing a monetary amount of those of said subsequently-made purchases having appropriate purchase-level data against a threshold, by executing, on at least one hardware processor, a processing platform module stored in a non-transitory manner on a tangible computer-readable recordable storage medium; responsive to determining that said at least first one of said employees is eligible for said supplemental award, associating supplemental award value to said reward payment card.