Performance-based health programs deliver substantial results for companies and their employees

CHICAGO, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive Health Solutions, Inc. (IHS) today announced their 2011 "Healthiest Companies in America."  Citing clinical and medical claim data from companies' performance-based employee health programs, IHS is presenting the awards for the fifth consecutive year.

The 70 honorees are corporations and organizations nationwide that have created a "culture of wellness," significantly reducing their healthcare costs through widespread employee participation in proactive health and wellness initiatives.  The selection process involved evaluating healthcare data for the companies with clinical information demonstrating improved employee health across an index of key indicators.

IHS utilizes comprehensive data-driven analysis to customize care based on the employee's unique personal risk factors.  Beginning with an initial health evaluation, IHS identifies individuals with health risks.  Upon review of the employee's personal risk factors, a team of qualified health professionals creates an outreach program designed to ensure each individual is on a pathway to health. 

"We engage an employer's entire employee population throughout the year to help individuals get and stay healthy.  Our approach is highly personal in that we customize goals and a course of action, providing tools and support in a proactive way.  This is about staying healthy and possibly even saving lives, as well as containing costs," said Joseph A. O'Brien, President and CEO of IHS.

On average, employers offering the IHS performance-based program reduced their health care costs by 8.4 percent year over year, while 81 percent of enrolled employees achieved or exceeded wellness goals.  Market leaders in data-driven health and wellness programs for employee populations, IHS works with more than 1,400 employers with over one million employees.

"We've tracked over 36 million data points to deliver analysis and benchmarks against national norms and peer groups," said O'Brien.  "'Healthiest Companies in America' recognizes those companies that do an outstanding job encouraging employees to engage with these programs.  It's just one way to showcase this crucial component of containing healthcare costs nationally."

"Our goal is to bring down healthcare costs.  We offer employers a performance-based program that is designed to measure, monitor and reward individuals who are improving their health and meeting or exceeding their goals.  Performance-based programs are having a positive impact on the employer's bottom line as well as employee health," concluded O'Brien.

For more information on "Healthiest Companies in America," visit http://www.healthiestcompanies.com/

About Interactive Health Solutions, Inc.:

Interactive Health Solutions (IHS) is the market leader and innovator in performance-based health management solutions for employers.  Performance-based programs are designed to engage employees in the management of their health through early detection and identification of risk factors.  Interactive Health Solutions creates a pathway to better health that is personalized based on the individual's health status.  Clinical data is leveraged to measure, monitor and reward each individual as they begin a journey on the pathway to better health.   Data is also used to connect the individual's doctor into the performance-based program.  Every program seamlessly connects an employee's health data with the tools and resources needed to achieve and/or maintain their personal health goal.  IHS has a 20-year track record building the "Healthiest Companies in America."

The 2011 "Healthiest Companies in America" include:

California

• County of Kings – Hanford
• Hitachi Data Systems – Santa Clara
• PAQ, Inc. – Lathrop
• Strongwood Insurance Holdings Corporation – Grass Valley
• Tri-County Schools Insurance Group – Yuba
• Verdugo Hills Hospital – Glendale

Colorado

• CNIC Health Solutions – Greenwood Village
• Mesa County Valley School District 51 – Grand Junction
• PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc. – Denver
• Quantum Corporation – Colorado Springs

Georgia

• Georgia Baptist Convention – Duluth
• Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah

Idaho

• Madison County – Rexburg

Illinois

• Ball Horticultural Company – West Chicago
• Chicago Botanic Garden – Glencoe
• Chicago Firefighters Local 2 – Chicago
• Chicago Fraternal Order of Police – Chicago
• Cummins-Allison Corporation – Mount Prospect
• Flexible Steel Lacing Company – Downers Grove
• Forsythe Technology Inc. – Skokie
• Illinois Valley Community College – Oglesby
• Knox College – Galesburg
• Lake County – Waukegan
• Old Second National Bank – Aurora
• Phoenix International Freight Services, Ltd. – Wood Dale
• Schawk, Inc. – Des Plaines
• Schneider Electric – Palatine
• So Illinois Health & Wellness Insurance Trust – Carbondale
• Sycamore Community School District 427 – Sycamore
• Takeda – Deerfield
• Winston Brands, Inc. – Elk Grove Village

Indiana

• Traylor Bros., Inc. – Evansville

Kansas

• Stormont-Vail HealthCare – Topeka

Massachusetts

• EMD Serono, Inc. – Rockland

Maryland

• Western Maryland Health System – Cumberland

Michigan

• Inalfa Roof Systems – Auburn Hills
• SmithGroupJJR – Detroit

Missouri

• Laird Technologies – Chesterfield
• Missouri Bankers Association – Jefferson City

Montana

• Electrical Consultants, Inc. – Billings
• St. Luke Community Healthcare – Ronan

Nebraska

• DLR Group – Omaha

New Jersey

• Pingry School – Martinsville

New York

• EBS-RMSCO – Liverpool
• Excellus BlueCross BlueShield – Rochester
• Lifetime Health Medical Group – Buffalo and Rochester
• Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC – Fairport
• MedAmerica – Rochester
• New York Air Brake – Watertown
• O'Brien & Gere – Syracuse
• Univera Healthcare – Buffalo

Ohio

• American Modern Insurance Group – Amelia
• Butler Health Plan – Lakota Local Schools – West Chester
• City of Gahanna – Gahanna
• Humility of Mary Health Partners – Youngstown
• Midmark – Versaille
• Standard Textile – Cincinnati
• totes-ISOTONER – Cincinnati
• Troy City Schools – Troy

Pennsylvania

• Brokerage Concepts, Inc. – Blue Bell

Tennessee

• SHIROKI North America, Inc. – Smithville

Texas

• Guaranty Bond Bank – Mt Pleasant

Utah

• Morinda Holdings, Inc. – Provo
• Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. – Provo

Virginia

• CFA Institute – Charlottesville
• THALES USA – Arlington

Washington

• Continental Mills, Inc. – Tukwila
• Harris Group Inc. – Seattle

Wisconsin

• City of Franklin – Franklin
• Fond du Lac County – Fond du Lac
• Walworth County – Elkhorn

Wyoming

• Wyoming Medical Center, Casper, WY

SOURCE Interactive Health Solutions, Inc.

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