American Specialty Health Inc. Earns San Diego's Best and Brightest in Wellness® Award for Second Consecutive Year

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Feb 27, 2018, 04:00 ET

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for Business Resources (NABR) has named American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH) as one of San Diego's Best and Brightest in Wellness^® for the second year in a row. The award recognizes companies that excel at using innovation to make their workplaces, their employees and the community a healthier place to live and work. An independent research firm evaluates each company based on key measures in various categories. Best and Brightest in Wellness categories include: Benefits and Programs; Culture and Environment; Employee Input; Leadership; and Participation and Incentives: Outcomes, Analysis and Tracking.

Members of the American Specialty Health team pose with the Best and Brightest in Wellness® Award

"We are honored to be named one of San Diego's Best and Brightest in Wellness for 2018," said Julie Jennings, ASH executive vice president, and president and chief operating officer of Health Management Programs. "For more than 30 years we have stayed true to our mission to empower individuals to live healthier and longer through health management programs that improve the quality of health care and improve clinical outcomes. Some of the most important individuals we serve are our employees, who help us deliver on our promise of innovation and high quality for our many health plan and employer group clients across the country."

"We are proud to honor this year's winners. Needless to say, having a healthy and happy workforce leads to a healthy company bottom line. This year's wellness-winning companies represent high standards and an exceptional commitment to healthy employees, healthy families and a healthy community," said Jennifer Kluge, President and CEO, National Association for Business Resources.

About the Best and Brightest in Wellness
The Best and Brightest in Wellness celebrates those companies that are making their businesses healthy, the lives of their employees better and the community a healthier to place to live. The Best and Brightest program provides yearlong education, benchmarking, assessment tools and interaction among the best employers throughout the United States.

About American Specialty Health Incorporated
American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH) is one of the nation's premier independent and privately-owned specialty health services organizations, providing physical medicine provider networks and administration, fitness center networks and exercise programs, and population health solutions for health plans, insurance carriers, and employer groups. ASH contracts with over 130 health plans nationally and administers programs for 43.7 million members. Operating from offices in San Diego, CA, Southlake (Dallas), TX, Carmel (Indianapolis), IN, Temecula, CA and Columbia, SC, ASH has 1,400 employees. Additional products offered through ASH and its subsidiaries include the EmpoweredDecisions!™, Healthyroads^®, FitnessCoach^®, Active&Fit^®, Silver&Fit^®, ExerciseRewards™ programs and others. For more information about ASH, visit www.ashcompanies.com or call 800-848-3555. Follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter @ASHCompanies.