ValueOptions® Behavioral Health and Wellness Website Wins eHealthcare Leadership and Web Health Awards

NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ValueOptions®, Inc., the nation's largest independent behavioral health and wellness company, announced today that its Achieve Solutions® website has been honored with platinum, silver and merit awards that recognize it as among the nation's best online health care sites.

• Achieve Solutions received platinum (Best Site Design) and silver (Best Health/Health Care Content) eHealthcare Leadership Awards during the Annual Healthcare Internet Conference held in November. These awards recognize the best websites of health care providers, health plans, health care associations, online health companies, pharmaceutical/medical equipment firms, suppliers, other health care organizations and business improvement initiatives.
• Achieve Solutions also recently received a merit Web Health Award (formerly World Wide Web Health Award). These awards are an extension of the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC), a national clearinghouse for professionals who work in consumer health fields. These awards recognize digital health resources for consumers and health professionals.

This is the seventh year that Achieve Solutions has won an eHealthcare Leadership Award. In determining winners for the eHealthcare Leadership Awards, judges considered the website's ability to engage and to promote usability, as well as the extensiveness, organization and readability of content.

This is the fifth year that Achieve Solutions has won a Web Health Award. In determining winners, judges considered content, design, creativity and user experience.

"We are pleased that Achieve Solutions has been recognized, once again, as one of the industry's best online behavioral health and wellness resources," said Heyward Donigan, President and CEO of ValueOptions. "Our website's ease of use, relevant content and practical tools make it a valuable resource for empowering people to make positive behavioral changes that improve their lives."

Achieve Solutions engages members. It gives members access to content that allows them to identify concerns early and to actively participate in their own treatment and recovery for mental and emotional illnesses, substance abuse disorders and work/life issues. Once engaged, members may use the site to improve their health and quality of life.

Achieve Solutions consists of 225 customized sites and more than 7,000 content items with information, tools and other resources on more than 200 topics, including depression, stress, anxiety, alcohol, marriage, grief and loss, child/elder care and work/life balance.

To view other Achieve Solutions recognitions and awards, go to www.valueoptions.com.

About ValueOptions,® Inc.

ValueOptions, the nation's largest independent behavioral health and wellness company, manages publicly funded and employer benefit programs that cover more than 30 million individuals nationwide. Maintaining a national network of more than 127,000 provider locations, we partner with national and regional health plans to deliver superior behavioral health care management for their members. When working directly with employers, we are an industry leader, managing mental health and substance abuse services, employee assistance programs and a wide variety of wellness benefits for organizations of all sizes – including more than 10 percent of the Fortune 500. We also serve both military and civilian employees of the Federal Government with innovative programs that positively impact daily life. And, we hold public sector contracts in 14 states, providing care management services and an array of cutting-edge, community-based programs to Medicaid-eligible populations. At ValueOptions, we help our clients build a Culture of Health. We help members move down the path to wellness and embrace recovery and resiliency in their daily lives. We help people live their lives to the fullest potential. Visit valueoptions.com for more information.

SOURCE ValueOptions, Inc.