With the popularity of corporate wellness plans taking off, one major health care provider is attempting to sort through the myriad program designs and implementations to highlight high achievers.
For the seventh year, UnitedHealthcare has released its list of Well Deserved Award winners (and honorable mentions). UnitedHealthcare's approach has been to call out new list members each year, rather than run a long list of all winners past and present. It is a true list rather than a ranking, the idea being to encourage more companies to participate generally in the competition rather than shooting for a top-of-list ranking.
Which companies are selected? Those that "have implemented innovative, industry-leading worksite wellness programs that helped improve their employees' health and well-being," UnitedHealthcare says. Among the categories the judges found worthy of mention this year: "bilingual nurse liaisons, free yoga classes, weight loss challenges, incentives such as gift cards and premium reductions, and onsite flu shots and mammography screenings."
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
