National Business Group on Health Honors Walgreens with Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® Award
May 22 2013 - 10:52AM
Business Wire
The National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association
of large U.S. employers, today honored Walgreens for its ongoing
commitment and dedication to promoting a healthy workplace and
encouraging their workers and families to pursue and maintain
healthy lifestyles. Walgreens was among 65 U.S. employers that
received the 2013 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® award at
the Leadership Summit sponsored by the National Business Group on
Health’s Institute on Innovation in Workforce Well-being. Walgreens
received a gold award for its “You and Walgreens.” This marks the
first year Walgreens has received the award.
“You and Walgreens” provides 250,000 Walgreens team members and
their families’ access to a variety of health and wellness
resources such as free health testing, online health assessment,
personal health coaches, online wellness programs, tobacco-free
program, fitness center, on-site Healthy Living Centers, weight
management programs and Work & Life Resources (EAP).
Participants are also eligible to receive incentives through
medical premium reduction and gift cards.
“For more than 111 years, Walgreens has been committed to
helping its customers and team members get, stay and live well,”
said Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Walgreens senior vice president and
chief human resources officer. “We recognize the importance of team
member engagement by providing the tools and resources to keep our
organization happy and healthy.”
Helen Darling, president and CEO of the National Business Group
on Health, commented: “We are proud to honor Walgreens for its
ongoing commitment to providing lifestyle improvement programs that
encourage healthy lifestyles for their employees. Walgreens is
among an elite group of organizations that are leading the way to
promoting healthy workplaces and lifestyles. Walgreens and its
management team should be proud of their commitment to their
program and we congratulate them on receiving this award.”
Winners of the “Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles®” awards
were honored in one of two categories: Platinum, for established
healthy weight, healthy lifestyles programs with measurable success
and documented outcomes; or Gold, for creating cultural and
environmental changes that support employees who are committed to
long-term behavior changes.
About Walgreens
As the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2012 sales
of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to become
America’s first choice for health and daily living. Each day,
Walgreens provides more than 6 million customers the most
convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and
trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and
advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy
services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and
mail service, along with respiratory services. These services
improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including
employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy
benefit managers and the public sector. The company operates 8,086
drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is
the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and
wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more
than 700 locations throughout the country.
About the National Business Group on Health
The National Business Group on Health is the nation's only
non-profit, membership organization of large employers devoted
exclusively to finding innovative and forward-thinking solutions to
their most important health care and related benefits issues and to
being the voice for large employers on national health care issues.
The Business Group, whose 363 members include 66 of the Fortune
100, identifies, develops and shares best practices in health
benefits, disability, health and productivity, related paid time
off and work/life balance issues. Business Group members provide
health coverage for more than 55 million U.S. workers, retirees and
their families. For more information, visit
www.businessgrouphealth.org.
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