National Business Group on Health Honors Walgreens with Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® Award
June 25 2014 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Walgreens Recognized for Second Consecutive
Year for Promoting Healthy Work Environment and Lifestyles
The National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association
of large U.S. employers, today honored Walgreens (NYSE: WAG)
(Nasdaq: WAG) for the company’s ongoing commitment and dedication
to promoting a healthy work environment and encouraging employees
and families to maintain healthy lifestyles. Walgreens received a
gold award for its “You and Walgreens” company wellness program for
the second consecutive year.
“You and Walgreens” provides access to a variety of health and
wellness resources, including free health testing, wellness
programs, personal health coaches, tobacco-free program, fitness
center, weight management programs, on-site Healthy Living Centers
and more, for more than 250,000 Walgreens team members and their
families.
“We have a strong commitment to keeping our team members and our
organization healthy, and we’re proud to be recognized as a leader
in creating cultural and environmental programs that support
employees in their lifestyle, and also foster behavior change to
improve overall health and wellness,” said Kathleen
Wilson-Thompson, Walgreens senior vice president and chief human
resources officer. “By giving our employees the most helpful tools
and resources, we’re practicing every day our company’s overall
purpose, which is to help people get, stay and live well.”
Walgreens was among 63 U.S. employers that received the 2014
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.
“We are very pleased to honor Walgreens for its dedication to
providing programs that encourage wellness and healthy lifestyles
for their employees and families,” stated Brian Marcotte, president
and CEO of the National Business Group on Health. “Walgreens is
among an elite group of organizations that are leading the way to
promote healthy workplaces and lifestyles. Its management team
should be proud of their efforts and we congratulate them on
receiving this award.”
About Walgreens
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2013 sales
of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to be the
first choice in health and daily living for everyone in America,
and beyond. 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 8,216 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Take Care Health
Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most
comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers,
provider practices, and in-store convenient care clinics, with more
than 750 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 392 members include 69 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.
WalgreensJim Cohn,
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