Humana Earns Platinum Status with Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® Award
September 27 2017 - 8:15AM
Business Wire
National Business Group on Health honors the
best workforce health and well-being programs in the nation
Humana’s commitment to workplace health and well-being has been
honored with the highest award – Platinum – from the National
Business Group on Health. The Best Employers for Healthy
Lifestyles® award recognizes the best workforce wellness efforts in
the nation, particularly those with a holistic approach that
encompasses financial, emotional, social and community
well-being.
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is one of only 16 companies to achieve
Platinum status, reserved for organizations that have implemented a
workforce well-being strategy with demonstrated results across the
key dimensions of well-being. Further, a connection between
workforce well-being and business outcomes has been recognized.
This is the fifth straight year Humana has achieved Platinum
status.
The Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® award recognizes and
promotes effective ideas and best practices while providing a forum
for sharing and comparing outcomes and success strategies.
“We’re honored to receive this award, because promoting
whole-person well-being is central to what we do,” said Tim State,
Vice President, Associate Health and Well-being at Humana. “We’ve
seen a cultural movement around well-being really take hold within
our organization. By focusing on multiple dimensions of life –
tending to each person’s sense of purpose, health, belonging and
security – our associates are living more fully and we’re creating
a stronger, more-engaged team.”
Humana has seen positive trends, including:
- Healthier Days: Humana’s
employee population has seen an improvement in mental and physical
health as measured by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s (CDC) Healthy Days. The number of unhealthy days in a
given 30-day period went from 5.6 in 2014 to 5.2 in 2016.
- Declining risk: Employees
with Humana since 2012 have fewer health risks on average than
three years ago, with 7 out of 10 people either sustaining or
improving their health risk profile. The percentage of employees
who had elevated blood pressure declined by 33 percent from 2012 to
2016.
- Stress: Reported levels of
elevated stress declined approximately 10 percent from 2015 to
2016, indicating increased resiliency in the employee
population.
- Engagement: Humana
has seen world-class employee engagement levels -- in
the top 10th percentile globally -- for the past five years.
Each of those years, a top driver most correlated with engagement
has been the company’s commitment to employees’
well-being.
- Leader
commitment: Approximately 9 out of 10 employees say Humana
is committed to creating a work environment that contributes to
their health and well-being.
Humana employees also enjoy benefits like flexible work
arrangements, financial planning and network resource groups.
Humana’s health and wellness rewards program, Go365, offers
personalized activities, tracking, support and rewards to encourage
healthier lifestyles. Humana employees are allowed time off to
volunteer, and the response has exceeded expectations. By the end
of 2016, 47 percent of employees had logged volunteer time.
In addition, experiences like the annual 100 Day Dash keep
employees moving while having fun and allow them to challenge and
encourage one another. In 2017, Dashers logged 8.3 million miles of
steps – enough to circle Earth over 330 times. More than
23,000 people participated in 2017.
This is the third such award for Humana in as many weeks. The
company earned Gold status in the American Heart
Association’s Workplace Health Achievement Index, placing the
company’s comprehensive workplace health efforts among the best in
the nation. And Humana was ranked No. 3 on the list of the
“Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America,” compiled by Healthiest
Employers to honor the companies most successful in achieving
well-being through leadership, innovation and engagement.
About Humana
Humana Inc. is committed to helping our millions of medical and
specialty members achieve their best health. Our successful history
in care delivery and health plan administration is helping us
create a new kind of integrated care with the power to improve
health and well-being and lower costs. Our efforts are leading to a
better quality of life for people with Medicare, families,
individuals, military service personnel, and communities at
large.
To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care
professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right
place for their patients, our members. Our range of clinical
capabilities, resources and tools – such as in-home care,
behavioral health, pharmacy services, data analytics and wellness
solutions – combine to produce a simplified experience that makes
health care easier to navigate and more effective.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via
the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site
at www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders
- Securities and Exchange Commission
filings
- Most recent investor conference
presentations
- Quarterly earnings news releases and
conference calls
- Calendar of events
- Corporate Governance information
About the National Business Group on Health®
The National Business Group on Health is the nation's only
non-profit organization devoted exclusively to representing large
employers' perspective on national health policy issues and helping
companies optimize business performance through health improvement,
innovation and health care management. The Business Group’s mission
is to keep its membership on the leading edge of innovation,
thinking and action to address health care cost and the delivery,
financing, affordability and consumer experience with the health
care system. Business Group members, which include 73 Fortune 100
companies, provide health coverage for more than 50 million U.S.
workers, retirees and their families. For more information, visit
www.businessgrouphealth.org.
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Humana Corporate CommunicationsAlan Player,
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