HealthFitness Named Lead Integrator for MillerCoors' Health Improvement Program
August 18 2009 - 10:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
In its expanded role, HealthFitness will drive health improvement
initiatives throughout the organization MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 18
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Health Fitness Corporation (NYSE Amex:
FIT), a leading provider of integrated employee health and
productivity management solutions, today announced that MillerCoors
recently awarded HealthFitness an expanded role in leading its
company-wide health management strategy. (Logo:
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MillerCoors has been a client of HealthFitness since 2004, when
HealthFitness began managing the beer company's renowned Wellness
Center/Program based out of Golden, Colorado. HealthFitness will
soon move into the role as lead integrator for health-related
programs to maximize engagement of the employee population and
ultimately drive health improvement results for the system-wide
MillerCoors organization. "We are pleased to have been chosen to
lead MillerCoor's health management strategy," said Gregg O.
Lehman, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer,
HealthFitness. "We have been providing integration services for
various clients informally and now we have developed a proprietary
standard capability for clients such as MillerCoors as a new
opportunity to improve the health of the employee population and to
ensure results." In its expanded role, HealthFitness will be
responsible for the overall implementation and management of
health-related programs, services and processes, as well as it will
be providing its eHealth platform, health risk assessment, health
coaching, fitness, health education and behavior change programs to
ensure participant engagement strategies are aligned across
health-related providers. In addition, HealthFitness contributes to
MillerCoors' occupational health services line through the
company's Golden, Colorado-based Wellness Center by providing
on-site physical therapy, ergonomic evaluations, a range of injury
prevention services, work conditioning programs and more. "Going
forward, we will focus our efforts on helping MillerCoors create
and sustain an overall culture of health which helps the company's
employees lead healthier, more productive lives," Lehman stated.
"Our role is to identify employees at risk for health and injury
issues and provide them with the services and support to help them
become healthier. We also help healthy employees stay healthy."
MillerCoors became the second largest beer company in America on
July 1, 2008, when it was formed through a joint venture of
SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Company. The company operates
eight breweries as well as one microbrewery in the U.S. Its
corporate headquarters are in Chicago. About HealthFitness
HealthFitness is an award-winning provider of integrated health
promotion and fitness management solutions to Fortune 500
companies, the health care industry and individual consumers. With
30-plus years of experience, HealthFitness partners with employers
to effectively manage health care and productivity costs by
improving individual health and well- being. HealthFitness provides
a portfolio of solutions, including best-in-class integration,
INSIGHT Health Risk Assessments, screenings, EMPOWERED(TM) Health
Coaching, and fitness facility design and management. For more
information on HealthFitness, visit http://www.hfit.com/. Forward
Looking Statements Certain statements in this release, including,
without limitation, statements relating to the company's ability of
reducing employee health risks or decreasing health care costs and
creating healthier, more productive employees, thereby giving
companies a competitive advantage in their respective markets, are
forward-looking statements. Any statements that are not based upon
historical facts, including the outcome of events that have not yet
occurred and the company's expectations for future performance, are
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the current beliefs and expectations of management. Actual results
may vary materially from those contained in forward-looking
statements based on a number of factors including, without
limitation, the company's inability to deliver the services and
other factors disclosed from time to time in the company's filings
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission including our Form
10-K for 2008 as filed with the SEC. You should take such factors
into account when making investment decisions and are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date on which they are made. The company
undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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CONTACT: Wes Winnekins, CFO of HealthFitness, +1-952-897-5275; or
Investor Relations, Joe Dorame, Robert Blum, or Joe Diaz, all of
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Media, Deb Marshall, VP of Marketing of HealthFitness,
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