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UMR Health & Wellness customers win Healthiest Companies in America awards

With UMR’s help, several of our customers recently received 2007 Healthiest Companies in America awards from Interactive Health Solutions, Inc. (IHS). The winning UMR employer groups have UMR’s Health & Wellness program, an optional population health management program integrated into a customer’s health benefit plan.

Assessments showed significant health improvements

The Healthiest Companies in America awards are given to employer groups for their employees’ excellent and/or significantly improved health status. The awards are based on the clinical evaluations of employees in key health metrics known as the Interactive Health Index (IHI), an IHS proprietary metric developed in conjunction with physicians and other health care professionals. IHI tests for indicators of heart disease, diabetes, smoking and other measures of health status and risk factors at least in part controllable by the individual.

Participants learn their individual IHI scores after completing Clinical Health Risk Assessments (CHRAs) performed by IHS as part of their plan’s Health & Wellness program. The winning organizations measurably reduced their overall IHI score as determined by their score from the previous two years.

More than 1,000 IHS-served companies were included in the competition and over forty organizations were recognized in specific award categories.

“ We are proud that our health and wellness program has helped these and other customers significantly improve their members’ health,” said Jay Anliker, UMR president. “The Healthiest Companies award results remind us again that we can make a difference in the quality of health care and the quality of life for our customers and their plan participants.”

The Winners are …

The following UMR Health & Wellness customers received 2007 Healthiest Companies in America awards in the indicated categories.

Healthiest Companies Overall Award

Given to organizations with the best overall health scores among all participating organizations. The 2007 winners have 70% of their employees in low- or no-risk categories.

Associated Physicians & Surgeons (AP&S), Terre Haute, Indiana
Midmark, Versailles, Ohio
Totes-Isotoner, Cincinnati, Ohio
Troy City School District, Troy, Ohio

Best in Class Award

Given to organizations with the best health scores relative to other organizations in their fields.

Manufacturing Category: Gallatin Steel, Ghent, Kentucky
Medical Services Category: Associated Physicians & Surgeons (AP&S), Terre Haute, Indiana

Most Improved Award

Given to organizations with the greatest improvement in their employees’ health based on IHI scores in a two-year period. The 2007 winners improved their score year to year by more than 50% on average.

Gallatin Steel, Ghent, Kentucky

Winners featured in Industry Week magazine

Totes-Isotoner, Gallantin Steel, and the Healthiest Companies in America awards were featured in an article about wellness program incentives in the online magazine Industry Week. The article includes their compelling customer testimonials about the success of their preventative wellness programs.

»	Read the article click here .

More information available

»	For more award information, including the May 9, 2008 press release announcing the awards and a complete list of all the winning organizations click here .

»	For more information about the UMR Health & Wellness program, click here or contact UMR at UMR-Marketing@umr.com .

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