Recently, Humana Inc. got the recognition for excellence in ‘worksite wellness’. The leading healthcare company won the Platinum Award level excellence by Healthy Arizona Worksite Program for maintaining worksite wellness. The best part is, Humana is the first company to win the Platinum level excellence in this program.
Victoria Coley, Desert State’s Vice President for Humana’s Group and Specialty segment mentioned,
“Humana is proud to be one of the first companies to achieve Platinum Award status this year in the Healthy Arizona Worksite Award program. Humana is a big believer in wellness both at work and at home. We not only provide wellness tools to our associates through our Go365 program but to our employer groups as well because we understand the positive health impact and cost reductions that a solid workplace wellness can have both on the employer and its employees.”
What is the Healthy Arizona Worksite Program all about?
The award by Healthy Arizona Worksite Program recognizes employers that are making efforts to maintain the health and well-being of their employees as well as their families. The program also recognizes their community by implementing comprehensive worksite wellness strategies. To qualify for this program, employers need to attend the Healthy Arizona Worksite Program training and also develop a plan to improve employee health and safety.
Humana could qualify for the Platinum level award because it has already reached to the Gold level. to demonstrate making an impact both within and beyond their walls to address one or more of the many health challenges impacting communities across the state. Platinum level awardees demonstrated data-driven programming while leveraging cross-sector collaborations or partnerships that improved the health, well-being, and equity of their community.
Humana partnered with Southwest Human Development, the local Easter Seals affiliate, to positively impact literacy in the Phoenix community. Locally, Southwest Human Development executes the Little Free Library program, a nationwide effort to build and place “take one, leave one” book stations. Humana took on a project to collect books and build several libraries for Southwest Human Development. As a result of Humana’s involvement, more than 12,500 books were collected and 22 libraries built. This project positively impacted Southwest Human Development’s goal to place 100 Little Free Libraries in the Valley by helping them reach more than 20 percent of their goal while filling the libraries with books.
Date: June 12, 2017