American Specialty Health “Walks the Talk” on CNBC’s Healthy Horizons
SAN DIEGO (May 11, 2009) –
As a company that offers health and wellness benefit programs to employers and other group clients, American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH) recently demonstrated how to keep employees healthy on CNBC’s Healthy Horizons. The corporate health feature, which aired in April during the channel’s “Power Lunch” and “Closing Bell” programs, highlighted ASH’s own commitment to improving its employees’ health through its company walking club, telephone health coaching program, and annual Get Healthy! award given to the employee who makes the biggest health improvement during a year.
The video can be viewed on ASH’s Web site at: http://ashcompanies.com/AboutUs/Videos.aspx
In addition to creating an overall culture of wellness, ASH's strategy is to "walk the talk" of healthy living by offering its own employees the same health improvement and wellness and prevention programs that it offers to clients nationwide.
“If we’re going to bring products to market that produce happy, healthy employees, we need to do that ourselves–show that the programs we offer actually work,” said ASH’s chief health services officer Douglas Metz, DC.
ASH’s wellness subsidiary Healthyroads offers the Healthyroads Coaching® program to its employees as part of their benefits. This progressive telephone-based program allows employees to speak with personal trainers, registered dietitians, and other health coaches once a week to achieve their health and wellness goals. The program includes nutrition and weight management, tobacco cessation, stress management, and chronic conditions programs. Healthyroads also includes awards and rewards, customized exercise routines and meal-planning, online tools and trackers, and monthly newsletters.
In 2008, ASH earned a Gold “Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles” award from the National Business Group on Health, its second consecutive Silver California Fit Business award, and was named one of the best places to work in health care by Modern Healthcare as well as one of America’s 15 fittest companies by Men’s Fitness magazine.
About American Specialty Health
American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH) is a national health and wellness company that provides wellness and prevention services, specialty network management programs, and fitness and exercise services to health plans, insurance carriers, employer groups, and trust funds. Based in San Diego, ASH has 700 employees and covers over 15 million members
Healthyroads, Inc. is the wellness and prevention subsidiary of ASH. Healthyroads offers a wide range of wellness solutions– including award-winning telephone-based coaching programs for weight management, tobacco cessation, and healthy living, and products and resources through its integrated Web site, Healthyroads.com.
For more information about Healthyroads and other ASH health and wellness programs, visit www.ASHCompanies.com or call 800.848.3555.