Healthyroads Honors Leading Employers as Employee Wellness Champions in Third Annual "Fit Company" Awards

Healthyroads Honors Leading Employers as Employee Wellness Champions in Third
Annual "Fit Company" Awards

SAN DIEGO, March 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthyroads, Inc., the
population health management subsidiary of American Specialty Health
Incorporated, (ASH), has announced the winners of its third annual
Healthyroads Fit Company Award^® program. Fifteen companies were recognized
with either gold or silver distinctions for their cutting edge leadership in
the area of employee preventive care and wellness. They were also honored for
setting positive examples that inspire other businesses to reduce the health
risk factors that contribute to rising healthcare costs.

According to a recent study conducted by Truven Health Analytics and Emory
University, and supported by Healthyroads, the top ten risk factors that
predict employee health costs include obesity, physical inactivity,
depression, tobacco use, high blood glucose, high blood pressure, high stress,
high total cholesterol, high alcohol use and nutrition.

"We congratulate these employers for their foresight and determination to help
bend the cost curve in employee health care," said American Specialty Health
CEO and Chairman George DeVries. "Today's wellness and population health
improvement programs can provide a solid business strategy with numerous
benefits, including decreased medical utilization, reduced sick days and
increased productivity. Each of these companies should be extremely proud of
its efforts to create a work environment that promotes and supports a culture
of health."

The Healthyroads Fit Company Award winners include:

GOLD AWARDS

Mid-Size Employers:

  * Premier healthcare alliance, Charlotte, NC
  * Longmont United Hospital, Longmont, CO

Large Employer:

  * PIH Health(Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital), Whittier, CA

Jumbo Employer:

  * The GEO Group, Inc., Boca Raton, FL

SILVER AWARDS

Mid-Size Employers:

  * AMVAC Chemical Corporation, Newport Beach, CA
  * Keenan & Associates, Torrance, CA
  * SSAB Americas, Lisle, IL
  * County of Mendocino, Ukiah, CA
  * Utica National Insurance Group, New Hartford, NY

Large Employers:

  * JT3 LLC, Las Vegas, NV
  * Lenovo, Morrisville, NC
  * Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, CA
  * Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MS
  * Southern States Cooperative, Richmond, VA
  * Broadridge Financial Solutions, Lake Success, NY

Entrants were judged on a point scale according to their commitment to best
practices in worksite wellness, unique or creative ideas that encourage a
culture of health at the workplace, clarity and consistency of employee health
promotion and communications, and participation and engagement levels of their
employees in wellness initiatives.

Judges for the Healthyroads Fit Company Awards program included:

  * Dr. Andrew Crighton, chief medical officer, Prudential Financial;
  * Dr. Raymond Fabius, chief medical officer, TRUVEN Health Analytics;
  * Dr. Leba Shallenberger, manager, health education and promotion,
    ExxonMobil;
  * Dr. Cathy Baase, global director of health, Dow Chemical;
  * Dr. Douglas Metz, chief health services officer and executive vice
    president, American Specialty Health; and
  * Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier, clinical professor of medicine at the University
    of Arizona and UCSF Schools of Medicine and vice president of health
    affairs, American Specialty Health.

About American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH)

American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH) is a national health services
organization that provides fitness, exercise and healthy aging
programs, population health solutions and specialty health care programs for
health plans, Medicare Advantage Plans and/or employer groups. Headquartered
in San Diego, CA, with offices in Dallas, TX, Indianapolis, IN and Columbia,
SC, ASH has more than 1,000 employees and administers services for more than
32 million members nationwide. Other products offered through ASH and its
subsidiaries include Silver&Fit^®, Active&Fit^®, ExerciseRewards^TM  and
others. For more information about ASH, visit www.ASHCompanies.com, follow us
on Twitter at @ASHCompanies, or call 800-848-3555. Follow Healthyroads on
Twitter at @Healthyroads, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Healthyroads
and YouTube at www.youtube.com/Healthyroads. Follow Silver&Fit on Twitter at
@SilverandFit, Instagram at @SilverandFit, YouTube at
www.youtube.com/silverandfit and Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/SilverandFit .

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CONTACT: Lisa Freeman
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         lisaf@ashn.com

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