Originally Published by Humana
For the third year in a row, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has achieved top Gold-level recognition in the American Heart Association’s Workplace Health Achievement Index, a science-based assessment that defines best practices and evaluates the quality, comprehensiveness and effectiveness of an organization’s efforts to improve employee health and well-being and a health-focused culture.
Humana’s Total Index Score of 210 places it in the 96th percentile of participating companies.
“We’re proud of earning this recognition once again, and we’re especially proud of the improvements our teammates continue to make in their lives,” said Tim State, Senior Vice President of Associate Health and Well-being at Humana. “We’re cultivating a culture of health and well-being here that’s core to our identity, and our teammates have taken that to heart. Their journeys are personal and in many ways life-changing. We thrive on that sense of shared purpose. It’s a powerful part of the Humana experience that fuels our work and provides the empathy and engagement we need to best serve our customers in their health journeys.”
The Workplace Health Achievement Index was born from the CEO Roundtable, which called on the AHA to deliver an evidence-based approach to measure and recognize success in improving employee health and the corporate culture of well-being. The index shows which companies have implemented the critical tools, program experiences and leadership to achieve top-line results.
The AHA has seven pillars of best practices for workplace health promotion, and Humana scored 100 in five of those categories — Leadership, Communications, Programs, Engagement and Partnerships.
The Workplace Health Achievement Index also calculates the average heart health of an organization’s workforce, measuring things like smoking status, physical activity, healthy diet, healthy weight, blood pressure, total cholesterol, and fasting glucose levels.
Humana achieved a heart health score of 8.11, as compared to an average of 7.78 for CEO Roundtable companies.
Humana has a longstanding commitment to holistic well-being – encompassing each employee’s sense of purpose, health, belonging and security – and progress through the years has been captured, analyzed and shared within the company. Earlier this year, Humana made the first public release of its Annual Associate Well-Being Report, which you can find here.
Highlights of the report include:
- Enhanced overall well-being, with