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American Specialty Health Offers Health Risk Assessments As First Step in Helping Employees Achieve Improved Health

Posted on: Thursday, 13 October 2005, 06:00 CDT

American Specialty Health (ASH), the nation's leading complementary health care organization, announced that it now provides a comprehensive health risk assessment (HRA) as a part of the Healthyroads Wellness Program available to employer groups and health plans nationwide through ASH subsidiary Healthyroads, Inc.

The Healthyroads' HRA, which is available in online and paper-based formats, asks employees to answer a series of questions related to their health. Employees then receive feedback acknowledging their commitment to good health, based on their responses. Once employees within a company complete the HRA, Healthyroads provides an aggregate summary to the employer regarding the health status of their employees as a group. This information may then be compared to national key health demographics, including nutrition, weight management, exercise and fitness, illness trends, and other health and wellness factors.

"The HRA is a significant part of our Healthyroads wellness package for health plans and employers," said George DeVries, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of ASH. "For some employees, the results of the HRA may serve as the first step toward improving their health, an approach that can ultimately lead to reduced absenteeism and increased productivity and creates a 'culture of wellness' in the workplace."

Healthyroads offers wellness programs and other tools to help health plan and employer group members get in shape, eat healthier, and achieve positive lifestyle habits. Healthyroads also provides members with discounts on more than 2,400 health and wellness products that can be purchased online through Healthyroads.com(R).

ASH is the nation's leading specialty health organization for complementary health care, providing benefits, health education programs, affinity discount, and wellness programs to health plans, insurance carriers, employer groups, and trust funds nationwide. Based in San Diego, ASH has over 500 employees and more than 12.1 million members in benefit programs nationwide. ASH also covers more than 80 million members in affinity discount network programs and more than 400,000 in wellness programs. ASH is located at 777 Front St., San Diego, Calif. 92101; phone (800) 848-3555.

For more information, visit ASHCompanies.com.

Source: Business Wire

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