30 Chicago-Area Companies Earn National Award for Successful Workplace Wellness Programs

CHICAGO (April 11, 2017) - Thirty Chicago-area companies have been named as Healthiest Companies in America by Interactive Health, a national leader known for its personalized wellness solutions. The Chicago-area winners are among 156 companies across the country being recognized for outstanding achievements in improving-and truly transforming-the health of their employee population.

This is the 10th year Schaumburg-based Interactive Health has selected winners of the Healthiest Companies in America award, which celebrates each company's unique wellness program and its ability to achieve lasting change for employees. These companies demonstrate their ability to impact the health of a population: honorees reached a truly remarkable 70 percent or greater participation rate in their workplace wellness program as well as a low-risk health score for their total population, based on rigorous and clinically sound health evaluations.

Inspirational health outcomes achieved by the employees and spouses of the winning organizations include:

• 40 percent of participants in a high risk range migrated to a healthier state

• 45 percent of participants in a moderate risk range moved to a healthy state

• 66 percent of participants made health improvements related to their blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, glucose levels, triglyceride levels or tobacco use - helping to reduce their risk for disease

• Lower overall emotional health risk than Interactive Health's book of business

"These achievements are striking and inspire us because winners set the bar on what can be achieved and demonstrated with validated results. A strong culture of employee health engagement creates positive health outcomes, and is smart business," said Interactive Health President and CEO Cathy Kenworthy. "In addition to this year's winners, there are dozens more employers that are extremely close to obtaining the designation. We look forward to inviting more companies into the winner's circle each year. We are especially appreciative for those individuals within these winning and soon-to-win organizations that make the decision to lead effective worksite wellness programs, and the trust they've placed in us to be their partner in that effort."

Chicago-area winners include:

• Amalgamated Bank of Chicago - Chicago

• American Community Bank and Trust - Woodstock

• Aquascape, Inc. - St. Charles

• Brookwood School District 167 - Glenwood

• City of Wheaton, IL - Wheaton

• Countryside Bank - Countryside

• Custom Data Processing - Romeoville

• DSP Insurance Services - Schaumburg

• E.A. Langenfeld Associates, Ltd. - Mount Prospect

• Elite Manufacturing Technologies - Bloomingdale

• Evanston Township High School - Evanston

• Freeborn & Peters LLP - Chicago

• GCG Financial, Inc. - Deerfield

• General Kinematics Corporation - Crystal Lake

• Graycor Inc. - Oakbrook Terrace

• IPMG - St. Charles

• Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, LLC - Westchester

• Mutual Trust Life Insurance Company - Oak Brook

• National Insurance Crime Bureau - Des Plaines

• Ozinga Bros., Inc. - Mokena

• PCI - Chicago

• R.J. O'Brien & Associates LLC - Chicago

• R1 RCM Inc. - Chicago

• Rush - Chicago

• Schulze & Burch Biscuit Company - Chicago

• Telular Corporation - Chicago

• Toshiba Machine Co., America - Elk Grove Village

• Township High School District 211 - Palatine

• Trinity Christian College - Palos Heights

An impressive 95 percent of participants at all of the winning organizations took advantage of Interactive Health's member website, which was recently enhanced to make health information more accessible, actionable and sustainable for members. Powered by the company's proprietary ActiveEngine™ technology, Interactive Health recommends clinically sound, achievable action steps that are tailored to each member, based on their specific health status and health risk factors. Interactive Health's data indicates that individuals who engage with the member website have a 15 percent higher rate of achievement of personal health goals than those who do not use the online tools.

Companies choose Interactive Health because they want a wellness partner that understands that wellness is an important part of their business strategy and helps them build a health-focused culture that translates into better health and lower healthcare costs. Every year, Interactive Health works with more than 1 million individuals spanning more than 3,000 clients across industries including manufacturing, professional services, hospitals, municipalities, school districts and beyond. Interactive Health clients average a 20-percent reduction in medical spend, according to an independent review conducted by Zoe Consulting, Inc.

For more information on Healthiest Companies in America, visit http://interactivehealthinc.com/client-success/healthiest-companies.

About Interactive Health

Interactive Health (www.interactivehealthinc.com), the country's leading provider of health management solutions, creates innovative wellness programs designed to increase overall company health and actively engage employees to make lasting behavior changes. For every company's perspective on health management, early stage or mature, Interactive Health has a highly flexible program to meet its needs. By offering health evaluations that detect risk proactively, Interactive Health has the capability to immediately intervene and engage at-risk participants with a personalized course of action. Using ActiveEngineTM, a proprietary algorithmic-based clinical intelligence engine, a unique achievable goal is assigned to each participant based on individual results and health improvements are measured. Interactive Health has a 25-year track record of creating the Healthiest Companies in America. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.