Ben R. Leedle, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Healthways, Inc. , today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. Total revenues for the quarter were $180.0 million, up 4.0% from adjusted revenues for the fourth quarter of 2010 of $173.0 million, which excluded $22.3 million in revenues from a previously announced final settlement with the C...
Since the initial announcement in September 2011 by Wellmark® Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® and Healthways (Nasdaq: HWAY), excitement continues to build in the Blue Zones Project™. This project is a centerpiece of the Healthiest State Initiative to make Iowa the healthiest state by 2016, as measured by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index®.
Healthways, Inc. today announced the promotion of Peter Choueiri to the role of President, Healthways International. Acting on the company’s established succession plan, Healthways appointed Choueiri to lead and grow the company’s international organization, reporting to Ben Leedle, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Healthways.
(BUSINESS WIRE) --At today's Care Innovations Summit, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Solutions (CMS), SilverSneakers was presented as a model program to improve health care and lower cost. SilverSneakers was selected to participate at the summit after a competitive process to identify and showcase a number of programs t...
MeYou Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of Healthways has been recognized by the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) as the winner in the Healthcare and Wellness category for the 16th Annual MITX Interactive Awards.
Gallup and Healthways, Inc. today released findings from the monthly Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index® (WBI) for December 2011. For the first time in four years, Americans felt less stressed and sad during the holiday season, according to the Emotional Health Index (EHI), which, at 79.2, didn't dip to its typical yearly low in December. Previously, the EHI score had decreased during December to ...
(BUSINESS WIRE) --The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) and Healthways (Nasdaq: HWAY) are offering the award-winning SilverSneakers(R) Fitness Program to HMSA's Medicare Advantage members who select the Akamai Advantage Select Plus plan beginning January 1, 2012. SilverSneakers is the nation's leading exercise program designed to keep older adults active and healthy.
(BUSINESS WIRE) --Wellmark(R) Blue Cross(R) and Blue Shield(R) and Healthways (Nasdaq: HWAY) announced that 54 communities have submitted an application to be among the first demonstration sites for the Blue Zones Project(TM), a cornerstone of the Healthiest State Initiative. Blue Zones are areas in the world where people live longer, healthier lives. Demonstration sites are communities in Iowa wh...
Healthways today announced the expansion of its decade-long strategic relationship with Johns Hopkins Medicine and the immediate availability of InnergyTM, a physician-directed sustained weight loss intervention model to help people achieve and maintain clinically significant weight loss over a two-year period. The scalable, commercial design for InnergyTM was developed following the successful t...
Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWAY) today announced that its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011 and its financial guidance for 2012, will be released after market close on Wednesday, February15,2012, followed the same day by a conference call and live webcast scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET.