CBIZ and Edington Associates Now Accepting Applications for the 2013
Edington Next Practice Awards
LEAWOOD, Kan. & ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2012--
CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services Inc. and Edington Associates LLC are
pleased to announce that the application submission period for the 2013
Edington Next Practice Awards will run from November 2 – December 7,
2012.
The Next Practice Awards recognize organizations that are actively
engaged in the pursuit of a healthy, high-performing workplace and
workforce. The awards specifically acknowledge companies that
demonstrate unique approaches to improving the wellbeing of workplaces
and employees and excel in innovation and initiatives to keep employees
well.
Applicants of the Next Practice Awards are selected based on the five
pillars of successful pursuit of achieving a healthy work environment:
1) Senior Leadership; 2) Operational Leadership; 3) Self Leadership; 4)
Recognition and Rewards; 5) Quality Assurance.
Dee Edington, Ph.D., and founder and chairman of Edington Associates
LLC, offers, “Together with CBIZ, we are seeking from the business world
the best examples in healthy workplaces, lifestyles and overall
wellness. Taken together, the outcomes from these pillars benefit both
the employee workforce and the organization from health care and
financial positions.”
Applicants are asked to complete an online pre-qualification survey
proving progress/pursuit across all five pillars, which will be
available at Edington
Next Practice from November 1 – December 7, 2012.
The survey must be completed by an employee of the applicant’s
organization and one single submission will be accepted. Upon
pre-qualification, approved applicants will be invited to submit an
application and a short description of their outstanding, unique or
innovative “next practice,” including organizational resources dedicated
to the initiative, participation and engagement rates, related outcomes
and supporting visual program materials.
Submissions will be reviewed by Dee Edington and an independent team of
expert judges in the field, including: Joel Bender, MD, Ph.D., FACOEM,
Global Medical Director, U.S. Preventive Medicine; Jack Bastable,
Executive Consultant, Wellbeing Leadership, CBIZ; John Burke, President
of Burke Consulting; Wayne Burton, MD, Global Corporate Medical
Director, American Express; Larry Catlett, Owner and Chief Medical
Officer, Occupational Medical Consulting LLC; Gary Earl, Independent
Advisory, Strategist, Speaker and Writer, formerly Vice President Health
Transformation at United Healthcare; Ron Finch, Vice President, National
Business Group on Health; Jerry Ford, Chief Executive Officer, Marathon
Health; Tom Golaszewski, Ed.D., MS, Professor Emeritus, Department of
Health Science, SUNY at Brockport; Vilma Linares-Vaugh, Chief of Staff
at 1199SEIU Health Workers East; Jennifer Pitts, Ph.D., Chief Strategy
Officer, Edington Associates LLC Ph.D., Chief Strategy Officer, Edington
Associates LLC; Maria Prince, Medical Director, Office of Chronic
Disease Prevention, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
Duane Putnam, Vice President, Business Development, Edington Associates
LLC; Marcia Ridley, Vice President, Total Rewards and Chief Executive
Officer, Vivacity; Neal Sofian, MSPH, Director of Member Engagement,
Premera Blue Cross; Tom Welch, former Director of Payroll, Benefit and
HRIS at PPG Industries; Barbara Wallace, President and CEO, Virginia
Business Coalition of Health; and Chris Whipple, Executive Director,
Pittsburgh Business Group on Health.
Applications will be evaluated in January 2013 with final recipient
selections completed by mid-February and award recipients notified on
February 28, 2013.
About CBIZ
Inc. (NYSE:CBZ)
CBIZ Inc. provides professional business services that help clients
better manage their finances and employees. CBIZ provides its clients
with financial services including accounting, tax and consulting,
internal audit, merger and acquisition advisory and valuation services.
Employee services include employee benefits consulting, property and
casualty insurance, retirement plan consulting, payroll, life insurance,
HR consulting, and executive recruitment. CBIZ also provides outsourced
technology staffing and support services, healthcare consulting, and
medical practice management. As one of the largest benefits specialists
and one of the largest accounting, valuation, and medical practice
management companies in the United States, the Company’s services are
provided through more than 130 Company offices in 37 states. Visit our
website at www.cbiz.com
and our blog, “Human Capitalizing,” at http://blog.cbiz.com.
About Edington
Associates LLC
Edington Associates works with organizations to develop healthy and high
performing work places and people for the 21st century. The Edington
system helps employers become champion companies through research,
experiences and solutions that build supportive leadership and healthy
work environments, design and leverage effective health management
programs and create timely and actionable plans to build a sustaining
culture that we would even like our children to work in.
Source: CBIZ Inc.
Gregory
FCA for CBIZ
Matthew
Goldstein, 610-228-2097
matthew@gregoryfca.com
