BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - (Business Wire) JourneyWell, a HealthPartners wellness solution and HealthPartners health plan are the first in the state of Minnesota to earn the coveted Wellness & Health Promotion Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), an organization dedicated to measuring and improving health care quality. This accreditation is significant as it recognizes the proven approach to health offered by JourneyWell. Additionally, companies use this information when selecting wellness programs for their employees. NCQA carefully reviews programs for everything from confidentiality to employee engagement and effectiveness. JourneyWell earned accreditation by meeting high standards in how its programs are implemented in the workplace, how it provides services such as health coaching to help users develop skills to make healthy choices, and the safeguarding of its participants’ sensitive health information.
“NCQA’s Wellness & Health Promotion Accreditation requires organizations to demonstrate their compliance with well-defined standards and quality measures,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “The NCQA seal will provide employers and consumers with the information they need to choose the best program in their markets.”
“We’ve worked extremely hard to ensure JourneyWell provides great results and value to our customers,” said Nico Pronk, vice president, health management, JourneyWell. “We’re proud to have earned this accreditation from an independent organization with the absolute highest standards.”
About JourneyWell
JourneyWell (www.healthpartners.com/journeywell), a HealthPartners wellness solution, offers health and wellness solutions for employers and health plans to help manage the health of an entire population, one individual at a time. After 15 years of successful evidence-based, results-driven health and wellness program innovation and many successful partnerships, HealthPartners created JourneyWell to extend the reach of its services direct to employers nationwide.
About HealthPartners
Founded in 1957, the HealthPartners (www.healthpartners.com) family of health care companies serves 1.25 million members and provides care to over 500,000 patients in our HealthPartners care delivery system which includes 70 clinics and three hospitals. It is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation, providing care, coverage, research and education to improve the health of members, patients and the community.
HealthPartners
Jessica Flannigan, 952-883-7410
Jessica.R.Flannigan@HealthPartners.com
