Healthways today announced that the Company has successfully completed the refinancing of its Senior Credit Facilities as of June 8, 2012. The previous facilities, which were set to expire in December 2013, have been replaced with facilities consisting of a five-year Term Loan A of $200 million and a five-year revolving credit facility of $200 million. "Given the favorable interest rate environmen...
As part of its long-standing commitment to improving the health and well-being of older adult members, Highmark Inc. has agreed to a two-year extension through 2013 to offer the Healthways SilverSneakers® Fitness Program to eligible members. SilverSneakers, an exercise program designed to keep older adults active and healthy, is offered to more than 460,000 eligible Highmark Medicare Advantage mem...
Americans' overall well-being reached 70.0 in April, a 20-month high, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index® (WBI). This increase was influenced by positive movement in the Emotional Health, Healthy Behaviors, Basic Access and Life Evaluation Indices. The Emotional Health Index, a composite of Americans' daily experiences, jumped to 79.9, the highest score recorded since the inceptio...
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield chairman and CEO, John Forsyth, and Healthways President and CEO, Ben R. Leedle, Jr., today joined with Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Blue Zones® founder, Dan Buettner, to introduce Cedar Falls, Mason City, Spencer and Waterloo as the first Blue Zones Project™ demonstration site communities in Iowa. The selected communities will receive assistance from natio...
(BUSINESS WIRE) --Healthways, Inc. today announced that its Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Dr. James Pope, will participate in a panel discussion entitled, "Weight of the World: Strategies to Fight the Global Obesity Epidemic," at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, April 30, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. PDT at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. At Healthways, Pope oversees medical ...
(BUSINESS WIRE) --Ben R. Leedle, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Healthways, Inc. , today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. Total revenues increased to $165.2 million for the quarter from $163.0 million for the first quarter of 2011. There was a net loss for the first quarter of 2012 of $2.7 million, or $0.08 per share, compared with net income o...
(BUSINESS WIRE) --Ben R. Leedle, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Healthways (Nasdaq: HWAY), announced that the Company has acquired Ascentia Health Care Solutions, a Philadelphia area based company whose business is designed to support and promote population health management, patient centered programs, payer strategies and physician practice enhancement programs. Healthways will app...
(BUSINESS WIRE) --The Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) and Healthways announced today that they have entered into a three-year agreement to transfer the management of the State of Ohio's Take Charge! Live Well! population health management program to Healthways. Under the terms of the agreement, Healthways will assume responsibility for implementing an integrated set of services co...
(BUSINESS WIRE) --Texas Health Resources (Texas Health) and Healthways today announced a 10-year strategic agreement to dramatically change not only the way people in North Texas access and receive health care, but also to fundamentally transform the way people think about their "health." Together, the two organizations will deploy their respective resources and capabilities to fulfill three prima...
(BUSINESS WIRE) --Mayor Emanuel today announced that the City of Chicago has selected Healthways to manage its wellness program for 47,000 city employees and their dependents. The contract runs to the end of 2015. "This innovative wellness program will allow our employees to take control of their own health and improve their quality of life, which will help them better enjoy their workplace, their...