If you need examples of companies that are embracing employee and member health and wellbeing – and a better overall experience – look no further than the eight companies named 2024 Thrive Award winners! These honorees are really harnessing “all together now” energy, in keeping with the theme of this year’s event.
During our recent Thrive Summit 2024, an immersive annual event that drew 1,200+ employer, health plan, and health system leaders, Personify Health honored eight organizations with our most prestigious recognition. Now in its third year, the Thrive Awards celebrate and spotlight successes, positive outcomes, and significant results from some of our most engaged clients who have implemented actionable, real-life strategies that improve health, wellbeing, experience, and outcomes.
Personify Health’s Chief Commercial Officer Laura Walmsley presented this year’s awards. She noted, “I am thrilled to celebrate the success these companies have had in prioritizing and cultivating inclusive and successful programs and initiatives across health, employee experience, and culture. It’s incredibly rewarding to see our solutions in action, driving meaningful change for clients, their businesses, and their people. The Personify Health team is committed to being a partner in driving our clients’ success and creating heathier populations – whether it’s in year one or year 10. I’m looking forward to making even more healthiness happen!”
The 2024 Thrive Award winners are:
Global Health and Wellbeing Award – Celebrates an organization with a global footprint outside the U.S. that has achieved success expanding their wellbeing program to a variety of different populations.
- The Coca-Cola Company – A client since 2014, The Coca-Cola Company continues to drive enrollment and engagement by regularly adjusting its wellbeing strategy to meet employee needs, keeping the program fresh and engaging. With a dedicated staff to support its wellbeing initiatives plus a strong network that drives the grassroots efforts of the company’s wellbeing strategy, program leads advise it’s important to have a global mindset and truly think about what a health experience is like in different countries. A 2023 standout was a Global Challenge where employees raised $250,000 to donate to the Special Olympics through their step challenge participation.
Engagement and Activation Award – Spotlights organizations driving health and wellbeing program engagement for their employees, members, and/or patients. They have garnered resilient, more productive employees, stronger and more loyal members, and healthier, more compliant patients. This year’s honorees are:
- Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan – In its first year, Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP®) has seen 55% engagement across three lines of business: Fully Insured, Medicaid, and Medicare. Benefits leaders have focused on providing members a positive, frictionless experience, including Personify’s Transform program to support at-risk members.
- Fujifilm – With a large manufacturing population and over 6,000 onsite employees, Fujifilm has excelled at providing creative in-person experiences that complement its program initiatives and benefits. As part of a culture of wellbeing, onsite coordinators teach staff how to get the most out of the program as well as host over 25 onsite wellness fairs to drive engagement – with 86% of members earning incentives.
Thriving in Year One Award – Honors organizations that have recently completed their first year as a Personify Health client and achieved exceptionally high results, including excellent engagement, satisfaction, and outcomes. The 2024 honoree is:
- Verizon – With 100,000+ employees, Verizon launched in September 2023 and saw more than 50% member enrollment by the end of the year! Its benefits team attributes its success to gaining leadership buy-in and taking a multi-faceted approach to bring awareness to its program, including a dedicated health and wellbeing specialist and a strong champions network that hosts onsite and virtual events.
Outcomes Award – Recognizes companies that have significantly improved health and wellbeing outcomes within their organization following Personify Health activation. This year’s honorees are:
- BASF – With a diverse member population spanning across the U.S., BASF has generated incredible engagement (65%) by focusing on three main areas: creating a positive culture, opening access to digital health programs, and improving year-over-year health for conditions like diabetes and hypertension. The team credits insights from the data analytics portal and team to measure impact over time.
- BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina – Entering its second year with Personify Health, BCBS of SC has seen an outstanding 66% engagement rate, 74% Health Risk Assessment completion rate, and 69% members earning incentives. Program leads credit success to better employee communication and education.
- Houston Methodist – The health system’s Healthy Directions program features a variety of personalized benefits that have driven strong engagement and outcomes. Understanding there is no one size fits all, Houston Methodist leverages the Personify partner ecosystem to meet its population’s needs and offers rewardable initiatives to help ensure high monthly engagement – and a 73% satisfaction rate.
Experience Award – Honors organizations innovating the employee experience and fostering connected experiences above benchmarks that drive loyalty, trust, and satisfaction. The 2024 winner is Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
“Personify Health has become part of our employees’ daily lives. We’ve seen strong enrollment and engagement because we leverage many aspects of the platform that motivate our people, such as the partner ecosystem, incentives, as well as announcement cards and other communications methods. The program is paying dividends because we’re really seeing employees’ health improving,” commented Samantha Grace Elliot, wellbeing & digital health senior specialist at BASF.
To experience select Thrive Summit 2024 highlights and learn more about next year’s event, please visit our Thrive 2024 recap page.