Katrina Support Could Lower Healthcare Costs

Scottsdale-based Envision Health and Wellness LLC is offering a free wellness program to the company showing the most support to hurricane Katrina relief effort.

Scottsdale, AZ. (PRWEB) September 27, 2005 -- Scottsdale-based Envision Health and Wellness LLC is offering a free wellness program to the company showing the most support to hurricane Katrina relief effort.

Hurricane Katrina has created a health as well as a humanitarian crisis," says CEO Terence Knealing. Staggering public health threats need to be contained, and more immediately, sick and injured people-displaced from their local doctors-need care."

The costs cannot even be estimated at this point," says Knealing. Experts like the Kaiser Family Foundation are still scrambling to get good data on health care issues in the hurricanes wake."

Health care is already a hot topic at kitchen tables and in board rooms nationwide. Arizona employers are not alone in their increasingly desperate search for new ways to manage out-of-control health care costs.

In spite of the tight purse strings, many local companies and their employees have generously donated their time, money, and other resources to help the survivors of this disaster to begin rebuilding their lives.

In recognition of their support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Envision Health and Wellness is offering a free wellness program to the Valley company who rallies the most behind the hurricane relief effort.

Companies must submit a brief application by October 15, 2005 to qualify, and all applicants will receive a free copy of our special report The Financial Impact of Workplace Wellness," an insightful look into the costs of high risk behavior, chronic disease and poor health.

Applications available by calling 480-355-8320.

The winning company will be notified on October 31, 2005.

Envision Health and Wellness is a preventive health management and consulting company specializing in corporate health and wellness programs. With our network of providers, Envisions consultants work together with companies to develop and provide both onsite and online comprehensive wellness programs, creating a healthier and more productive work force to lower health related costs.

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