Priority Health and The Wellness Center

Priority Health purchased The Wellness Center of Western Michigan, a company that has provided more than 20 years of worksite wellness programming for hundreds of companies in West Michigan. The Wellness Center, a joint venture of Metropolitan Hospital and Spectrum Health, has been sold to Priority Health in a move to expand the Center's impact on improving health in the region.

As a result of this agreement Priority Health will assume responsibility for the delivery of wellness programs to current Wellness Center clients.

The integration of the Wellness Center into Priority Health's business will expand its services to provide Priority Health and non-Priority Health employer groups with additional onsite health screenings, health promotion programs and extensive health risk management. Metropolitan Hospital will continue to provide the Executive Health Program.

"Priority Health and The Wellness Center share a common delivery model - both work with employers, but Priority Health serves as much broader region," said Metropolitan CEO Mike Faas. "The decision for Metro to maintain the Executive Physical Program makes sense because our role is the direct delivery of patient care."

Spectrum Health President and CEO, Richard C. Breon, echoed the sentiments of Faas saying, "Because of its existing relationship with employers and its regional multi-health system ownership, Priority Health is the logical organization to take The Wellness Center to the next level. Under Priority Health's guidance, I am confident The Wellness Center will flourish and, as a result, so too will the health of the community."

"The integration of The Wellness Center and Priority Health enhances our ability to provide employers with targeted health solutions," said Wendy Wigger, director of wellness for Priority Health. "It supports Priority Health's continuing efforts to develop informed and engaged consumers."

Priority Health currently offers employers wellness offerings including onsite classes, support in health screenings and HealthbyChoiceSM - an innovative program designed to reduce health costs by rewarding people who take control of their health. Priority Health also offers its members HealthyEncountersSM wellness classes at its offices and around the community, many of them free.

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