The Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade, an initiative of the Miami-Dade County Health Department, proudly announces winners of the “2009 South Florida Worksite Wellness Forum and Awards”. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Lillian Rivera, RN, MSN, Ph.D., Administrator of the Miami-Dade County Health Department presented the awards to the winners in the small, mid-sized and large business categories.
The program honored South Florida companies located in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe Counties that demonstrated a commitment to employee wellness and whose programs produced positive health outcomes. The winner of the small business category businesses with less than 500 employees, went to Seitlin a privately owned and independent insurance and advisory service company with 155 employees. The mid-sized category winner businesses with 500 to 1,000 employees went to Community Health of South Florida, Inc., a private non-profit Federally Qualified Healthcare Center located in Homestead with 686 employees. The winner of the large business category businesses with more than 1,000 employees, went to Florida Power and Light Group the largest renewable energy corporation in the US with 16,000 employees. “In an era of rising healthcare costs and increased risk for chronic diseases, this program is essential for educating the local business community about the many wonderful benefits that worksite wellness programs provide,” said Dr. Rivera. Business owners, managers, human resource professionals, insurance brokers and those interested in wellness attended the luncheon which also aired a short video from Floridas State Surgeon General, Dr. Ana M. Viamonte Ros congratulating the winners and applauding the Consortium for developing the awards program.
Seitlin – small employer winner
Community Health of South Florida, Inc. – mid-sized employer winner
Community Health of South Florida, Inc. – mid-sized employer winner
