Diplomat Recognized Among Michigan's Best and Brightest in Wellness
The nation's largest independent specialty pharmacy has been selected as one of Michigan's Best and Brightest in Wellness for the fourth consecutive year.
FLINT, Mich., Oct. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (NYSE: DPLO) has been selected for the fourth year in a row as one of Michigan's Best and Brightest in Wellness as part of an initiative that celebrates quality and excellence in worksite health.
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The Best and Brightest in Wellness celebrates companies that are making their businesses, employees, and communities healthier. The Best and Brightest programs provide yearlong education, benchmarking, assessment tools, and interaction amongst the best employers throughout Michigan.
Evaluation criteria included the following categories:
- Culture and environment
- Employee input
- Leadership
- Benefits and programs
- Participation and incentives
- Outcomes, analysis, and tracking
Diplomat scored a perfect 10 in culture and environment; employee input; leadership; benefits and programs; and outcomes, analysis, and tracking, while the regional average score in those areas was eight. Diplomat scored a 9.8 overall. The regional average overall score was 8.
"This is an exciting and crowning achievement recognizing Diplomat's commitment to health and well-being for our employees," said Diplomat CEO and Chairman Phil Hagerman. "We have taken great strides in expanding and improving the programs that we offer our employees. Wellness is not just about healthy eating or exercise; it also represents the entire mind, body, and spirit of employees and what keeps them performing their best at work and at home."
Diplomat offers a wide range of support and encouragement for employees looking to live a healthier lifestyle at home and in the workplace. The company's corporate headquarters features an on-site fitness facility available to employees free of charge. The full gym includes weight and cardio machines, as well as palates and yoga equipment.
Additional initiatives include free fitness classes, lunch-and-learn speakers related to health and wellness, weight-loss challenges, personal trainers for small and large groups, walking challenges, and various special events.
To learn more about Diplomat, visit diplomat.is.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of future events or our future financial or operating performance. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on management's good-faith belief and reasonable judgment based on current information. These statements are qualified by important risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those forecasted or indicated by such forward-looking statements. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, you should review Diplomat's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including "Risk Factors" in Diplomat's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and in subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as may be required by any applicable laws, Diplomat assumes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date hereof or the earlier date specified herein, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
About Diplomat
Diplomat (NYSE: DPLO) serves patients and physicians in all 50 states. Headquartered in Flint, Michigan, the company focuses on medication management programs for people with complex chronic diseases, including oncology, immunology, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, specialized infusion therapy and many other serious or long-term conditions. Diplomat opened its doors in 1975 as a neighborhood pharmacy with one essential tenet: "Take good care of patients and the rest falls into place." Today, that tradition continues—always focused on improving patient care and clinical adherence. For more information visit diplomat.is.
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