McGreevy Joins HealthAmerica And HealthAssurance To Provide Health Education

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan McGreevy has joined HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance as a health education coordinator in central Pennsylvania. McGreevy will provide health education programming and presentations to members, employer groups and community organizations. She will also develop customer-specific programs and reports that address a group’s particular needs and health care cost challenges.

“We are pleased to have Susan McGreevy join the organization,” said Francis S. Soistman, Jr., president and CEO of HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance. “Health education is an important component of our plan to mitigate the rising cost of health care. All of us have a mandate to take greater responsibility for the unhealthy lifestyle choices we make and the subsequent consequences we face. Health education helps our members live longer, healthier, and fuller lives.”

McGreevy brings to HealthAmerica more than 15 years of experience helping people achieve healthy lifestyles through fitness and health instruction to individuals, groups, and corporations. She has a master’s degree in health education from Penn State and is a nationally certified health education specialist (CHES). She is also an adjunct professor at Penn State in the Graduate Health Education and Kinesiology programs, and a member of numerous groups promoting health and fitness.

HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance offer a number of ways for employers to help improve the health of their employees. These include:

- Helping employers build wellness programs and other health promoting activities. - Reimbursing 100 percent of the cost of approved wellness programs offered through local hospitals and health organizations. - Offering discounts for alternative and complementary care such as massage therapy, chiropractic care, and acupuncture through their Members Choice program. - Providing health management programs for members with asthma, diabetes, or high cholesterol. - Offering education materials about general health topics and fitness in brochures and on their website, http://www.healthamerica.cvty.com/ .

McGreevy is based at HealthAmerica’s headquarters in Harrisburg. She can be reached at (717) 526-2849 or by e-mail at shmcgreevy@cvty.com . Employers or groups interested in learning more about HealthAmerica’s health education offerings can contact McGreevy.

About HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance

HealthAmerica Pennsylvania, Inc., has a 29-year record in managed care. HealthAmerica, HealthAssurance Pennsylvania, Inc., and affiliate companies cover over 735,000 members in Pennsylvania and Ohio through HMO, POS, PPO, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage plans. In addition, HealthAmerica earned an “Excellent” Accreditation for its HMO plan and HealthAssurance earned an “Excellent” Accreditation for the HealthAssurance POS by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to measuring the quality of America’s health care. With corporate offices in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance provide managed health care products and services to over 11,000 employers in Pennsylvania and Ohio. HealthAmerica and its affiliates employ over 1,500 people in Pennsylvania. For more information, visit HealthAmerica’s website at http://www.healthamerica.cvty.com/ .

HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance

CONTACT: Kendall Marcocci, Director of Communications of HealthAmericaand HealthAssurance, +1-717-540-6746, or kmarcocci@cvty.com