The Health Alliance has been named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers by Working Mother Magazine. 

       Working Mother selected 2000's 100 Best Companies based on the following criteria: child care, leave for new parents, flexible work arrangements, work/life benefits such as elder care and adoption assistance, and opportunities for women to advance. Editors looked at a range of supportive company offerings, including health insurance premiums, availability of time off to care for sick children, mentoring programs and extras such as on-site gyms and other conveniences.

       “This is the first year we have applied for this award, and we are extremely honored to have been selected as one of the best places in the nation to work,” says Jack Cook, president of the Health Alliance. “Quality of life is an important concern of the Health Alliance,” says Debbe Endres, vice president human resources of the Health Alliance. “We have designed a benefit program to meet the individual needs of our diverse associate population. These benefits assist our associates in achieving a balance in their lives, whether they’re working, enjoying hobbies or interests, or caring for family members.” 

"When Working Mother Magazine started the '100 Best' list
in 1986, editors were hard-pressed to find more than 30 companies that qualified,” says Lisa Benenson, Editor In Chief, Working Mother Magazine, explaining how this year’s honorees for the annual list were chosen. “This year, however, the competition was tougher than ever before.  It was not enough for a company to build a small child care center at the home office; to make this year’s list, the company had to demonstrate that a significant number of employees company-wide were receiving benefits. In other words, businesses had to be more creative and proactive in finding ways to accommodate their employees’ work/life needs.  For this, their commitment and ingenuity is to be commended.”

       Working Mother Magazine, founded in 1979, reaches more than 3 million readers each month, and is the only national business magazine written for executive and entrepreneurial mothers. It is part of Working Woman Network, a leading global resource for businesswomen in today’s digital economy, which also includes Working Woman magazine, the National Association for Female Executives, a conference division, Businesswomen’s Research Institute and The Business Women’s Network.  In August 2000, WWN launched WorkingWoman.com, the first online resource center exclusively for women in business.