CIGNA Receives Award for Its Employee Assistance and Wellness Programs from the Association of Virgin Islands Psychologists.First Time Award Has Been Given to a Health Service Company BLOOMFIELD, Conn. -- For the first time ever, the Association of Virgin Islands Psychologists (AVIP AVIP Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program AVIP Avionics Integrity Program AVIP Association of Viewdata Information Providers ) has honored a health service company with an award for excellence. The association, in conjunction with the American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is a professional organization representing psychology in the US. Description and history The association has around 150,000 members and an annual budget of around $70m. (APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture ), has recognized CIGNA's employee assistance and wellness programs with the territorial "Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award." The award honors business, government and community entities that advance emotionally healthy practices in the workplace and help employees achieve a healthy work-life balance The expression work-life balance was first used in 1986 in the US (although had been used in the UK from the late 1970s by organisations such as New Ways to Work and the Working Mother's Association) to help explain the unhealthy life choices that many people were making; they were . "We congratulate CIGNA CIGNA CG (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company) INA (Insurance Company of North America) for being a leading provider of wellness and employee assistance programs to employers," said Tom Tyne, Ph.D., past president of AVIP and the association's representative to APA's Business of Practice Network that developed the award. "AVIP feels that CIGNA's programs provide foresight and direction that help employers create psychologically healthy workplaces." "We're extremely honored to receive this recognition from AVIP, particularly since this is the first time it has bestowed such an award on a health service company," said Keith Dixon, Ph.D., president of CIGNA's health solutions organization, and a psychologist by training. "It's very gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to know that our efforts to help employers create healthy work environments through programs that improve people's physical and emotional well-being are having such a positive impact." About CIGNA CIGNA (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CI), a global health service company, is dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and security. CIGNA Corporation's operating subsidiaries provide an integrated suite of medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy and vision care benefits, as well as group life, accident and disability insurance, to approximately 47 million people throughout the United States and around the world. To learn more about CIGNA, visit www.cigna.com. |
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