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Anytime Fitness, Curves, LA Fitness join HealthPartners Frequent Fitness program
April 16, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – HealthPartners announced today that Anytime Fitness, Curves, and LA Fitness are joining the HealthPartners Frequent Fitness program. Effective May 1, 2008 HealthPartners members can earn discounts off club dues at about 115 Anytime Fitness and 185 Curves locations in Minnesota, western Wisconsin and parts of North Dakota. LA Fitness clubs in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area also recently joined.
The Frequent Fitness program offers fully insured members up to a $20 reimbursement for working out 12 times a month. HealthPartners was one of the first health plans in Minnesota to introduce a health club incentive program in 2004. Nearly 50,000 HealthPartners members are enrolled in the program.
"HealthPartners is committed to helping our members achieve healthy lifestyles and this expansion makes it easier and more affordable for them to fit exercise into their daily routines," said Scott Aebischer, HealthPartners senior vice president of customer service and product innovation.
"We are very excited to be able to offer Health Partners Frequent Fitness program to the thousands of HealthPartners members who live and work near our Anytime Fitness locations," said Chuck Runyon, president of Anytime Fitness. "Our members know that exercise is good for them and they love the Frequent Fitness program because it makes them feel like they're getting paid to work out."
"Curves and Health Partners share a commitment to empower and incent individuals to take charge of their health and achieve their wellness and fitness goals. Increasing our outreach to Health Partners membership is a natural extension of that mission," said Mark English, Director of Healthcare and Wellness Partnerships for Curves International.
HealthPartners Frequent Fitness program has more than 750 club locations including the YMCA, the YWCA, Gold's Gym, Snap Fitness and Life Time Fitness. HealthPartners also offers GlobalFit which offer discounts to more than 10,000 clubs nationwide. Information about HealthPartners Frequent Fitness program can be found at www.healthpartners.com.
About HealthPartners
Founded in 1957, the HealthPartners (www.healthpartners.com) family of healthcare companies serve more than one million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. It is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation, providing care, coverage, research and education to improve the health of members, patients and the community. For the third year in a row, HealthPartners is rated one of the best commercial health plans in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, NCQA's "America's Best Health Plans 2007" and is ranked "Highest in Member Satisfaction among Commercial Health Plans in the Minnesota-Wisconsin Region" by J.D. Power and Associates.
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