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Business Journal names HealthPartners 2006 Great Place to Work


Bloomington, Minn. Aug. 21, 2006 The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal has selected HealthPartners as one of the Twin Cities 2006 Great Places to Work. HealthPartners is ranked third out of the 10 large companies winning the honor. HealthPartners earned the recognition based on surveys completed by employees rating the organization on such issues as work environment, embracing innovations/new ideas, people practices, personal growth and development, people in the organization and how things work day-to-day. A profile of HealthPartners appears in Great Places to Work special section of the August 18 issue of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

"At HealthPartners, health is what we do. Partnership is how we do it. This attitude of partnership builds a strong spirit of team work among employees. We see each other as partners, and we see our patients and members as partners. We are all working together to improve the health of our community," says Mary Brainerd, HealthPartners president and CEO.

The Business Journal had a record number of nominations this year. More than 200 companies participated. Forty-five businesses were selected as winners. View the article.

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.

Contact: Ashley Burt
952-883-5304
ashley.r.burt@healthpartners.com