Wellmark Inc. has used the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index to gauge the well-being of its workers and of its health plan members.
Wellmark, Des Moines, Iowa, the parent of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, is the first employer to use the index for its employees, and the first health carrier to use the index for its health plan members.
Wellmark employees had an average score of 7.97 on a scale of 1 to 10, and Wellmark plan members had an average score of 8.2.