SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Castlight Health, Inc. (NYSE:CSLT), a leading health benefits
platform provider, today announced that the George Washington University (GW) will offer its employees Castlight’s integrated health
benefits platform to help choose the right care options at the right time and make the most of their benefits programs.
Founded in 1821 by an act of Congress, GW is the largest university in our nation’s capital, with 26,000 students, 14 schools
and colleges, and a workforce that is 11,000 strong. GW is committed to offering a high quality benefits program, while keeping an
eye on rising healthcare costs for both the university and its employees.
“GW is committed to offering the employee benefits expected of a world-class university. With Castlight, our goal is to provide
our workforce a personalized, engaging health benefits platform that helps them make the most of our benefits programs,” said John
Kosky, associate vice president for talent management in University Human Resources at GW.
With Castlight, GW employees can:
- Use the Castlight platform to better navigate their healthcare options and take advantage of their full suite of
benefits;
- Access all of their health and benefits information in one place, with an easy-to-use, personalized experience that can help
guide them to better health decisions; and,
- Research behavioral health services, make educated treatment choices, and begin care all through their personalized
platform.
“We are proud to work with GW, a nationally recognized leader in higher education who is equally committed to the same level of
excellence in their employee benefits programs,” said Giovanni Colella, M.D., Co-Founder and CEO of Castlight Health. “As GW shifts
to new health plan designs, they can use insights and engagement data from the Castlight platform to refine their employee benefit
programs to best fit employees’ needs.”
About Castlight Health
Our mission is to empower people to make the best choices for their health and to help companies make the most of their health
benefits. We offer a health benefits platform that engages employees to make better health decisions and can guide them to the
right program, care, and provider. The platform also enables benefit leaders to communicate and measure their programs while
driving employee engagement with targeted, relevant communications. Castlight has partnered with enterprise customers, spanning
millions of lives, to improve healthcare outcomes, lower costs, and increase benefits satisfaction.
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