News Release - Minnesota Health Action Group

News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information:
Barbara Tabor, APR
(651) 230-9192
[email protected]
OMADA HEALTH RECEIVES MINNESOTA HEALTH ACTION GROUP
INNOVATION AWARD
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (April 23, 2015) ⎯ The Minnesota Health Action Group announced today that
Omada Health has been chosen as the winner of the 2015 Minnesota Health Action Group Innovation
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Award. The winner was chosen during the Innovator’s Showcase at The Action Group’s 8 Annual
Employer Leadership Summit on April 17. This is the second year for the award. Omada Health is a
digital health company that inspires people to change the habits that put them at risk for serious but
preventable chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
The Innovator’s Showcase, introduced in 2014, featured five health care start-ups whose leaders
demonstrated their creative products and services to the audience of Summit attendees. The audience,
made up of major health care purchasers, health care providers, and Minnesota business leaders,
selected the winner.
“This year’s Employer Leadership Summit was all about looking at health care challenges and strategies
in fresh ways,” said Carolyn Pare, president and CEO of The Action Group. “Omada Health, with its
Prevent program, and the other Showcase presenters, shared dynamic approaches that have the
potential to spark system-wide improvements in health care. It’s critical to recognize the value of these
forward-thinking entrepreneurs in our collective efforts.”
Dave Dickey, CEO of Second Story Sales, served as moderator for the Showcase, which also included
presentations from David Rachie, Adestinn; Dallen Allred, Artemis Health; Derek Newell, Jiff; and Zachary
McGill, Perk Health.
“We’re honored to be recognized as an innovator by The Action Group,” said Omada’s Regional Director
Sandy Schenck. “Their organization and our company share the same vision for Minnesota—a healthier
population, with less chronic disease and lower health care costs. We’re excited to work with any other
organizations in Minnesota that want to give their employees or beneficiaries access to our a program.”
According to Schenck, who participated in the Innovator’s Showcase and accepted the award on behalf of
Omada, the company’s recently published results demonstrate that Prevent users reduce their risk for
getting Type 2 diabetes or heart disease, and maintain those lifestyle changes even after completing the
Omada program.
To learn more about the Minnesota Health Action Group and the Employer Leadership Summit, visit
mnhealthactiongroup.org.
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About the Minnesota Health Action Group
Formed in 1988 as the Buyers Health Care Action Group, the Minnesota Health Action Group is a coalition of public and
private employers. Based in Bloomington, Minn., The Action Group is the only Minnesota organization whose sole purpose to
represent the collective voice of those who pay the bill for health care—employers, public purchasers and individuals. The
Action Group drives innovation, collaboration and engagement in ways that improve health care and ensures the economic
vitality of all Minnesota communities. To learn more, visit www.mnhealthactiongroup.org. Follow on Twitter: @actiongroupmn.