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Mobile Medical Corporation Proud to Co-Sponsor Healthiest Employers of Western Pennsylvania Awards






June 16, 2011

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Sheraton Station Square
300 W Station Square Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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Join the Pittsburgh Business Times, UPMC Health Plan,  Mobile Medical Corporation and the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh as we honor companies with the best employee health and wellness programs in our region. Winners of the 2011 Healthiest Employers in Western Pennsylvania were selected as a result of a survey of their corporate efforts to increase the wellness of their employees.

All of the companies listed below are winners of this year's program. We'll be offering special honors to the five companies that led category groups based on company size.

The winners of the 2011 Healthiest Employers in Western Pennsylvania are:

Appleton


Celtic Healthcare


Chatham University


dck worldwide, LLC


DuBois Regional Medical Center


Excela Health


Fox Rothschild LLP


Highmark Inc.


Kennametal Inc


MARC USA


MED3OOO, Inc


NexTier Bank


Penn United Technologies, Inc.


Redstone Highlands


Saint Francis University


Seubert & Associates, Inc.


The Tomayko Group LLC


VisitPittsburgh

Congratulations to all of the winners!

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