Applications for the 2026 Best Employers Award are now closed.
Applicants are assessed on the following:
- Effective, novel approaches to health benefits and a viable path to achieve positive impacts for employers, their partners, and their workforce;
- Ability to take risks and convert leading edge ideas into solutions that enhance the health benefits of employees through value-based purchasing, benefit design, outcome measurement or other related methods;
- Successful implementation of alternative care delivery or value-based payment models;
- Demonstration of sustainability and the longitudinal value of programs, by improving quality, employee experience, and health outcomes, as well as having positive impact on cost; and
- Thought leadership in the above areas.
The application is made up of open-ended questions regarding benefit design, health care delivery, cost and employee experience.
Members of the Business Group, as well as non-member companies, are welcome to apply.
Best Employers Award: Health Care Value Orientation Webinar
Watch this on-demand Business Group on Health webinar to learn more about the application process for the Best Employers Award: Health Care Value. We will offer guidance on how to build an authentic application that showcases your organization’s approach to well-being strategy and how you are a leader among peers.