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Healthways band takes the corporate crown

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on October 6, 2009 at 8:19 am

Strat 5, the band made up of Healthways employees, was last weekend named winner of the 2009 Fortune Battle of the Corporate Bands contest. The seven-member band beat out groups from Utah, Memphis and Norway, among others.

SEE ALSO: Healthways is getting the band back together

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CVS Caremark is just so misunderstood

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 1, 2009 at 9:03 am

A week after Barron’s stated the case for the shares of CVS Caremark (Ticker: CVS), Fortune weighs in on the topic. Even though the stock has beaten the S&P by 16 points this year, it trails its peers.

The market questions whether a drugstore chain, which has expertise in retail sales, can run a PBM, which negotiates on behalf of employers and insurance plans to purchase drugs from pharmaceutical companies. As a result, CVS’s price/earnings ratio for the next 12 months is 13, while Walgreen’s is 15 and Medco’s is 20. That makes CVS, which is poised for strong growth, a bargain - no matter how the health-reform battle plays out.

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Psych Solutions’ growth streak

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on August 19, 2009 at 6:50 am

For the fourth consecutive year, Psychiatric Solutions (Ticker: PSYS) has been named to Fortune’s list of the 100 fastest-growing public companies. And, as in 2008 and 2006, it is the only Tennessee-based company on the list.

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Healthways is getting the band back together

By Walker Duncan Posted on August 3, 2009 at 2:36 pm

A small Healthways unit has landed a really big gig.

FORTUNE magazine announced today the eight bands that will be advancing to final competition of the “Ninth Annual FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands.” The first music competition of its kind, the FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands provides amateur, company-sponsored bands the opportunity to step out of the conference room and celebrate their passion for music. The eight qualifying bands will take the stage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 2-3, 2009, and have the opportunity to earn the title of best corporate band.

The all-Healthways band Strat 5, formed in 1997, will be competing with other songsters from around the country such as The S.A.Ps of Johnson & Johnson, The St. Jude’s Mighty Electric Band from Memphis’ St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and Manage This of Symantec, to name a few.

Strat 5 was founded by Robin Davis, Nadine Conley, Jeff Elkins and Marty Leinwand. It is currently comprised of seven staff members with CEO Ben Leedle apparently even playing the occasional cowbell.

NashvillePost.com wishes Nashville’s one representative in the crowd good luck. Do Bruce Dickinson (both of them) proud!

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Vandy makes Fortune’s best-places-to-work list

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on January 22, 2009 at 1:04 pm

Nashville’s flagship university becomes the first educational institution ever to make the coveted list.

From a Vandy press release:

“Being in the company of some of the nation’s greatest businesses is a remarkable achievement. This has long been a goal of ours and reflects the value of the work we do, our commitment to the people we serve but most importantly a commitment to and belief in each other,” said Dr. Harry R. Jacobson, vice chancellor for health affairs, “I am honored to work in this great university family and proud to be associated with the 16,000 people who work at the medical center, who come here every day and work wonders.”

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