Castlight Health Wins National Contract With Union Pacific Railroad Employes Health Systems

Castlight Health, Inc.

, a leader in enterprise healthcare management (EHM), today announced that the Union Pacific Railroad Employes Health Systems (UPREHS) has selected the Castlight Enterprise Healthcare Cloud platform to help the non-profit organization strategically manage its healthcare investment on behalf of its union members. Individuals who receive healthcare benefits from UPREHS will soon be able to make more informed medical choices using Castlight. "At UPREHS, we believe we are at the tipping point of changing the health care experience for our members. We are actively working to bring our members a new level of healthcare experience," said Rich Egan, CEO of Union Pacific Railroad Employes Health Systems. "We are very excited to partner with Castlight Health. Castlight's robust healthcare offering is a navigational tool that will help our members get answers to their healthcare questions, in real time, allowing them to better navigate a complex healthcare system and achieve better healthcare outcomes. We view this as a win for all parties." Working with the Castlight Enterprise Healthcare Cloud, UPREHS plans to: Drive awareness and use of UPREHS' existing health and wellness programs to its diverse and geographically dispersed national membership. UPREHS will promote the Castlight Enterprise Healthcare Cloud platform as an integrated "one-stop shop" to access programs such as a mail-order pharmacy and a sleep apnea treatment; Allow UPREHS members access to their benefits any time they need, day or night, with just a few clicks on the UPREHS website or via their mobile application, and; Help UPREHS members become healthcare consumers that understand how to identify and secure value-based care. UPREHS will implement Castlight's award-winning medical and pharmacy services, as well as work with the company's proven user-engagement team to drive member use of the Castlight platform. "Castlight is thrilled to add UPREHS to our family of customers," said Giovanni Colella, MD, co-founder and CEO of Castlight Health. "At Castlight, we understand the nuances and needs of large, complex organizations, including those like UPREHS -- non-profit entities and organizations with a unionized employee population. We're privileged to work with companies that span 25 industries, which allows us to bring key learnings on leveraging the Castlight Enterprise Healthcare Cloud to meet specific business objectives." Today, more than 170 companies spanning 25 industries have selected the Castlight Enterprise Healthcare Cloud platform to leverage existing investments in employee health and wellness, eliminate waste, and eradicate unnecessary spending. Castlight customers include 45 Fortune 500 companies, spanning technology, manufacturing, and transportation, as well as government entities.