Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Type of company: Hospital/health system
Meet the organization: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City has been ranked nationally in nine pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report, and it was the first hospital in either Missouri or Kansas to earn Magnet designation. The 265-bed children's general facility is a teaching hospital. In 2014, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics was named one of Kansas City's "Best Places to Work" by the Kansas City Business Journal, an award the hospital consistently earns.
Added benefits: The hospital includes an on-site employee wellness center that offers employees and their partners convenient access to affordable primary, preventive and urgent care services. Children's Mercy Hospital's adoption assistance benefit provides reimbursement of eligible adoption expenses to part- and full-time employees, for up to $2,500 and $5,000, respectively. The Take CARE plan provides employees with a variety of wellness tools, including access to a personal health coach, year-round programs and numerous health topics, online wellness tools and information, such as recipes, exercise programs and more.
