The Governor's Foundation for Health and Wellness announced North American Credit Services as a third year recipient, Healthier Tennessee Workplace for its commitment to encouraging and enabling employees to live a healthy lifestyle both at work and at home. "NACS has created a culture of wellness that encourages and enables employees to be healthier, more productive, and more satisfied with their jobs.  It's good for business, and it's good for Tennessee," said Rick Johnson, president and chief executive officer of the Governor's Foundation.            

To maintain the Healthier Tennessee Workplace certification, NACS was evaluated on the following criteria:

• Encourages and enables physical activity in the workplace,
• Offers healthy eating options at work,
• Provides help with tobacco cessation local resources,
• Encourages and enables employees to monitor their own health through regular health risk assessments, screenings or check-ups, 
• Rewards and recognizes employees for participating in health and wellness activities and achieving health improvements.

"Employees are family. They are a vital part of our team and our success. A healthful family member, team member is better for the overall success of life and any goals we may have as an organization," stated Dallas S. Bunton, Sr. chief executive officer and chairman of NACS and Medical Services. "Employees spend a greater number of their waking hours on our Campus. My goal is to always provide a clean, safe and healthy place to work and grow our talents."

NACS began its Chattanooga-based operations in 1981 with less than 20 employees, specializing in the professional collection of healthcare receivables. Today, NACS along with its affiliate company, Medical Services, Inc. is a full service healthcare receivables management, company; comprised of multiple specialized divisions with a growing workforce of over 300 employees.