-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QM0Q+zrKuiREKS6BhTwdY1aIgTrwlMi4EmdifmS4sLGDWo5/1bz3QM8o/NhZO4js wJfwwHadf/FDg8l88vIEKg== 0000704415-09-000081.txt : 20090818 0000704415-09-000081.hdr.sgml : 20090818 20090818192122 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000704415-09-000081 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090811 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090818 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090818 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Novelli William CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001470271 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19364 FILM NUMBER: 091022632 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 COOL SPRINGS BLVD CITY: FRANKLIN STATE: TN ZIP: 37067 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HEALTHWAYS, INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000704415 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISC HEALTH & ALLIED SERVICES, NEC [8090] IRS NUMBER: 621117144 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 COOL SPRINGS BOULEVARD CITY: FRANKLIN STATE: TN ZIP: 37067 BUSINESS PHONE: 6156144929 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 COOL SPRINGS BOULEVARD CITY: FRANKLIN STATE: TN ZIP: 37067 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN HEALTHWAYS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000322 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN HEALTHCORP INC /DE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940211 3 1 form3-wdn_081109ex.xml X0203 3 2009-08-11 0 0000704415 HEALTHWAYS, INC HWAY 0001470271 Novelli William 701 COOL SPRINGS BLVD FRANKLIN TN 37067 1 0 0 0 Option to Buy 13.84 2013-08-11 2016-08-11 Common Stock 15000 D /s/ Mary A. Chaput, by power of attorney for William Novelli 2009-08-18 EX-24 2 ex24-wdn_081209.htm EX-24, POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mary Chaput, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Healthways, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

 

(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 

(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 12th day of August, 2009.

 

 

/s/ William Novelli

 

Signature

 

 

William Novelli

 

Print Name

 

 

 

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