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to get ENGAGED in your health?
...and earn $150
Get started on a path to wellness! Take the pledge and discover the benefits of wellness through the Lifestyle Returns program offered by Saint Francis University and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lifestyle Returns Steps Program can help change your role with your health. By following program requirements, you take an important step toward a healthier lifestyle. Lifestyle Returns is an easy-to-follow program that identifies health and lifestyle areas in need of improvement, then helps you develop (and keep!) new, healthier habits.
Lifestyle Returns Steps Program is a three-step program that helps you address all aspects of your health, then rewards you for completing every step. You are able to view your progress, what you've completed, days remaining in your program, and your program end date easily and conveniently from your Lifestyle Returns page.
Complete the following three steps between February 1 and October 31.
1. Get Started: Take the Online Pledge - Enroll and accept the pledge to complete the program requirements via the member Web site, www.highmarkbcbs.com. First-time users click “Members” and then click “Register Now” from the Login box to create a User ID and password. Once you are registered, simply click "Lifestyle Returns" under "Your Health." (If you are a full-time employee but do not have Highmark insurance through SFU, you may still participate in the program. Contact Melinda Krimmel, and she will work with you After you take the pledge, you will receive ongoing encouraging e-mail reminders until you fulfill the program’s requirements. Your pledge is your commitment to improving your health and meeting your program requirements.
2. Assess Your Health: Complete the Online Wellness Profile – The next step to a healthier you requires completion of a 20 to 30-minute confidential Wellness Profile. The Wellness Profile is a comprehensive survey that covers all aspects of your health, including fitness, heart and general health, nutrition, substance abuse, safety and stress. When you have finished with the Wellness Profile, you will receive an immediate response with program recommendations addressing your specific needs. (Your information is kept strictly confidential with Highmark. We only see the data in the aggregate.)
3. Take Charge of Your Health:
a) Get Preventive Care – Schedule and/or document preventive exams and screenings that fall within your age and gender requirements during your health care benefits year. Need assistance? Go to www.highmarkbcbs.com and review the Preventive Care Schedule with guidelines for you and your family. When you have completed these exams, log on and document your visits and results.
b) Participate in Health and Wellness Programs – Part of the program requirements include participating in at least two recommended Health and Wellness Programs. Online programs cover relevant topics, such as nutrition, smoking cessation, weight control, stress management and managing various chronic conditions. In addition to the online programs, we are offering many programs on campus such as Eat Well For Life I and II, Discover Relaxation I and II, HOPE (Highmark's Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program), Clear the Air (smoking cessation), Personal Nutrition Coaching, Drop 10 in 10, and Diabetes Education. You also have the opportunity to open a dialogue with a Blues On CallSM Health Coach who can assist you with your specific concerns. Contacting a Blues On Call Health Coach fulfills one of the requirements of Step 4, as does scheduling a flu shot.
c) Program Survey/Healthy Education Tools – Take full advantage of Highmark’s exceptional range of online Health Information and Tools. Lifestyle Returns requires that you access at least one online resource and then complete the follow-up survey about the tool you used.
Lifestyle Returns helps you improve your wellness and may enhance your lifestyle. Additionally, upon completion of this program, you will receive the following reward from Saint Francis University: $150 after successfully completing all three steps.
If you have questions regarding the requirements and rewards, contact Melinda Krimmel, Health Promotion and Service Specialist, DiSepio Institute for Rural Health and Wellness at Saint Francis University at (814) 472-2783.
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Sign up by accepting the online pledge beginning February 1, 2011. Get started today!
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