Wellness, schmellness, what's the big deal? Well, if I offered you a raffle ticket for a free iPad before Christmas, could I get you to read a little more about wellness? That's my hope… With the help and support of our fabulous CEO, Michelle Just, and our partners at Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) and JP Griffin Group, we are going to amp up our wellness game this plan year (10/1/16-9/30/17).
Many of you attended the Employee health fair and kept your biometric screening information (hopefully) and here's what you need to do now and some tips for success. Get your BCBS member card, your biometric information, and find 20 minutes of time to sit at your computer or smart phone. Use the attached instructions to complete your My BluePrint (which is what BCBS calls their health risk assessment). To thank you for investing the time, we're offering the following incentives during the follow time frames:
Staff and Covered Spouses/Domestic Partners:
- Complete the My BluePrint by December 18, 2016 and get a $50 sprouts Gift Card (from HR office) AND a raffle ticket for a new Apple iPad (winner drawn 12/21, just in time for the holidays!).
- Complete the My BluePrint by January 15, 2017 and get a $50 Sprouts Gift Card (from HR office).
- Complete the My BluePrint by July 31, 2017 and get a $25 Sprouts Gift Card.
Completion of the My BluePrint assessment will be confirmed in weekly reports from our BCBS wellness representative. The iPad drawing will be December 21, 2016 as soon as we get the report from BCBS. Sprouts Gift Cards will also be available for pick up that day as well for those that have completed the assessment. Thereafter, HR will request completion reports weekly from BCBS through July 31, 2017 and will provide the appropriate $50 or $25 gift card to you after review of the weekly report.
To assist you in your wellness journey, I am also attaching several documents that I hope you will review with your covered spouses/domestic partners at home to help you obtain these incentives:
- Letter from our CEO, Michelle Just, affirming her commitment to wellness at the Campus
- Instructions for completing the My BluePrint assessment in English and Spanish from BCBS
- Screenshots for the BCBS website to assist you in completing My BluePrint
- Form for your dentist to confirm you've had a basic cleaning or exam between 8/1/16 and 7/31/17.
I have already completed My BluePrint online and it was pretty easy! I do have some tips to share though:
- If you were on the BCBS with the Campus seven years ago, you are still in their system. Call their number at 602-864-4844 if you need a reminder on your username. Have your Member ID number ready (the one on your card that starts with XBR).
- If you don't know your LDL or Triglyceride number (I didn't, because it wasn't part of the health fair screening), just leave it blank. You will be prompted to choose a follow up answer after each item that's blank – I've been told my number in the past and it was bad, I've been told my number in the past and it was good, or I have no idea what it is/was. That will let you proceed.
- When you finish your assessment, you will receive a number and a report. Don't send those to HR! But do take some time to read your report and/or consider signing up for a health coach if that is recommended. There might be future gift cards for those that sign up and successfully complete telephonic or online coaching in the future…. (BCBS only sends us reports with names of folks that completed, no personal or health information).
Will you join Michelle, myself, and countless others in continuing our journey to live healthier lives this year! I hope you will. If you have interest in joining the Campus wellness committee, let HR know, we meet bi-monthly on Wednesdays.
Wishing you a blessed holiday season and a happy, healthy 2017!
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