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Managing Your Health is our wellness initiative designed to encourage healthy lifestyles and behaviors. Whether you want to quit smoking, lose weight, exercise regularly, reduce stress or help prevent diabetes, cancer or heart failure, Managing Your Health can help. Visit Spotlight on Wellness to view the health and wellness achievements of our employees. For a look at some useful tools and resources that offer health and wellness information and can help you monitor your progress, visit the Web sites listed on the right side of this page. You can also learn more about our comprehensive benefits package - which includes medical, dental, prescription drugs, vision and the employee assistance program - by clicking the links to the left. Be sure to visit this page regularly for monthly Managing Your Health updates. |
| Quit For Life – Tobacco Cessation Program |
We offer a free tobacco cessation program to employees and dependents (18 years of age or older) enrolled in the company medical plan. Quit For Life, offered by Alere Wellbeing®, helps you develop a personal quit plan to become and remain tobacco free. Learn how to reduce your medical premiums with our Healthy Behavior Incentive: Be tobacco free or complete the Quit For Life tobacco cessation program. If you are ready to quit using tobacco, enroll in the Quit For Life program today. Call 1-866-QUIT-4-LIFE (1-866-784-8454) or click here to get started. |
| What's Your 12 in 12? |
Enhance your health, your community and your financial well-being throughout 2012 by committing to 12 wellness habits. Whether you opt to volunteer, forgo plastic bags at the grocery store, boost your intake of fruits and vegetables or vow to pay down your debts, taking action now will put you one step closer to achieving your goals. Choose your 12 in 12 and enter them on this checklist, then commit to these goals by completing an ePledge at www.surveymonkey.com/s/12in12. Once your pledge is received, you will be eligible for 12 in 12 prize drawings throughout the year. Here are some suggestions to get you started on your 12 in 12. And, as you gain access to the Hub (our new company intranet), be sure to join the 12 in 12 Group to interact with other employees who have taken the challenge.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 50 percent of individuals do not visit their physician on a regular basis. This results in a large portion of the population knowing nothing about their biometric health numbers — things like blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index and cholesterol levels. Knowing these numbers could save your life. Keep track of your numbers and the results of your regular medical checkups on this wellness scorecard to make sure you are staying on track throughout the year. |
| Health and Wellness At-A-Glance |
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Conduct your own health assessment to identify areas in your life that you can improve and reveal any health-risk factors you might face. UnitedHealthcare – Log in / Health Topics and Tools / Assess and Improve Your Health Enterprise Holdings and UnitedHealthcare encourage employees to get an annual checkup, immunizations, mammograms, and other types of screenings to catch illnesses early and avoid costly, catastrophic illnesses when possible. Healthy employees are our best asset and our best defense against rising health care costs. When visiting an in-network Choice Plus provider, preventive care services are covered at 100 percent of eligible expenses without deductible, coinsurance or office visit copay for both PPO300 and PPO600. When visiting a EPO Choice network provider, preventive care services are covered at 100 percent of eligible expenses without coinsurance or office visit copay. When your appointment is for preventive care, remind your physician to code such visits as "wellness" or "preventive" when he or she files your claim. Visits related to illness or injury are not covered as preventive care and are subject to deductible (if applicable), coinsurance and the office visit copay To find a doctor:
And don't forget regular checkups for dental and eye care. Prevention and early treatment is always the best way to maintain healthy teeth and eyes. To find a dentist:
Vision benefits are available through UnitedHealthcare or EyeMed Vision Care. To find an eye doctor:
Proper nutrition, exercise and getting enough sleep are important factors in improving overall wellness. Find wellness tip sheets on these topics and many others on the Magellan LifeManagement Web site. Log on and click the Health Information tab for access to a variety of resources including a comprehensive health information library, self assessments, tools and calculators, and community resources. Leading a healthier lifestyle doesn't have to be hard. Just a few simple changes can help increase life span, lower your risk of disease and help build a stronger immune system. |
Spotlight on Wellness
Managing Your Health Success Stories
What lifestyle changes have you made while Managing Your Health? Do you have a personal or Group success story that you would like to share?
Wellness Resources
Congratulations! You have taken some important steps and set some goals in Managing Your Health. Here are additional web sites that can help you stay on track.
Smoking Cessation
Quit For Life
American Lung Association
Quitnet
Weight Management/Nutrition
Physical Fitness
American Council on Exercise
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Blood Pressure/Diabetes/Cholesterol
Lifeclinic
American Diabetes Association
Mental Wellness
National Mental Health Association
General Information