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| Get a $50 gift card |
It’s easy to get a $50 gift card and an evaluation of your overall health: Just complete your Health Risk Assessment. Log on to www.bcbstx.com and click on “Personal Health Manager.” Then click on “Health Risk Manager.” The assessment is a short series of easy-to-answer questions. You’ll then receive an evaluation of your overall health, along with scores on your job satisfaction, risky lifestyle choices, stress, nutrition and sleep habits.
The first time you complete the assessment and authorize its release to BlueCross BlueShield, you’ll be sent a $50 gift card to Academy in Texas or The Sports Authority for nonresidents. One card per employee/family. The card should arrive in about six weeks.
More immediately, you’ll get important guideposts to making healthier lifestyle choices, improving your performance in the game. It’s a good idea to complete the HRA every year, or as often as you like, but you will be eligible for the gift card only once. |
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Wellness
Staying at the top of your game
In this game, it’s important to stay in good shape. Use your health plans wisely – they’ll help you stay healthy. They offer wellness exams, screenings, immunizations, information and management resources that cost you little or nothing. Did you know your health plan provides a $0 copayment for well-man and well-woman screenings? Or that the DHMO and the Dental Indemnity plans offer preventive dental services for $0 copayment?
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In addition to these health-plan features, the city offers lots of access to wellness activities.
Blue Access: This provides online access at www.bcbstx.com to important information for health-plan members about their coverage and access to the Personal Health Manager and its wellness advice for you and your family.
Personal Health Manager: It’s like having your own personal trainer and nutritionist to specifically design a healthier lifestyle for you. Online resources personalize a program for you. Log on through Blue Access and click on “Personal Health Manager” to start making some winning choices.
Special Beginnings: A prenatal education program to help expectant mothers better understand and manage their pregnancy. An introductory video is available in English and Spanish. To enroll, call 800-462-3275.
24/7 Nurseline: HMO members call 800-581-0353, and PPO members call 800-581-0368 for health issues that come up when you can’t reach your doctor.
Wellness leave: The Compensable Sick Plan gives eight hours of paid time off per benefit year for preventative wellness activities. Activities include dental, vision, well-woman, well-man and physical exams, as well as other wellness-related doctor visits. Contact your benefits liaison for information.
50 free fitness facilities: You don’t have to pay your way to fitness. The city offers free memberships to city fitness facilities all over Houston. You can ride stationary bikes, lift weights, swim, play basketball or play tennis. To find locations, visit www.houstonhumanresources.org and click on “Benefits Alerts.”
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