Maintaining a healthy weight is important for good health. People who are carrying extra weight are at an increased risk for many serious diseases and health conditions, including diabetes, heart disease and stroke, some cancers, osteoarthritis, stress, and depression.
These issues can affect an employee’s productivity at work and may lead to greater absenteeism. We encourage you to please consider offering the following programs to your employees to motivate them to reach their personal weight goals.
Rewards for Making Healthy Choices
Achieve Well-being is a digital program that makes it easy and fun to make healthy choices. Members can complete a health assessment, then create an action plan that is customized to their health goals. They also have the ability to sync up with fitness apps and devices to track their progress, create challenges, and invite friends to join them.
As an incentive for their healthy behaviors, subscribers can also earn a $300 e-gift card by completing six simple healthy activities through the Achieve Well-being Rewards program.
Reimbursement for a Weight Management Program
Members can get up to $150 back for enrolling in and completing WeightWatchers® (WW), WeightWatchers® Online (WW Online), Noom, or an approved weight management program at an in-network hospital.
Discounts for Staying Active
HUSK Marketplace offers discounts on a variety of wellness items, including new gym memberships, virtual studios, on-demand curated workout videos, gym equipment, and more.
Free Nutrition Counseling
Members can use their nutrition counseling benefit to receive up to six one-on-one in-person or virtual visits with a nutrition professional at no additional cost. Members have the option of seeing an in-network registered dietitian1 or a nutrition counselor via HUSK Nutrition, available through the HUSK Marketplace, to access personalized virtual nutrition counseling.2
Weight Loss Support Services
Members also have access to Wondr HealthTM (Wondr), a digital behavioral change program that goes beyond diet fads to teach members how to reach a healthy weight and improve their overall health without giving up the foods they love.
To get started with Wondr, members can visit wondrhealth.com/IBX.
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This content was originally published in the Independence Insider email newsletter.
1 Not all members have nutrition counseling visits as part of their benefits plans. Please contact Customer Service or your benefits administrator to determine if this benefit applies to your coverage. Visit limits do not apply to services that are prescribed for mental health care and serious mental illness health care or treatment of alcohol or drug abuse and dependency.
2 Members should review their health plan benefits to confirm their nutrition counseling coverage and eligibility.
