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Program at a Glance
Depending on your medical effective date, there are different steps to earning your Healthy Rewards Rate. Review the information below for more details.
Note: If you experience a life event in 2016, contact the Kindred HUB to learn more about how this may change your requirements to earn the Healthy Rewards Rate.
| What actions are needed to earn the Healthy Rewards Rate? | 1. Complete Your Well-Being Assessment | 2. Complete a FREE Health Screening* | 3. Review Your Health Screening Results and Challenge Yourself |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is it? | Well-Being Assessment (WBA) – Helps you understand many dimensions of well-being. | Health Screening – Free screening which will include: screening of height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure and a simple fasting blood draw to screen for cholesterol, glucose, triglycerides and cotinine.** | Participate in wellness activities and challenges to earn points. Challenges will include working with a health coach and creating a personal plan, making healthy changes to your diet and addressing stress. |
| How to do it? | Complete Your WBA on the Healthy Steps Wellness Portal | Visit the Healthy Steps Wellness Portal to schedule an appointment to take place at a local Quest Laboratory Patient Service Center. If a Quest Laboratory Patient Service Center is not available in your area, you must download a personalized Physician Fax form and visit your in-network Primary Care Physician. Please note: The Physician Fax form is available on the Healthy Steps Wellness Portal. |
Your results will be available on the Healthy Steps Wellness Portal within 1 week of completing your screening. Review your results carefully so you can understand what your numbers mean for you. Depending on your results, you can earn up to 1,000 additional points—and you may have earned enough to maintain the Healthy Rewards Rate through the end of 2016! If your results show that you need additional points, you have the opportunity to participate in various activities and challenges on the Healthy Steps Wellness Portal, where you can track your activity online OR on your mobile device. (NOTE: All measures, including cotinine, must be collected and reported in order to earn up to 1,000 points.) |
| When do I need to take action? | November 5, 2015 – December 7, 2015 |
January 1, 2016 – January 31, 2016 |
January 1, 2016 – July 15, 2016 |
| When will I receive the Healthy Rewards Rate? | January 1, 2016 – February 29, 2016 |
March 1, 2016 – July 31, 2016 |
August 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016 |
| Total points needed | No Point Value Gateway into program |
1,000 All 1,000 points are earned by completing the Health Screening |
2,000 (includes 1,000 from completing Health Screening) Additional points are earned from Health Screening results, activities or combination |
| What actions are needed to earn the Healthy Rewards Rate? | Complete Your Well Being Assessment (WBA) and Know Your Numbers FREE Health Screening* |
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| What is it? | The Well Being Assessment (WBA) helps you understand many dimensions of well-being. The Health Screening is a free screening which will include: screening of height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure and a simple fasting blood draw to screen for cholesterol, glucose, triglycerides, and cotinine.** |
| How to do it? | Complete Your WBA on the Healthy Steps Wellness Portal. Go to the Healthy Steps Wellness Portal to schedule your free* Health Screening to take place at a local Quest Laboratory Patient Service Center. If a Quest laboratory Patient Service Center is not available in your area, you must download a personalized Physician Fax form and visit your in-network Primary Care Physician. Please note: The Physician Fax form is available on the Healthy Steps Wellness Portal. |
| When do I need to take action? | By June 30, 2016 |
| When will I receive the Healthy Rewards Rate? | Through December 31, 2016 |
No action is necessary to earn the Healthy Rewards Rate through 12/31/2016, you will be defaulted to the discounted rate. However, you and your covered spouse/partner can still access the WBA and challenges through the Healthy Steps Wellness portal.
Your health plan is committed to helping you achieve your best health. The Healthy Rewards Rate is available to all employees participating in the wellness program. If you think you may be unable to meet a standard for the Healthy Rewards Rate under this wellness program, you may qualify for an opportunity to earn the Healthy Rewards Rate by different means. Contact us at 877.998.9675 and we will work with you (and, if you wish, with your doctor) to find a wellness option that is right for you in light of your health status to help you earn the Healthy Rewards Rate.
*The Health Screening is FREE when scheduled with a local Quest PSC Laboratory at www.healthystepswellness.com OR when completed by your in-network Primary Care Physician and coded as preventive.
**All information is confidential as protected by federal law and Kindred will not have access to your individual results.
If you and your covered spouse/partner earn 3,000 points by September 19, 2016, you will be entered into a raffle for one of thirty $1,000 gift cards! Note that you must complete all the requirements of the Healthy Steps Wellness program, and you must earn the Healthy Rewards rate through the end of 2016 in order to qualify for the raffle.
Your covered spouse/domestic partner must also complete all required activities for you to qualify for the Healthy Rewards Rate.
If you have any questions about the program requirements, contact the Kindred HUB at 800.991.6171.
Your specific benefit costs per pay period will be displayed as you’re enrolling in the Kindred Benefits Marketplace. Please note these will be displayed as the Healthy Rewards Rate. If you do not complete the Healthy Rewards requirements, your rate will increase by $75 or $110 per month depending on your coverage tier. Click here for more information on how to earn and retain the discounted Healthy Rewards Rate.