Earn Your $100 Wellness Incentive
As part of your 2013 benefits, you are eligible for a wellness incentive. Healthy for Life is an incentive-based wellness program designed to help you earn your incentive and actively manage your health. By completing a personal health assessment, health screening, and 240 minutes of physical activity, primary subscribers to the UM health plans will receive $100 in a tax-favored account to use for medical expenses in 2013 Benefit Plan year.
Earn $100 in 3 Easy Steps:
- Complete your personal health assessment–an online questionnaire that helps you understand your health risks and provides you with resources to improve your well-being. (between Oct. 15, 2012 and Apr. 30, 2013)
- Complete your health screening, which includes cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, height and weight. You can schedule a FREE on campus screening or visit your health care provider (valid screenings are between June 1, 2012 and Apr. 30, 2013).
- Track 240 minutes of physical activity in any calendar month (between Oct. 15, 2012 and Apr. 30, 2013).
Ready to get started?
- Create or return to your Cerner Health account by visiting www.healthyforlife.umsystem.edu.
- Enter your email address and join the program.
- If you need help, call Cerner at 877-621-8014.
2013 Screening Schedule:
& 2013 Quickstart Guide (step-by-step visual aid)
Learn to eat for health and enjoyment
Discover the benefits of this innovative approach to weight management through Healthy for Life’s Eat for Life course. This 10-week program uses mind-body practices (meditations and yoga), the principles of mindful and intuitive eating, skills training, and group support to guide you in making lifestyle changes that will help you create a healthier relationship to your food, mind, and body. If you have a history of chronic dieting, have rigid “healthy” rules about eating, or find yourself eating when you’re stressed, bored, or unhappy, this may be the program for you.
· In Person Orientation: Wednesday, Jan. 23 (12-1 p.m.)
· In Person Class: Wednesdays, Jan. 30-Apr. 17, no class on Feb. 8 or Mar. 27 (12–1pm)
· Online Orientation: week of Jan. 18
· Online Class: week of Jan. 25-Apr. 5 (except spring break)
· Online Registration Deadline: Monday, Jan. 14
· Cost: $50 for faculty, staff and family members ($25 refunded with full participation); $180 for community members
Watch informational videos, complete your registration form and email RossyL@umsystem.edu to enroll.
Lower your stress in just 8 weeks
Helping employees manage stress effectively is a key goal of Healthy for Life. The wellness program offers eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction classes at minimal cost to benefit-eligible employees looking to manage today’s busy lifestyles in a healthy way. This is an 8–week class teaching meditation, yoga and other mind-body techniques for managing stress. There is a $40 registration fee, $20 reimbursement if you attend seven of the eight classes.
· Orientation: Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
· Classes: Wednesdays (Jan. 23-Mar. 20), from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
· Full Day Retreat: Saturday, March 9, 9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
· Contact: Lynn Rossy, Ph.D. at RossyL@umsystem.edu
Upcoming Races
| No | Race Date | Race | City / County |
| 1 | Dec 8, 2012
Saturday |
Cheese and Sauerkraut 10M
10M run |
Columbia, MO
Boone |
| 2 | Dec 8, 2012
Saturday |
Jingle Bell Run/Walk Columbia
5K run, 5K walk |
Columbia, MO
Boone |
| 3 | Dec 31, 2012
Monday |
First Night 5k
5K run, 5K walk |
Columbia, MO
Boone |
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Blaine Snow
Healthy for Life: TE Atkins UM Wellness
myTotal Rewards, Wellness
Program Coordinator, MU, UM System and MU Health Care
205 Heinkel Bldg.| Columbia, MO 65211 | 573.884.1312 (Phone) | 573.884.3123 (Fax)
Faculty & Staff: To earn your $100 Wellness Incentive, visit www.healthyforlife.umsystem.edu