Being Rewarded for Being in the Know |
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October 22, 2013, Volume 60, No. 10 |
Penn wants to reward you for being “in the know” about your health status. You can learn about your health and receive a $100 cash incentive with just a few simple steps.
Last fall, we introduced a new wellness campaign at Penn called Be in the Know. This program helped faculty and staff gain better insight into their current health status and showed them how to maintain or improve their health.
More than 4,200 faculty and staff participated in last year’s Be in the Know program and earned rewards (both monetary and physical) for just a few minutes of their time. It was such a success, we’re bringing it back this year—and we’re introducing some new features, to make it even more beneficial for you. All it takes are four easy steps to better health. You must be benefits-eligible to participate.
Follow these steps and receive a $100 cash incentive (less applicable payroll taxes) for participating in this year’s Be in the Know program:
Step 1: Get a biometric screening—Get a free, confidential biometric screening on campus between October 28 and December 6. To register for your screening, visit www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/registration and choose Health Screenings from the Browse by Category section. These convenient screening sessions will be held at more than 15 locations on campus over a four-week period. The screening measures your blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol. If you prefer, you can submit results from screenings conducted by your doctor.
Step 2: Understand your numbers—During your private, confidential biometric screening, health educators from AreUFit Health Services will go over your results with you. They’ll help you understand what your numbers mean and how you can improve or maintain your health.
Step 3: Take an online health assessment—After your biometric screening is done, your numbers will be added into your personal, secure online Health Assessment, administered by StayWell. Starting in January, log on to StayWell’s secure website (we’ll tell you more about that in coming months), answer a series of questions about your health history and then you’ll receive your private Health Assessment report. It will provide valuable information about your health status, potential health risks and action planning.
Step 4: See the rewards—Get rewarded for your steps to good health. Once you’ve completed steps 1-3, you’ll receive a $100 cash incentive (less applicable payroll taxes). Look for it in your pay in the Spring of 2014. Then, explore StayWell’s health portal, where you’ll find a wealth of information and resources to keep you on the path to wellness, from healthy living articles to personal health coaching. The portal can help you identify your highest priorities and track your progress toward your goals. Stay tuned for more details about the health portal later this fall.
Participation in the Be in the Know program is voluntary and strictly confidential. All of your personal health information will be held securely and confidentially by AreUFit and StayWell, third-party agencies specializing in health management. Penn will never see any individual data. We will get a report of aggregated data only, to help us design customized health promotion and benefits programs for the campus.
Visit www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/worklife/healthy/know for more information about the Be in the Know program.
—Division of Human Resources
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