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Thanks RiseUP! … A colleague wrote:  ”I had been blessed with a low heart rate — or so I thought.  During my last physical, the nurse commented that I had the pulse rate of a marathon runner.  When I admitted to being lazy when it comes to exercise, she must have alerted the doctor because the next thing I knew, I was being wired up for an EKG.  The following week, I had an appointment with a cardiologist; and then the tests began.  I was scared to death and wanted to talk to someone who could answer my questions and calm my nerves.  I remembered that RiseUP has Health Coaches so I made a call and had a long, reasurring chat with a wonderful, knowledgeable and compassionate human being.    My coach provided me with the information and support that I needed.  She called after my echocardiogram and stress test and has me convinced that my doctor’s orders to exercise regularly would be something I could fit into my busy schedule.”

Quality Incentive Plan Members – It’s Never Too Late to Engage in Wellness Activities and Save on Your Health Care Premium!  If you haven’t completed the Level I requirements to reduce your health care premium, it’s never too late.  Just complete Level I and see your health care premium reduce, effective the following month.  For those of you who have completed Level I of the Reasons2RiseUP Program — good work!  Be sure to continue to Level II with your wellness commitment and to receive the financial incentive.

Cigna Offers Products and Resources for Smoking Cessation.  Make today your day to reach out and get the help you may need to stop smoking.  Cigna provides current information about the effects of chemicals in cigarette smoke — whether or not you are the smoker in your family.

Why Wellness?

 
A Recent National Study Identifies the Ten Most Modifiable Health Risks  Linked to More than 20% of Employer-Employee Health Care Spending:
- Depression- High blood glucose- High blood pressure- Obesity- Tobacco use- Physical inactivity- High Stress
The Reasons2RiseUP Program offers guidance and resources to help employees understand and lower their health risks.  We, as a community, can do better! Early detection and treatment, knowing our health risks, changing behavior — all add up to lowering our health care costs.  It benefits all of us!

 Why Care About Wellness?  Know your risks!  Make Wellness your priority in 2013.

 

 

We’ve moved our video success stories to a new location.  See Success Stories and enjoy watching your colleagues’ progress as they make wellness a priority in their lives.