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Live Healthy is our wellness initiative designed to encourage healthy lifestyles and behaviors. Whether you want to quit smoking, lose weight, exercise regularly, reduce stress or help prevent diabetes, cancer or heart failure, Live Healthy can help. Visit Spotlight on Wellness to view the health and wellness achievements of our employees. For a look at some useful tools and resources that offer health and wellness information and can help you monitor your progress, visit the Web sites listed on the right side of this page. You can also learn more about our comprehensive benefits package - which includes medical, dental, prescription drugs, vision and the employee assistance program - by clicking the links to the left. Be sure to visit this page regularly for monthly Live Healthy updates. |
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We offer a free tobacco cessation program to employees and dependents (18 years of age or older) enrolled in the company medical plan. CIGNA Quit Today helps you develop a personal quit plan to become and remain tobacco free. Choose a telephone program or an online program — or use both. Learn about discounted medical rates for non-tobacco users. If you are ready to quit using tobacco, enroll in CIGNA Quit Today. Call 866-417-7848 to enroll in the telephonic program or click here to get started in the online program. |
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Keeping a Personal Health RecordChances are you have a lot of different medical records. You may see many different healthcare providers during your lifetime such as a family practitioner, an allergist, a specialist such as a cardiologist, and if necessary, a surgeon. Each of these providers compiles a separate file of information about you. In fact, even if your providers are all part of the same health care system, they may each keep a separate medical record for you and may not be aware of the other treatment you are receiving. This can lead to an incomplete and disconnected record of your health. This is why keeping your own personal health record is important. What is a personal health record? It is important to remember that your PHR may be separate from and does not normally replace the legal medical record of any provider. Medical records contain information about your health compiled and maintained by each of your healthcare providers. A PHR is information about your health compiled and maintained by you. Why should you keep a PHR? How to create a PHR Remember, you are ultimately responsible for making decisions about your health. A PHR can help you accomplish that. Take an active role in monitoring your health and healthcare by creating your own PHR. Know Your NumbersNumbers are an important part of our everyday lives. Mobile phone numbers. Bank card numbers. Lucky numbers. But what about the numbers that affect your health? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 50 percent of individuals do not visit their physician on a regular basis. This results in a large portion of the population knowing nothing about their biometric health numbers — things like blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index and cholesterol levels. Knowing these numbers could save your life.
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Conduct your own health assessment to identify areas in your life that you can improve and reveal any health-risk factors you might face. UnitedHealthcare – Log in / Health Topics and Tools / Assess and Improve Your Health Preventive care is important – and recommended. Regular blood pressure screenings, cholesterol checks, glucose monitoring (for diabetes) and cancer screenings are common ways to keep a check on your health. U.S. employees enrolled in PPO300 or PPO600 plans are eligible for the $350 Wellness benefit. Visit a participating in-network PPO provider, pay the office visit copay and services and supplies provided during the visit that are not covered by the copay will be applied to your $350 wellness benefit. Routine preventive care over $350 is covered, less deductible and coinsurance amounts. U.S. employees enrolled in the EPO plan have unlimited wellness visits paid at 100 percent after the office visit copay. To find a doctor:
And don't forget regular check ups for dental and eye care. Prevention and early treatment is always the best way to maintain healthy teeth and eyes. To find a dentist:
Vision benefits are available through UnitedHealthcare or EyeMed Vision Care. To find an eye doctor:
Proper nutrition, exercise and getting enough sleep are important factors in improving overall wellness. Find wellness tip sheets on these topics and many others on the Magellan LifeManagement Web site. Log on and click the Library and Resources icon and then search the Library Catalog by the first letter of the topic. For example, look under "f" for fitness information, "n" for nutrition or "h" for health. Leading a healthier lifestyle doesn't have to be hard. Just a few simple changes can help increase life span, lower your risk of disease and help build a stronger immune system. |
Spotlight on Wellness
Live Healthy Success Stories
What lifestyle changes have you made to Live Healthy? Do you have a personal or Group success story that you would like to share?
Wellness Resources
Congratulations! You have taken some important steps and set some goals to Live Healthy. Here are additional web sites that can help you stay on track.
Smoking Cessation
CIGNA Quit Today
American Lung Association
Quitnet
Weight Management/Nutrition
Weight Watchers
USDA My Pyramid
Physical Fitness
American Council on Exercise
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Blood Pressure/Diabetes/Cholesterol
Lifeclinic
American Diabetes Association
Mental Wellness National Mental Health Association
General Information





