Take a health assessment and reap the rewards

Employees and their spouses or domestic partners who are enrolled in non-Kaiser medical plans are eligible for free, confidential health assessments and follow-up wellness coaching under UC’s StayWell program.

The University is sweetening this already sweet deal by offering a $100 gift card to employees who complete a health assessment by April 15, 2010. Spouses and domestic partners receive a $50 gift card. The cards may be used at dozens of retailers, restaurants, and specialty shops, and online stores like Amazon.

The health assessment is a tool for learning how your lifestyle habits can affect your health and well-being.

After you complete a confidential online questionnaire – a process that takes roughly 10 minutes – the StayWell program creates a personalized online health assessment report.

The report can tell you about health risks you didn’t know you had; offer information on relevant topics such as weight management and high blood pressure; and give you tools and guidance for making positive health behavior changes, including follow-up wellness coaching, when appropriate.

Your personal health information and the StayWell assessment remain private.  The University offers the health assessment as part of its commitment to the well being of its employees. It never receives any health information about individual StayWell participants.  You also control whether to share your health assessment with a medical provider.

To qualify for the $100 gift card, eligible employees must be enrolled in a UC medical plan on January 1, 2010 and complete the health assessments by April 15, 2010. Even if you or your spouse/partner completed a health assessment and received a gift card in 2009, you may participate again this year.

UC Kaiser Permanente members and their family members aged 18 and older may not participate in the StayWell health assessment, but they can take a free health assessment through Kaiser's HealthWorks program.

Some represented employees may also not be eligible for the StayWell health assessment program because participation was not agreed to during the collective bargaining process. Unions that opted out of the StayWell program include: Academic Student Employees (UAW 2863); Patient Care Technical (AFSCME 3299); Residual Patient Care Professionals (UPTE-CWA); Skilled Crafts – UCSC (AFSCME 3299); Registered Nurses (CNA); Research Support Professionals (UPTE-CWA); Service employees (AFSCME 3299); and Systemwide Technical (UCTE-CWA) employees.

For more information on the health assessment program, please visit the StayWell website at: https://uclivingwell.online.staywell.com/includes/login/index.aspx