HealthbyChoice Motivations explained
Information to guide you through your HealthbyChoice MotivationsSM plan.
Learn about:
Setting the rewards
Choose your reward:
- Contribution to an employee's or spouse's premium or health savings account
- Cash rewards
- Same-as-cash incentives
Identifying the participants
You decide whether your plan focuses on employees only or employees and their spouses. If you choose employees and spouses, remember both of them must meet the criteria to receive rewards.
Defining the parameters
This is where you choose how participants qualify and are rewarded.
Decide:
- To reward employees for participation and progress or for outcomes only
- If participants need to complete the online health risk appraisal in 90 days or a different timeframe
The criteria
Participants will need to complete an online health risk appraisal and have their doctor document that they meet these 5 key wellness criteria:
| Five key wellness criteria |
|---|
| Wellness criteria* |
Qualification requirements |
| Tobacco use |
Non-tobacco user |
| Body mass index (BMI) |
Below 30 |
| Blood pressure |
Below 140/90 |
| Cholesterol |
LDL below 160 |
| Blood sugar |
Normal or HbA1c below 8 for those with diabetes |
Online health risk appraisal
Our online health risk appraisal is a fast and easy way for your employees to gauge their health. In addition:
- Employees can easily identify health issues they need to work on and receive recommendations for improving their health.
- Employees can update their health risk appraisal any time to track their progress toward health goals and wellness criteria.
- You will never see an individual employee's results.
Watch a short video about the health risk appraisal- 3 min.
All employees must create an online account to get to online health risk appraisal.
See how to create an online account and how to log in.
Your report
Thirty days after the qualification deadline, you'll receive a report that:
- Identifies all participants
- Indicates whether or not they completed their health risk appraisal
- Shows their status for each wellness qualification requirement.
Those who can't meet the requirements due to a medical condition (based on their doctor's determination) will automatically be enrolled in our case and disease management program, giving them the support they need to get and stay their healthiest. Learn more about case and disease management.
Determining the timing
Choose when to reward employees who've met their requirements:
