Introducing Accelerating employee engagement to drive healthier lifestyles
Your goal is to keep employees healthy, happy, and more productive. Our goal is to help you achieve just that. In building a worksite wellness program with Tufts Health Plan Momentum+ you can energize your workforce and reward employee engagement in wellness activities. Over time, small steps toward lifelong healthy behaviors could improve productivity, decrease absenteeism, and strengthen your bottom line. Our best-practice wellness solutions are easy to implement. Our goal is to meet the needs of companies with 51 or more subscribers. All employees and their dependents 18 years of age and older who are enrolled in Tufts Health Plan are eligible to participate in Momentum+.
Momentum+ Worksite Wellness Supports Your Strategy for a Healthier Workforce } Motivates employees to take an active role in improving their health } Could increase program participation and healthy behavior change } Eases the administrative burden of managing and distributing incentives } Provides communication materials to promote and drive engagement } Offers the expertise of a certified wellness consultant Our Incentive Programs Make Driving Engagement Easier With Momentum+ your employees have the freedom to decide for themselves how to build their own healthy momentum to reach their individual health and wellness goals. Our activity-based programs motivate employees to earn credits at their own pace by completing wellness activities they choose you can engage your workforce and encourage success by providing incentive rewards such as group premium reductions, HRA/HSA funding, extra vacation time, and gift cards. See how on the next page Whether participants want to stay healthy, get healthier, or boost their well-being, Momentum+ offers more choice for better results: } More than 50 health and wellness topics } Choice of program activity participation } New interactive tools } Monthly start dates Legal considerations when delivering wellness programs include compliance with: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC rules and regulations). General guidelines for wellness programs: Participation in wellness programs must be voluntary, Medical information obtained must be kept confidential, Should not be used for making employment decisions, Must be offered to all similarly situated individuals, Reasonable alternative standards must be available for certain program. It s always a good idea to consult with your legal counsel when designing wellness programs.
Momentum+ Lets your employees prioritize wellness goals for themselves at their own pace Program Activity Desired Outcome Credits Online Personal Health Assessment (PHA) Online Self-Management Programs Six-Week Virtual Coaching Programs Individual Employee Challenges Health Conversations Online Seminars Employer Worksite Activity* Condition Management** Lifestyle Coaching** Feedback Survey Early health risk detection may prevent more serious illness or disease. More informed employees can take action to help improve their health, which may impact claim costs. Optional biometrics include glucose, body mass index, total cholesterol, LDL, and blood pressure. With customized meal plans, personalized tools, tips to reduce stress, weekly action plans, and a final progress report, employees receive immediate value from signing up. Tracking daily successes can help build a social support system as employees practice healthy habits at the same time. } Weigh Down, Stay Down (January) } Finding Financial Wellness (March) } Spring into Motion (May) } Colorful Choices (July) } Rest and Relaxation (September) } Chill-out (November) Tailored interactive modules and action plans can help employees selfmanage personal health issues. Educating employees on a variety of wellness topics increases awareness, while periodic knowledge checks ensure understanding. Improve participation in your own worksite wellness activities or let us coordinate initiatives for you such as: } Lunch and learn education sessions } Walking program } Weight reduction program Personalized nursing support and guidance can help improve quality of life, decrease hospitalizations, and increase productivity for conditions including: } Diabetes } Heart failure } Coronary artery disease } Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Employees who work toward specific health improvement goals with a health coach may reduce the risk of preventable diseases. Topics include: } Weight management } Physical activity } Eating habits/nutrition } Stress management } Tobacco cessation Thoughtful feedback helps tailor future programming to support employee needs. 10 points for PHA 1 point for each biometric entered 5 each 5 each 2 each 1 each 3 10 10 3 * Additional costs may apply. ** Available to all members of fully insured employers and self-funded employers who opt in to this program.
Optional Programs for Qualified Employers Momentum+ Partnership Premium Reduction Option For qualified fully insured employers Momentum+ Partnership option provides support for an effective worksite wellness program for fully insured employers who: } Exclusively offer Tufts Health Plan coverage with 100 or more enrolled subscribers } Offer a Your Choice plan or an Advantage plan with a minimum $1,000 deductible and at least one-third of subscribers enrolled (if it is offered with other Tufts Health Plan plans) Premium Reduction Employee Participation PHA Biometrics 25 Credits 1% 35% - 69.9% 1.5% 35% - 69.9% 2% 70% 2.5% 70% How to Earn Up to 2.5% Premium Reduction } Incent employees to complete the online PHA (10 credits), enter their 5 biometric values/ measures in the PHA (5 credits), and complete various health and wellness activities which result in receiving 10 additional credits for a total of 25 credits. } Employees are able to complete a variety of health and wellness activities for credits including online seminars, monthly challenges, online coaching modules, condition management, and worksite activities. Momentum+ Outcome-based Option For qualified self-funded employers Momentum+ Outcome-based option is available to self-funded employers ready to advance employee engagement and promote personal responsibility by providing incentive rewards for achieving, maintaining, or improving at least one of the following health outcomes: } Meeting acceptable health measurements (glucose, height/weight for BMI, total cholesterol, LDL, blood pressure, and tobacco-free status) } Demonstrating health measurement improvement between the first and second years of the program } Adhering to therapeutic recommendations for certain conditions Requirements to Qualify } Self-funded employer offering employees Tufts Health Plan s Condition Management and Health Coaching programs } Necessitates a two-year commitment including annual PHA campaigns and biometric data VIRTUAL COACHING } Feel less stress } Reach a healthy weight } Improve your diet } Be more active } Live tobacco free HEALTH CONVERSATIONS } Asthma Control Medication } Low Back Pain } Heart Attack Prevention } Sleeping Well } Healthy People Get Active MONTHLY SEMINARS } Less Stress for Better Living } High Blood Pressure Silent Killer } Going Organic } Fat or Fit } Understanding Arthritis Employees can find a full list of topics in the wellness section at mytuftshealthplan.com.
Mytuftshealthplan.com Helps Employees Meet Their Health and Wellness Goals Employees get started by signing in to mytuftshealthplan.com it takes just a few minutes with a valid email address and member ID number to register. Once they sign in, they ll have instant, secure access to all incentivized online activities and additional tools and resources, plus they can track on their personalized home page their credits earned. Empower and Motivate Employees With Fitbit Activity Trackers Fitbit takes pedometers to a whole new level by wirelessly and automatically syncing physical activity to a smartphone or computer. Employees can track steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned, stairs climbed, and other activity throughout the day. Fitbit is a proven motivational tool for everyday living that can help employees meet their wellness goals. Fitbits are available at discounted pricing for you to reward employee success or to integrate in your overall wellness programming. Momentum+ Working Together to Improve Health and Outcomes Tufts Health Plan provides: } Evidence-based worksite wellness program development aligned with employee needs } Dedicated clinical consultative support } Wellness champion training } Turnkey employee communications } Employee wellness portal } Worksite wellness activity coordination } Incentive tracking } Participation reporting } Online health and wellness resource center for employers Employer provides: } Designated wellness champion to oversee program implementation } Meaningful incentive rewards to drive participation } Distribution of employee communication materials } Organizational commitment to building a culture of health Monitoring and Measuring Your Program Participation Our Momentum+ participation reporting provides you with key information to see how your program is performing and where you can make continual improvements for better results. You ll receive aggregate reporting on a monthly basis with recommendations to enhance your progress.
Online Health and Wellness Resource Center for Employers At tuftshealthplan.com/momentum you ll find information and downloadable materials such as worksheets, posters, fliers, email content and more to help you support a culture of health. The Worksite Wellness Toolkit helps you get started or expand and refresh your existing program: } Seven-step worksite wellness development workbook } Worksite Wellness Made Simple on-demand webinar series } Resources to help qualify for Massachusetts Small Business Wellness Tax Credit } Do-it-yourself wellness kits } Worksite walking program The Momentum Communication Resource Center includes a library of tools and ready-made print and electronic materials to help you raise awareness of, educate about, and promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle to your employees: } Preventive care benefits } Tufts Health Plan s health and wellness programs for members } Healthy eating and weight control } Exercise and fitness } Managing stress and heart health } Cancer prevention } Tobacco cessation } Introduced Momentum+ Partnership in after building wellness culture for five years } Kept the program simple to engage employees in early wins } Surpassed 70% participation in all measured activities* } Reduced premiums by 2.5%* } Designated Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite by American Heart Association * Past results do not guarantee future performance FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER OR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE.
We care about our members just as you care about your employees and their families. As Health Care Reform continues to evolve, we re committed to staying on top of new developments as they unfold and collaborating with the organizations with which we work to improve health care for all and that makes everyone feel better. Tufts Health Plan is the first health plan in the Northeast to be awarded Wellness & Health Promotion Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a designation that reinforces our commitment to providing outstanding health and wellness programs to you and your employees. tuftshealthplan.com/momentum 03/15