Reminder: You’re Going to Love Our Improved Wellness Program! Sign Up for an Account and for Health Screenings at the All-Staff Meeting Today!

Learning. Fun. Rewards. It’s Heartland AEA Wellness!  

Heartland AEA is teaming up with a new wellness vendor, Interactive Health, to provide you with the guidance you need to get on the right track with your wellness goals. We’re ready to help YOU be well!  The Wellness Program will essentially be the same as in prior years -- just bigger and better! It will be expanding with new healthy activities that have engaging programs to help you learn and earn rewards!  

Great Features! 
Activity Tracking  
Your Personal Health Action Plan helps you track your activities and health goals while accumulating points to earn up to $250.  

Wellness Challenges  
Fun and engaging competitions will be offered throughout the year, in addition to new “flash challenges” to help motivate you to reach your wellness goals.  

Online Workshops  
Workshops reinforce healthy lifestyles and are recommended based on your health risk and interests.  

Health Coaching  
Connect with Interactive Health coaches to get recommendations to help you improve your health. 

Program Overview & Incentives 
As always, all the information about this year’s Wellness Program can be found on the Intranet under the Wellness link.  

Create an Account on the Interactive Health Portal 
It’s easy! Go to the Interactive Health portal and enter the new user code: NVLC5. From there you can create your own username and password. Voila -- it’s done! Start exploring! You can also download the Interactive Health app from the App Store or Google Play. 

New! Register for On-site Health Screenings at the All-Staff Meeting 
The Agency is pleased to partner with Interactive Health and Hy-Vee to include health screenings as a part of the Wellness Program. New this year will be on-site screenings at the All-Staff Meeting on Sept. 27 at the Airport Holiday Inn in Des Moines. Two options will be available -- health evaluations and biometrics. 

Health Evaluations 
ALL SLOTS HAVE BEEN FILLED! 7 - 9:30 a.m., prior to the start of the All-Staff Meeting. Please fast before this test. (More information is available when you sign up.) 

This type of screening will include: 

• Venipuncture blood draw
 
• Total cholesterol, HDL and LDL
 
• Triglycerides and fasting glucose
 
•  Blood pressure
 

If you’re unable to participate during the All-Staff meeting: you have the opportunity to test using a physician verification form provided by Interactive Health. Bring this form to a physician appointment. Call (800) 840-6100 and request a Physician Verification Form. Return the completed paperwork to Interactive Health no later than April 17, 2020. 

Biometric Screenings 
7-9 a.m., prior to the start of the All-Staff Meeting. Please fast before this test. (More information is available when you sign up.) 

Hy-Vee will again conduct biometric screenings, as they have for many of you in the past. A biometric screening is a combination of measurements and readings about certain health factors that may be helpful in identifying potential risk factors for chronic diseases or conditions, like heart disease, hypertension or diabetes. This also includes a finger prick to gather blood, not a traditional blood draw (venipuncture). 

APPOINTMENTS ARE LIMITED: SLOTS STILL AVAILABLE! So if you are interested, sign up is recommended ASAP.  

•  Go to https://www.hy-vee.com/health/screenings/group.aspx.
 
•  Choose Heartland AEA in the drop-down at the bottom of the page.
 
•  There will be four different events listed, all with a "details" link to the right that should be clicked on to find a time.
 
•  All four events are for the All-staff Meeting, so if you don’t find a time you’re looking right away, check the other events listed. 
 

Biometric Screenings Offered at Other Times
The Agency will also offer biometric screenings at our offices as we've done in the past. 
And remember, you can always go to a Hy-Vee store that has a dietician or to your primary care physician to have your biometric screening done. You will need to make an appointment with a Hy-Vee dietitian if you do a screening on your own. 

Questions?
If you have any questions about this year’s Wellness Program or screenings taking place the day of the All-Staff Meeting, contact Carol McDaniel, Human Resources Assistant, at ext. 14002.

Note: Personal information that you provide, and health data obtained through your Health Evaluation will only be used by Interactive Health to provide you with personally relevant information. Interactive Health will not, under any circumstances, share this information with your employer. In addition, Interactive Health will not sell or rent information to any outside third party. We respect the privacy of all our members.  Reasonable alternative standard information.  

If you are unable to participate which is required for you to earn an incentive under this wellness program, you may qualify for an opportunity to earn the same incentive through an alternative course of action. This alternative course of action must be completed by May 15, 2020. Please contact Interactive Health at least two weeks prior to this date at (800) 840-6100 or rasrequest@interactivehealthinc.com to ask about a reasonable alternative standard to qualify for the incentive.