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Virginia Housing Development Authority

Virginia Housing Development Authority(VHDA)

Journey to Wellness

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Challenges

• Continuous rising healthcare costs

• High utilization among associates

• Healthcare reform changes

Virginia Housing Development Authority

Journey to Wellness

• VHDA’s Health & Wellness Committee Implemented this program in January 2012

• Annual deliverables include screenings, flu shots, and various other wellness

programs & initiatives

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Mission & Vision

Mission – to create a health & wellness program that fosters an environment where associates will participate and make healthy lifestyle choices.

Vision – to have a program that provides educational opportunities to improve the overall health of our associate population by comparing measurable outcomes over time.

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Goals & Objectives for Associates

• Knowing their risk factors

• Becoming educated about those factors

• Participating and completing wellness program initiatives

• Becoming engaged and active participants as it pertains to their healthcare

• Making changes to move the needle to better health

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VHDA’s Top Risk Factors

• High Blood Pressure

• Cholesterol

• Weight Management

• Stress Management

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Programs & Initiatives Offered

• Onsite wellness centers

• Onsite health screenings

• Promoting Cigna Lifestyle Management

• Flu vaccine administration

• Lunch & Learns and health consultations

• 10k & 5k runs

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Programs & Initiatives Offered (cont.)

• Monday/Wednesday chair massages

• VHDA University (online classes)

• Health & Wellness newsletters

• Get Fit Program

• Onsite café

• Blood pressure cuffs at all locations

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Half Ton of Fun

VHDA promoted the Journey to Wellness Program with our

“Half Ton of Fun Challenge”

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Motivate Me Program

• Partnership with Cigna, our medical provider

• Associates complete initiatives to earn health benefit dollars

• Allows for associate and spousal participation

• Initiatives are tracked in the Motivate Me system by associates

• 388 participants (associates & spouses)

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Accomplishments

• Our medical vendor identified 71.0% of our population as needing assistance, and they have engaged 50.7% of them.

• This means associates are using our Lifestyle Management programs and vendor offerings to manage their health.

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Accomplishments

• VHDA associates are significantly above the norm in getting cancer screenings, and 97.5% of our associates have indicated a desire to improve their health over the next six months.

• VHDA has seen a 4.4% decrease in health plan spending.

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In Closing

• We believe that achieving better health is definitely a journey.

• We understand the need to meet folks where they are health-wise, and work towards moving to a better place.

• We are finding that this recognition is welcomed and encourages further participation in our company initiatives.

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