Like millions of Americans, you may have made a New Year's resolution to live a healthier life. Maybe you want to exercise more, quit smoking or try to achieve a healthy weight. Unfortunately for most of us, we have good intentions but after a while the demands in your life or stress can turn resolutions into forgotten pledges.
We can help you get started in your New Year's health resolutions and also provide programs that help sticking to your resolutions a bit easier. And maybe this time next year you can look back and congratulate yourself for keeping your resolution.
Getting Started
Now that you made your resolution for a healthier life, it is time to get started. We make it easy with the Blue Health Assessment, an online Blue Health Connection tool.
Our Blue Health Assessment is a quick evaluation that takes about 15-20 minutes to complete. We guide you through the questionnaire that helps you identify personal lifestyle risks. You get a picture of your health based on the information you provide. You don't need to know the answers to all of the questions in the Blue Health Assessment. But, the more information you provide, the more relevant the feedback and the Action Plan will be for you.
The Next Step
Once you take the Blue Health Assessment, we will give you online tools and information that support your next steps to improve your overall health as indicated in your personalized Action Plan. There are even supportive online digital coaching sessions to help you reach your personal goals, including:
- Balance™ a weight management program that promotes physical activity and offers practical advice on how to make gradual changes that have lasting results
- Relax™ a stress management program that helps you deal more effectively with life's daily challenges
- Nourish™ a program to help you make better food choices for a healthier lifestyle
- Breathe™ a smoking cessation program to help you make one of the most important health choices and to help you stick to not smoking with strategies to help reduce cravings and resist relapses.
In addition, you can print out a copy of your Blue Health Assessment Action Plan and take it with you to your next physician's visit. It can be a starting point for a discussion about your overall health and your physician may be able to help you with additional guidance.
MyBlue Wellness Incentive
In 2010, there is more good news when you take your Blue Health Assessment. You will be eligible to receive a copayment waiver certificate toward you next routine physical exam or preventive office visit with a Preferred provider. To be eligible, you must take the Blue Health Assessment and have the office visit in 2010. The certificate is good anytime between 72 hours after you complete the Blue Health Assessment and December 31, 2010.
The power to change is in your hands and the online tools to help you are at your fingertips. Take your Blue Health Assessment today and start your path to a healthier life, plus get a waiver certificate for your copayment for a 2010 routine exam or preventive office visit by a Preferred provider.