Stride into Spring with WellStar HealthStart’s New Walk This Way® Program

This April, Walk This Way® is stepping onto WellStar facilities to help team members enhance their overall health and physical activity levels by accumulating steps each day. This fun, 12-week walking program will be available to all WellStar team members at no cost regardless of whether you are a current HealthStart participant.

Beginning April 2, take your first step by logging on to www.wellstarhealthstart.org to sign up for the challenge. You will receive a t-shirt for participating and will also be mailed a personal digital pedometer and log-book. Beginning the week of April 16, you will be encouraged to log on to the HealthStart website to record your steps. There will be opportunities throughout WellStar to get involved in organized group walks. During the 12-week program, HealthStart participants can earn their Behavior Modification points by logging their daily physical activity on the HealthStart website.

Participants who log an average of 3,000 steps per day between April 16 - July 8 will receive one entry into the grand prize drawings. Logging additional steps per day can earn participants additional entries to be eligible for the prizes. The following incentives will be available:

Level	Total Steps	Steps Per Day	Incentive Entries
Level 1 – Bronze	250,000 – 499,000	3,000	1 entry
Level 2 – Silver	500,000 – 749,999	6,000	2 additional entries (3 total)
Level 3 – Gold	750,000 – 849,999	9,000	3 additional entries (6 total)
Level 4 – Platinum	850,000+	10,000+	4 additional entries (10 total)

Key Program Dates
April 2 - Registration opens
April 16 – Program officially begins
April 30 – Registration ends
July 8 - Program ends

For additional information about the program, please visit the HealthStart website beginning the week of March 26, call HealthStart Customer Service at 1-877-224-6672, or contact Valerie Riley, Health Promotion Coordinator, at Valerie.Riley@wellstar.org or 770-793-7280.

HealthStart March Lunch and Learns

HealthStart

HealthStart is an exciting new wellness program for all WellStar team members. This comprehensive benefit program includes health assessments, individualized health coaching and incentives to encourage team members to improve their health.

We strongly believe that everyone needs to understand their current health status; therefore, we are encouraging every team member to complete a free online Health Risk Assessment (HRA) and biometric screenings even if you don’t plan to participate in the entire HealthStart program. The biometric screenings include height, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose. All individual health information is confidential.

All team members who want to participate in HealthStart and be eligible for program incentives must complete the HRA and biometric screenings. The deadline for completion is Dec. 16, 2011. The HRA and biometric screenings are not required for medical plan coverage.

You can learn more about the program, complete your HRA and schedule your screening by visiting the HealthStart website at wellstarhealthstart.org. You can also call the HealthStart customer service line at 1-877-224-6672 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. or e-mail us at healthstart@wellstar.org.