The MUS Wellness program focuses on engaging plan members in health ownership to enhance their quality of life through preventive screenings, healthy lifestyle education, and disease management. The incentive program allows employees to earn points towards rewards while improving their health, and features various wellness resources such as wellchecks, lifestyle education workshops, and health coaching. Additional support includes financial and emotional wellness services, with opportunities for individuals to become wellness champions within their campuses.

1. MUS Wellness Overview
January 27, 2015
wellness.mus.edu

2. Vision & Mission
• Our Vision: Benefit Plan Members engaged in the
ownership and betterment of your health and
well-being in order to maximize quality of life.
• Our Mission: To help our plan members achieve
health, by providing and incentivizing preventative
health screenings, healthy lifestyle education and
support, and disease prevention and management
programs.

3. MUS Wellness Incentive Program
 Discover great health through MUS Wellness and
blaze a trail to your best life!
 Through MUS Wellness employees have the
opportunity to earn points toward rewards while
improving their health.
 Powered by Limeade
www.muswell.limeade.com
 Current Program launched January 12th, will run
through the end of 2015.
 Program is currently for active
employees only.

4. MUS Wellness Incentive Program

5. MUS Wellness Incentive Program
 Incentive Program FAQs
 If I attended WellCheck in the fall, will that count for
incentive points?
 I am unable to click “I did this” on the WellCheck
challenge. How do I get my points for attending
WellCheck?
 Will I receive an additional 150 points if my
spouse/adult dependent attends WellCheck?
 Do I have to complete the WellBeing Assessment again
if I just filled it out in the fall?
 Is there an App for this program?
 If I earned the Fitbit last year, do I earn another one if I
reach the Scout level in 2015?
 Is the Fitbit Health Tracker the same thing as a Fitbit One?
 I reached the Explorer level. When will I see the account
contribution?
 How do I receive the Amazon gift card?

6. MUS Wellness Incentive Program
Incentive Program Support
866-885-6940
support@limeade.com

7. Wellchecks
 Raising awareness & assessing risks
 It Starts With Me
 Blood chemistry screen & complete blood count
 Blood pressure & oximetry
 Resting HR, weight, body composition
 2 Wellchecks per plan year
 Incentives for attending Wellcheck and
participating in Incentive Program.

8. Wellchecks
www.itstartswithme.com
 Registration opens 30 days prior to first
Wellcheck on your campus
Spring registration is open for Dillon, Kalispell,
Helena, Billings, and a few of our Ag/Research
Stations.
Complete list of Spring Wellchecks available at:
wellness.mus.edu/WellCheck.asp

9. Lifestyle Education & Support
 Webinars and Live Workshops
 Take Control Lifestyle Management
 Ask-an-Expert
 Quick Help Email
 WellBaby
 Financial & Emotional Wellness
 On-Line Resources

10. Wellness Webinars
 2015 Webinars
 Montana Moves High Five
 Wednesday, March 25th, 12:05
 Everything you always wanted to know about Nutrition
but were afraid to ask. With Cristin Stokes, RD, LN
 Tuesday, April 14th, 12:05
 Zzzzz Webinar
 Summer TBA
 Everything you always wanted to know about
Exercise, but were afraid to ask. With Neal Andrews,
CSCS.
 Fall TBA
 Financial Wellness $$$
 Fall TBA

11. Wellness Webinars
 Webinars are archived on Wellness Website
 Small Changes, Big Differences
 Sitting is the New Smoking
 Interpreting Your Wellcheck Results
 Cristin’s Six Nutritional Tenets
 2014 Management Series
 Stress
 Time
 Pain
• www.wellness.mus.edu/Webinars.asp

12. Live Workshops
 Live Workshops
 General Health
 Cool Out (Stress)
 I don’t have time to
go to this workshop!
(Time)
 Tiny Steps, Big
Changes
 Zzzz Workshop
(Sleep)
 Photography 101
 Sitting is the New
Smoking
 Montana Moves
 Move Your Body
 Move Better
 Two Feet & a
Heartbeat
 Viva la Resistance!
 Strong Back,
Healthy Back
 Beyond Crunches:
Modern Core
Training
 Winter ADLs
(Activities of Daily
Living)
 Cardio Strength
Training
 Advanced Endurance
Performance
 Montana Meals
 Meal Planning Made
Easy
 Dining Out Decoded
 Healthy Weight
Basics
 Sports & Exercise
Nutrition
 Vegetarian Eating
 Eating for Your
Heart
 Whole Grain
Goodness
 The Language of
Nutrition Labels

13. Live Workshops
 Live Workshops (New for 2015!)
 Setting Healthy Priorities
 Training with Dumbbells
 SMR/Foam Rolling
 Backcountry Fitness
 Container Gardening
 Kitchen Knife Skills
 Cooking on a Dime
 Power Plant Proteins
 Yes! Soup for You!
 Veggilicious
 Build a Better Breakfast
 Montana Meals Healthy Holiday
Workshop (Nov. & Dec. only)

14. Workshop Fun!

15. Workshop Fun!
wellness@montana.edu

16. Live Workshops
 Upcoming Workshops
Workshop Location Date/Time
Move Better UM Western, Dillon 2/10 3:30
Healthy Weight Basics FVCC, Kalispell 2/18 Noon
Move Better FVCC, Kalispell 2/19 Noon
Two-Feet & a Heartbeat City College, Billings 2/24 Noon
Two-Feet & a Heartbeat MSUB, Billings 2/25 Noon
TBA MSUN, Havre 3/4 and/or 3/5
Setting Healthy Priorities City College, Billings 3/10 Noon
SMR/Foam Rolling MSUB, Billings 3/11 Noon

17. Live Workshops
 Upcoming Workshops
 Find them on Montana Moves & Meals
 www.montanamovesandmeals.com
 Also usually sent out with campus
Wellness announcements

18. Take Control
Eat Well. StayActive. Reduce Your Risks.

19. Take Control
At Take Control we believe that living well is within everyone’s reach. We’re a
healthcare company that provides health coaching services FREE of charge to
anyone covered by the Montana University System’s health care plan, with any of
the following conditions*
 Diabetes -Type I, Type II, Pre-diabetes, or Gestational
 Overweight (High BMI)
 Tobacco User – Smoking, chewing tobacco, cigars, pipe
 High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
 High Cholesterol (Hyperlipidemia)
*Participants must meet one or more of the listed criteria
to qualify for our services.

20. Take Control
Enrollment Criteria
 Cholesterol greater than 240 (CHOL > 240)
 Triglycerides greater than 200 (TRIG > 200)
 “Bad” cholesterol LDL greater than 150 (LDL > 150)
 “Good” cholesterol HDL less than 40 for men and less than 50 for women
(Male < 40) or (Female < 50)
 Diabetes Fasting glucose count greater than 125 (GLUC > 125)
 Blood pressure greater than 140 systolic (top#) - or greater
than 90 diastolic (bottom #) (Systolic > 140) or
(Diastolic > 90)
 Body Mass Index greater than 24.99 (BMI > 24.99)

21. Take Control
Benefit Summary
• Monthly health coaching
• Up to three visits with your primary health care provider covered at 100%
• Fitness center or fitness class reimbursement
• Reduced-cost medication waivers for qualifying health conditions
• Assistance with tobacco cessation
• A $100 award is available after months 6 and 12 to
assist in offsetting expenses related to your life style
improvement.

22. Take Control Benefits Cont.
• Monthly Newsletter written by Take Control staff, with
healthy lifestyle topics
• Web Site with additional health resources
• Weight Watchers reimbursement*
• Certified Exercise Specialist (Personal Trainer)*
• Sleep Study*
• Additional Counseling Sessions (co-pay free)*
*Requires Pre-Authorization

23. Take Control
• Check out wellness.mus.edu/TakeControl.asp for more
info.
• Download an application from the website above or:
• Call Take Control at 800-746-2970
• Email at takecontrolmt@gmail.com

24. Ask-an-Expert
 Individual consultation (up to 8 hours) with a Registered
Dietitian and/or Exercise Specialist
 Personalized diet/exercise plan based on your interests or
needs
 Personal goal setting
 Follow-up calls/discussion
 Delivered via phone and/or email
 Application found at
www.wellness.mus.edu/AskanExpert.asp

25. Quick Help
wellness@montana.edu
For general inquires about health,
fitness, or nutrition.

26. WellBaby
 Pregnancy Support
 Benefits:
 All out-of-pocket costs waived for services provided by an in-
network physician for:
 Routine prenatal office visits
 Routine pregnancy- related lab work
 Delivery
 Two maternity ultrasounds
 Free prescription generic prenatal vitamins
 Telephonic/email support from WellBaby Coordinator, Jenny
Peterson
 High-risk nurse case management based on three strategically-
timed risk assessments
 Choice of one free pregnancy-related book
 A book about the baby’s first year after completion of the
program
 Hygeia EnJoye breast pump

27. Financial Wellness—Solid Finances Series
• No cost
• Unbiased
financial
education
• No products
or services
are sold or
recommended

28. Emotional Wellness
 MUS insured plan members eligible for 4 free
counseling sessions per plan year with an in-
network provider
 $15 copay after the first 4 visits
 Contact your insurance administrator or look at
administrator’s website for list of in-network providers
 35% coinsurance if provider is out-of-network

29. Wellness Champions
 What is a Wellness Champion?
 Someone with a sincere desire to support healthy
lifestyle and disease prevention strategies in the
workplace. This person has a strong commitment to
health (regardless of where he/she is on the path
towards optimal well-being) and a desire to help others
achieve success as well.
 What are the duties of a Wellness Champion?
 Help create a culture of Wellness on campus
 Pass along information to colleagues and encourage
participation in Wellness programs
 Periodic meetings with Wellchamp group on campus
 Working in conjunction with MUS Wellness Team to help
plan Wellness education/events on your campus
 Accepting applications currently through end of
January.
 wellness.mus.edu/Wellnesschamp.asp

30. Online Resources
 montanamovesandmeals.com
 Features health, fitness, and nutrition information and
education
 Challenge of the Month
 Motivation, recipes, videos, i.e. a bunch of awesome stuff
 wellness.mus.edu
 Detailed program information
 News & Upcoming Events
 Archives
 Facebook facebook.com/MUSwellness
 News Feed, Recipes, Articles, Announcements
 Twitter @montanameals @montanamoves
 Bite size motivation, tips, news, thoughts

31. Online
Resources

32. Up Next…
 Montana Moves High Five.
 With Neal Andrews, MS, CSCS
 Wednesday, March 25th, 12:05
 Everything you always wanted to know about
Nutrition but were afraid to ask.
 With Cristin Stokes, RD, LN
 Tuesday, April 14th, 12:05
 Send questions with Subject: Afraid to ask to
cristin.stokes@montana.edu

33. …to maximize quality of life…
wellness@montana.edu