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Prioritize the Spirit of Wellness this January

Prioritize the Spirit of Wellness this January

We’re kicking off the New Year with a call to action for the Heaven Hill team to prioritize the Spirit of Wellness this January! At the start of the new year, it’s common to take on resolutions, often related to getting fit or saving money. What better time to initiate a company-wide focus on wellness, and ALL that goes into it?

What is Wellness?

Wellness encompasses the total health of a person. When we think about wellness, three main pillars come to mind: Physical, Financial and Mental wellness. Each is equally important to achieve healthy habits and lifestyles. Each can also look very different depending on the person!

What to Expect Throughout the Month:

Each week, we will highlight one of the three pillars of wellness and dial in on resources that are available to you as a Heaven Hill team member! We will also pose small weekly challenges to encourage you to prioritize wellness in new and creative ways. While this campaign will run for a month, the goal is that it helps Heaven Hill team members further utilize the wellness resources we provide as ingrained parts of their habits and lifestyles for long into the future.

What is Physical Wellness?

Physical wellness is the promotion of the wellbeing of one’s body to ensure optimal health and functioning. It consists of recognizing and practicing healthy habits regarding nutrition, physical activity, rest and relaxation. It also consists of getting regular physical exams, preventing illness, injury and/or managing chronic health conditions.

Practice Physical Wellness with Our Benefit Vendors:

  • Schedule your Annual Exams: Need help finding highly rated doctors, comparing cost for procedures, finding lower-cost prescriptions, and/or negotiating medical bills? Freshbenies is here to help!

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  • Download Anthem’s Sydney Health App: Use the Sydney app to help keep track of your health and benefits, you can access your plan details, Member Services, virtual care, and wellness resources. Anthem Sydney Health App Overview
    • Lark Diabetes Program: An Anthem program focused on helping you improve your health; help manage weight and prevent diabetes. 4 Lark DPP[58]
  • Employee Assistance Program: Did you know that our EAP program offers more than just counseling sessions? Use the Aetna EAP to find resources on staying healthy. Get started today by navigating to Resource Centers > Staying Healthy once you log into the EAP portal. Aetna EAP Information
  • Other Health & Well-Being Resources:
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Other Ways You Can Practice Physical Wellness in the New Year:

  • Sign up for WOTVS Wellness Business Resource Group:
    • It is our community partner’s mission to create a collaborative movement of support for better health and well-being among our membership. The purpose of this group is to build a community of women working together to take charge of their health and wellness journey.  We encourage you to share your challenges and accomplishments, and exchange ideas and tips for health and well-being. Feel free to also post topics, start discussions, and share resources with each other. Let’s support and learn from each other and create a wellness connection! Click here to join.
  • Move your body for 30 minutes, at least 3 days a week.
  • Create a nightly routine that helps you sleep.
  • Drink more water.
  • Spend time outside each day.
  • Wear sunscreen/SPF every day (Did you know certain SPFs are an FSA/HSA eligible expense?).
  • Cut down your screen time.

What Does Financial Wellness Mean? 

It is your ability to live a healthy financial life. Financial Wellness is the power to take control of your financial health now and into the future. Improving financial wellness is about practicing better money habits, setting goals and taking steps to achieve them – all with the aim of improving your overall quality of life.

Here are some ways you can practice Financial Wellness with the help of our benefit vendors (If Applicable):

401K Webinars:

The Gelb Retirement & Advisory Team have launched the first half of their 2024 Financial Curriculum! To reserve your spot for one of the sessions, please register using the links below:

HSA Webinars: 

Are you enrolled in the High Deductible Health Plan through Heaven Hill and participating in the Health Savings Account? Want to learn more about how the HSA can play an important role in your long-term financial health? Bank of America is hosting three webinars on Managing your HSA Investment Account, learn about the potential benefits of investing and how to set up and manage your investment account.

Employee Assistance Program: 

Did you know that our Employee Assistance Program through Aetna also offers Financial Services? Start Planning Today! 

  • Aetna EAP Information
    • Receive 30 mins. free telephonic consultations for each new financial topic (each plan year) related to:
      • Budgeting
      • Retirement or other financial planning
      • Mortgage and refinancing
      • Credit and debt issues
      • College Funding
      • Tax and IRS questions and preparation
    • Also, you can receive a discount of 25% off tax preparation services!

Freshbenies

Freshbenies is available to help simplify your healthcare journey. When using Freshbenies Advocacy PLUS program you can:

  • Pay less for healthcare: receive cost and value comparisons for medical services (see prices BEFORE you go and choose the most cost-effective option).
  • Save money on prescriptions: Freshbenies can research your prescriptions to see if there are lower-cost options available with the same ingredients.
  • Resolve medical billing errors: over 30% of medical bills are incorrect. Have Freshbenies review your medical bills to make sure you don’t overpay.
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Use your remaining 2023 FSA Dollars:

The FSA Grace Period provides you with an additional 2.5 months to spend unused 2023 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Funds. The grace period starts on January 1st, 2024 and ends March 15th, 2024. During the Grace Period you may submit claims for 2023 expenses, as well as from the new plan year. All these claims will be paid from last year’s money until the funds are gone or the Grace Period is over.

Update Your Contribution Limits to the 401(k) in 2024:

The amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans has increased to $23,000. For those 50 or older, you are eligible to participate in Catch Up deferral elections, which will allow you to contribute an additional $7,500. If you are wanting to make updates to your 2024 contributions, you can do so by going to: https://www.benefits.ml.com/login/login.

Check Your January Pay Statements:

We kindly ask that you review your first few pay statements of the year to ensure that your Open Enrollment elections are accurately reflected on your paycheck. Please reach out to us no later than February 9th, 2024 with any corrections that need to be made from Open Enrollment. As a reminder, outside of Open Enrollment, you will need a Qualifying Life Event, to make changes to your elections. If you have a Qualifying Life Event you will have 30 days to contact Total Rewards and complete changes to your benefit elections. Qualifying Life Events include marriage, divorce, legal separations, termination of domestic partnership birth or adoption of a child, death of a dependent, losing or gaining other coverage.

For those that Opted Out of Medical Coverage, the Opt Out Bonus for 2024 will be paid out in January. If you do not receive in January and believe that you were eligible for this bonus, please reach out to your human resources representative by February 29, 2023.

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