Health Connections is a multi-faceted initiative designed to connect UPlan Medical Program members with online resources and health coaching to create a personalized health improvement program that will help University employees and their family members live better, longer.

More about Health Connections and $65 rewards

A Wellness Assessment for UPlan Members

Participation in Health Connections begins with a 20-minute online questionnaire about your health history, nutrition, physical activity, and more. The UPlan Wellness Assessment is voluntary and confidential.

When you are a member of the UPlan Medical Program, and assess your health (whether completing the UPlan Wellness Assessment for the very first time or whether you are re-taking the assessment during 2008 after completing it in previous years) you qualify to receive a $65 Wellness Reward for the 2008 calendar year. If your spouse or same-sex domestic partner also completes the assessment, he or she can also receive a $65 Wellness Reward.

The feedback you receive from the online assessment will be more beneficial to you if you Know Your Numbers. On the Twin Cities campus, UPlan Health Screenings are available on the second Wednesday of every month.

If you are a newly-hired employee with benefits effective on or after May 1, 2008, you have until November 30, 2008 to be financially rewarded for completing the online assessment. All other UPlan members had until April 30 to complete the UPlan Wellness Assessment for the 2008 calendar to be qualify to receive financial rewards for assessing their health. 

However, if you missed the April deadline it is still possible to earn a $65 UPlan Wellness Reward for 2008 when you complete one follow-up health improvement program this year. 

Start the Wellness Assessment

What's Next?

After completing the UPlan Wellness Assessment, University employees and their spouses or same-sex domestic partners (if covered by the UPlan Medical Program) can each earn another $65 Wellness Reward for 2008 by completing one of the following health improvement programs during the coming year.

• enroll in online, self-paced Healthy Living programs
• work with a health coach to make lifestyle changes or manage a medical condition
• register for the HealthPartners 10,000 Steps® program
• participate in the UPlan Wellness-sponsored HealthCare Choices program which will be available later this year

Your Next Steps

HealthPartners 10,000 Steps® Program returns

In 2008, all  University employees may enroll or re-register for the 10,000 Steps® program created by HealthPartners.

HealthPartners 10,000 Steps® Program

NEW! Fitness Rewards

Fitness Rewards allows UPlan medical program members who visit a participating health club eight times a month to receive up to a $20-a-month reimbursement.