Virginia Housing Development Authority
Virginia Housing Development Authority(VHDA)
Journey to Wellness
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Challenges
• Continuous rising healthcare costs
• High utilization among associates
• Healthcare reform changes
Virginia Housing Development Authority
Journey to Wellness
• VHDA’s Health & Wellness Committee Implemented this program in January 2012
• Annual deliverables include screenings, flu shots, and various other wellness
programs & initiatives
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Mission & Vision
Mission – to create a health & wellness program that fosters an environment where associates will participate and make healthy lifestyle choices.
Vision – to have a program that provides educational opportunities to improve the overall health of our associate population by comparing measurable outcomes over time.
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Goals & Objectives for Associates
• Knowing their risk factors
• Becoming educated about those factors
• Participating and completing wellness program initiatives
• Becoming engaged and active participants as it pertains to their healthcare
• Making changes to move the needle to better health
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VHDA’s Top Risk Factors
• High Blood Pressure
• Cholesterol
• Weight Management
• Stress Management
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Programs & Initiatives Offered
• Onsite wellness centers
• Onsite health screenings
• Promoting Cigna Lifestyle Management
• Flu vaccine administration
• Lunch & Learns and health consultations
• 10k & 5k runs
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Programs & Initiatives Offered (cont.)
• Monday/Wednesday chair massages
• VHDA University (online classes)
• Health & Wellness newsletters
• Get Fit Program
• Onsite café
• Blood pressure cuffs at all locations
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Half Ton of Fun
VHDA promoted the Journey to Wellness Program with our
“Half Ton of Fun Challenge”
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Motivate Me Program
• Partnership with Cigna, our medical provider
• Associates complete initiatives to earn health benefit dollars
• Allows for associate and spousal participation
• Initiatives are tracked in the Motivate Me system by associates
• 388 participants (associates & spouses)
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Accomplishments
• Our medical vendor identified 71.0% of our population as needing assistance, and they have engaged 50.7% of them.
• This means associates are using our Lifestyle Management programs and vendor offerings to manage their health.
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Accomplishments
• VHDA associates are significantly above the norm in getting cancer screenings, and 97.5% of our associates have indicated a desire to improve their health over the next six months.
• VHDA has seen a 4.4% decrease in health plan spending.
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In Closing
• We believe that achieving better health is definitely a journey.
• We understand the need to meet folks where they are health-wise, and work towards moving to a better place.
• We are finding that this recognition is welcomed and encourages further participation in our company initiatives.