As you know, Virginia Wesleyan College joined the Virginia
Private Colleges Benefits Consortium, previously the CICV, on January 1,
2014. As part of our membership, the consortium provides us with a
part-time on site health coach who visits our College twice per month for
private consultations. Enrolled spouses are also eligible.
Additionally, the consortium provides annual biometric
screenings to ALL eligible employees and spouses enrolled in our medical
insurance. Our screenings are scheduled for October 13, 14 and 15 and
will occur in the CMAC. Should an employee and/or spouse participate in
the annual biometric screening, or have their physician submit the required
information, AND complete our online health assessment survey, the
participating employee and spouse are each eligible for a $15 monthly credit
towards the medical premium. Therefore, should both the employee and
spouse participate, a $30 monthly credit is applied. Eligibility begins
January 1 of each year.
I encourage you and your and spouse to register for one of
the screening dates. I also encourage you to attend one of the two Town
Hall meetings scheduled for Wednesday, September 9 to discuss our upcoming
screening process.
Once we, as employees, have completed the biometric
screening, we are then eligible to participate in wellness challenges offered
by the College and administered through beBetter Health, another resource
offered through the consortium. We sponsor quarterly prizes for
participants which typically include Target gift cards or items from our bookstore.
Joining the consortium has certainly provided us with
resources that have been very beneficial to our employees and their families.
Thanks to Karla Rasmussen, our director of human resources, for coordinating
this for all of us.
