Page 3 - Winter Newsletter 2019
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Telehealth: Quality Care At Your Fingertips
                         By Melissa Perreault, Associate Executive Director
                                                                                                Board Certified
                       Get the care you need, from the comfort of home!                       Doctors are just a
        Winter months are tough. Lack of sun, shorter days and less activity can be difficult      click away!
        to cope with. Sometimes it's hard to imagine leaving the house in bitter
        temperatures.  If you aren't feeling well or winter is getting you down, always re-  Utilize your Telehealth
        member you have options. Telehealth benefits are available for medical and behav-    benefit for minor
        ioral health visits from the comfort of your own home.                               medical problems such as:



 With Quarter 3 comes the ability to earn   Omada: A Lifestyle Change Program                •  Cold & Flu
 incentives for preventive care services.  By Christopher Glenn, Group Relations Specialist  •  Rash
                                                                                             •  Sore Throat
                                                                                             •  Allergies
                       I decided to join the Omada Health Program and
                         start my journey toward a healthier lifestyle!                      You can also receive
                                                                                             confidential support

      My daughter is just over 6 months old                                                  for mental health
      and so active that I can’t keep up with       A few weeks later my                     resources.
      her without getting exhausted. At 31           welcome kit arrived!
      years old, this shouldn’t be my life. In
      the past I’ve tried crash course diets
      and weight loss programs but found
      myself going back to old habits with the
      weight returning.

      "I needed to change my life-
      style, not just for me but for
      my daughter".
                                                                                             For more informa-
      Omada Health is a program for people                                                   tion, please visit
      at risk for heart disease, type 2 diabe-                                               myCigna.com and
      tes, hypertension, or high cholesterol.                                                go to the "Find Care
      It's designed to help influence partici-                                               & Costs" tab.
      pants’ behaviors and develop lifelong    "For anyone hoping to make
      healthy habits.                          a healthy change this year,                   Click "View Details" under


      Joining the program was easy! First, I   please take time to see if the                Cigna Telehealth Connec-
                                               Omada Health Program is
                                                                                             tion. You'll find instructions
      completed a 1-minute questionnaire to                                                  to sign up for medical Tele-
      determine if I was at risk for any of the   right for you."                            health through AmWell or
      above conditions. Questions included                                                   MDLive for Cigna.
      my height, weight, gender, and activity   Find out if you’re at risk by answering a
      level. Once that was complete, Oma-      few questions on the Omada website. If        Access Behavioral Telehealth
      da advised I was high-risk for type 2    you’re indeed at risk, I hope you fill out    providers by calling Cigna at
      diabetes and provided me the option      the application and confirm your eligibil-    1-800-224-6224.
      to apply for their program. I immedi-    ity just like I did. I believe there’s always
      ately completed the application, which   room for improvement in life and Omada        Remember, you aren't alone,
      took only 5 minutes. I then received a   is helping me with mine. Could it work for    you do have options and
      confirmation email that my application   you?                                          spring is just a few weeks
      was approved, and I was eligible for the                                               away!
      program.
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