Holiday closure Monday May 28: Most county offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.

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E-mail: Health Matters

Phone: 206-205-5017

You’re good to go for the gold

Don’t miss your opportunity to improve your wellness and save thousands of dollars. Enroll now in Healthy IncentivesSM

Every year, over 90 percent of King County employees join Healthy Incentives to get healthy and stay healthy, while helping to control the health care costs.

Don't miss your opportunity to imporve your health and save thousands of dollars. Two easy steps that you, your covered spouse or domestic partner take to earn the gold out-of-pocket expense level for your 2010 medical beneifts.

Step one: Take the wellness assessment

The first step toward earning gold is to complete a wellness assessment either online or on paper by Jan. 31, 2009.

Click here to take the assessment online.

To take the assessment on paper, contact Benefits and Retirement Operations (BROS) by phone at 206-684-1556 or by e-mail at kc.benefits@kingcounty.gov. You may also stop by the BROS office to pick up a paper wellness assessment. BROS is located in Suite 234 of The Chinook Building, 401 Fifth Ave., Seattle, and is open 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday.

Step two: Complete your action plan

The second step toward earning gold is to complete an individual action plan by June 30, 2009. After you take the wellness assessment, the county’s independent, confidential vendor, Healthways, will contact you with information about your action plan either by phone or by mail.

If you do not receive a letter or phone call from Healthways by  March 31, 2009,
call Healthways toll-free at 1-877-279-0624.

You can get updated information about the Healthy IncentivesSM program at www.kingcounty.gov/employees/gethealthy.

Make sure you’re good to go for a healthy New Year.

Did U Know . . .

By January 10th, King County employees and their eligible spouses/domestic partners should have received a letter from King County with important information on the 2009 Healthy IncentivesSM program?

The white envelope with the salmon stripe includes instructions on how to earn the gold out-of-pocket expense level for 2010 medical benefits.

The first step to earn gold is to take the wellness assessment by Jan 31. If you took the wellness assessment online last year, you must use the same User ID and Password. If you have forgotten your user ID or Password, the letter has detailed instructions on how to retrieve that information.

If you took the wellness assessment on paper last year, or you have never taken the wellness assessment, your letter includes a unique access code that you must use to take the assessment this year.

Check your mail box for your important envelope.

If you do not receive your letter by mid-January, contact Benefits and Retirement Operations at 206-684-1556 or kc.benefits@kingcounty.gov.