Don’t put your health on hold. It’s important to continue preventive care, such as your annual well exam or biometric screening, even in the midst of a pandemic. Enrolled faculty and staff can earn a $25/month premium credit, or up to $40/month with an enrolled spouse, off of employee medical plan contributions by completing a Personal Health and Well-being Assessment (PHA) and a verified Biometric Screening to earn premium credit.
Your verified Biometric Screening, consisting of height, weight, blood pressure, total cholesterol, HDL, and blood sugar value (either glucose or A1C), can be completed in one of the following ways.
OPTION 1
Your values obtained during an annual exam with an OSU or Central Ohio Primary Care (COPC) provider are received by the OSU Health Plan (OSUHP). Once all values are received (height, weight, blood pressure, total cholesterol, HDL and a blood sugar value: glucose or A1c), OSUHP will provide verification that you have a complete biometric screening.
- NOTE: If you complete your exam via Telehealth, not all values can be recorded. After your visit, please reach out to OSUHP to confirm your screening is verified.
OSUHP must receive all of your values by December 30, 2021 to count your screening as complete and verified. Some file feeds can take 10-30 days to process. Please plan your well exam/physicals with this in mind and reach out to OSUHP if you have questions about getting your verification in by the deadline.
OPTION 2
If you see a provider outside of the OSU or COPC network, you may need to have your values submitted by your provider. Please have your provider complete the Provider Fax Form and submit to OSUHP to verify that you have completed a biometric screening with him or her. Forms received after December 30, 2021 will not be processed or accepted.
OPTION 3
If you complete an on-campus screening* you will automatically receive credit for completing the verified biometric screening. Due to the pandemic, increased safety protocol and many still working remotely, screening events will be available but limited.
- On October 20th, the OSU Health Plan’s (OSUHP) RN Health Promotion Specialist(s) will be in Room 202 to complete complimentary biometric screenings* and flu vaccinations for our department. See below for screening registration details. 2 separate appointments are needed: 1 for biometric screening and 1 for flu vaccination.
Registration Details for biometric screenings:
If you would like to register for the upcoming biometric health screening in our department, follow the steps below:
1. Visit yp4h.osu.edu and click the “Schedule a Screening” button in the middle of the page.
2. Log in with your Ohio State name.# and password.
3. Highlight “Biometric Health Screening” and find the “Appointment Code” box.
4. In the “Appointment Code” box type in PARK21 Do NOT copy and paste as this doesn’t always work to activate the code.
5. Click “Find Appointments or Classes”- This will show only the appointments available for this screening event.
6. Continue to schedule the appointment. If you experience any difficulty, please contact Customer Service at 292-4700 with your Appointment Code.
FLU SHOTS:
Registration Details for flu shots:
If you would like to register for the upcoming flu shot event in our department, follow the steps below:
1. Visit yp4h.osu.edu and click the “Schedule a Screening” button in the middle of the page.
2. Log in with your Ohio State name.# and password.
3. Highlight “Flu Vaccinations” and find the “Appointment Code” box.
4. In the “Appointment Code” box type in PARK21 Do NOT copy and paste as this doesn’t always work to activate the code.
5. Click “Find Appointments or Classes”.
6. Continue to schedule the appointment. If you experience any difficulty, please contact Customer Service at 292-4700.
Personal Health and Well-being Assessment (PHA)
Once you’ve completed a verified Biometric Screening, you will need to complete the PHA. A new PHA is available for 2021 and can be found under “Health Check” in your Virgin Pulse account.
The newly designed PHA has been improved so it can be completed quicker and provider a better completion experience on mobile devices than in previous years. Once you’ve completed a verified Biometric Screening, your values will be populated into your PHA.
Confirm Screening & PHA Completion
When your verified Biometric Screening and PHA have been processed, it will be reflected in your Virgin Pulse account. To confirm completion, log in to your Virgin Pulse account and select “REWARDS” under the Home tab. When you see a checkmark and date beside the PHA and screening descriptions, you have completed the requirements to earn the premium credit.
Privacy & Participation
Participation in YP4H biometric screenings, PHA and the incentive program is completely voluntary. To learn how your personal information is protected, please visit Your Privacy.
*As a reminder, you are only eligible for one on campus screening per calendar year. If you are unsure of when your last screening took place, please log in to LinktoHealth and click on the “Biometric Health Data” tab to view your history.