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Upcoming Faculty and Staff Opportunities

| Emily Keeler

OSU Health Plan wellness webinars open for registration Benefits-eligible faculty and staff can explore free wellness programs offered by the OSU Health Plan as a service of Your Plan for Health. Topics relate to healthy eating, active living, emotional well-being and weight management. Upcoming wellness webinars include: 

  • Meal Planning for the Winter Season on Dec. 6
  • Figuring Out Food Labels on Dec. 7
  • Coping With Seasonal Affective Disorder on Dec. 9

Visit LinktoHealth for complete details and to register (click Educational Program under Appointments and Classes).Join your fellow Buckeyes for Group Health CoachingJoin your fellow Buckeyes on a similar journey by attending the next series of Group Health Coaching webinars:

  • Recipes, Recipes and More Recipes beginning Dec. 6
  • Mindful Minutes: Simple, Everyday Strategies beginning Dec. 7.

Times and webinar details are available when you register via LinktoHealth (click Group Heath Coaching under Appointments and Classes). Join Asian Pacific Islander Desi American ERG Ohio State’s Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Employee Resource Group (APIDA ERG) cultivates belonging and community by promoting professional and personal development of APIDA members through networking, advancing cultural competency, recruitment and retention, improving visibility of APIDA members and increasing representation in executive leadership. This ERG is supported by the Diversity Council, the Wexner Medical Center and health science colleges, but any employee at the university or medical center can join. Complete the APIDA ERG membership form to join. The group’s first town hall meeting is from 4-5 p.m. today, and will feature senior leaders, expert talks and open dialogue. Register to attend via Zoom. Attend Career Roadmap town hall for staffThe University Staff Advisory Committee (USAC) will host a Career Roadmap town hall for staff from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday via Zoom. The event will allow staff the opportunity to submit questions about Career Roadmap to Jeff Risinger, PhD, senior vice president for Talent, Culture and Human Resources. Submit your questions ahead of time when you register to attend the town hall. Questions will also be accepted live during the event. After you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email with details about how to join the webinar. Live transcription services will be provided. If you can’t attend the event, a recording will be available on the USAC website.

Flu immunizations and biometric screenings for the College of Pharmacy

| Emily Keeler

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.

Promote the Stay Calm and Well Part IV Series

| Emily Keeler
Six week series starting March 17, 12:30-1 p.m.
Zoom
Back by popular demand! The Office of the Chief Wellness Officer is pleased to announce registration is open for Part IV of the Stay Calm and Well Webinar Series. The latest edition will continue to build participant knowledge to overcome the lingering COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on our lives at home and at work, while enhancing skills to cope with social issues in our country. Encourage your colleagues to participate and earn 2,000 YP4H points by completing five out of six post-evaluation surveys.

Updates from HR

| Emily Keeler

OSU Health Plan discontinues NurseLine

Effective January 1, 2019, the OSU Health Plan will no longer offer the services of a 24/7 NurseLine. Faculty and staff members of OSU Health Plan should direct medical-related questions to their Primary Care Physician’s office (or after-hours line). For urgent matters, faculty and staff should seek care at a local convenient care or urgent care facility. On-campus care also is available at University Health Connection 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit the OSU Health Plan website.

Reminder about Dependent Care FSA

Employees who made an election to participate in a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for the 2019 plan year will receive an email this week clarifying what a Dependent Care FSA is and how it can be used. It is the final opportunity for employees to make a change, if needed, before the IRS deadline of December 31, 2018. Each year, a small number of employees mistakenly elect a Dependent Care FSA expecting reimbursement for health care expenses. A Dependent Care FSA cannot be used to pay for a dependent’s health care expenses. A Dependent Care FSA is used to pay for child care, adult day care or similar expenses. Please contact HR Customer Service,HR@osu.edu, by Monday, December 31, 2018, if you did not intend to sign up for a Dependent Care FSA.