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Attachment 3 II <br />complete the HRA. Employees/Retirees may request an exception that would <br />waive the $10 monthly payment. <br />Once the HRA is completed, employees receive a comprehensive personalized <br />report and invitations to participate in programs designed to improve their health. <br />Examples of programs are Energy & Performance, Weight Management, and <br />Tobacco Cessation. The Health Advisor program is also accessed through the <br />HRA. Through this program, a employees are contacted by a health coach to <br />assist them in making improvements identified in the HRA. If an employee <br />chooses not to participate, he or she may opt out. <br />3. Wellness events <br />Beginning October 23, several wellness events will be scheduled instead of the <br />usual Benefits Fair. Free flu shots will be available as in past years. Employees <br />and retirees will also be able to have their blood pressure and cholesterol <br />checked so they can enter this information in their HRA. Scales will be available <br />to determine weight (and Body Mass Index). Employees and retirees will be <br />invited to complete their HRA on laptop computers at the events, and volunteers <br />will be available to help. with this process. NCACC and CIGNA have committed <br />to providing additional assistance. <br />4. Retirees <br />Retirees will receive individual letters advising them of the changes to the 2010 <br />health benefits and inviting them to the October 23 event. Only 115 retirees are <br />members of the County Health Plan and will be required to either complete the <br />HRA or be charged the premium. All retirees will be invited to the Wellness <br />events and will have multiple opportunities to complete the HRA, get a flu shot, or <br />both. <br />Retirees will be notified of this change in writing at Open Enrollment and those <br />who do not complete the HRA will be billed regularly .until they complete the <br />HRA. Retirees receiving health care through Medicare supplements will not be <br />required to participate, in part because their coverage is not through CIGNA, the <br />sponsors of the HRA. <br />2 <br />