According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, most of the chronic illnesses plaguing Americans are preventable. Approximately 70 percent of U.S. health care spending goes toward paying for medical care associated with chronic and often preventable medical conditions.

HMSA Wellness Services can help you promote healthy behaviors and decrease risk factors that contribute to chronic diseases, including:

• High Blood Pressure
• High Cholesterol
• Tobacco Dependency
• Elevated Body Mass Index
• Poor Nutrition and Exercise Habits
• Unmanaged Stress

HMSA Wellness Product Overview

Wellness Tools

• Health Risk Assessment
• Incentive Management
• Biometric Screening
• 24-hour Nurse Line
• Comprehensive Reporting
• Online Web Resources
• Online M.D. Consultations

Wellness Programs

• Living Lean (for Weight Loss)
• Living Fit (for Exercise)
• Living Easy (for Stress Management)
• Living Free (for Smoking)

Disease Management

• Heart Disease
• Respiratory Disease
• Diabetes
• Depression
• Back Pain

Our Coaching program is a telephonic, health-coaching program supplemented with printed resources and extensive web-based content and tools to encourage healthy habits. Individuals work with a personal Coach with clinical expertise as a registered dietician, exercise physiologist, nurse or certified tobacco cessation specialist.

Benefits to the Individual

• Reduces the need for costly healthcare services and medications
• Helps to develop healthy habits
• Reduces risk of disease
• Improves quality of life
• Provides valuable healthcare consumer information

Benefits to the Employer or Group

• Lowers health care costs
• Reduces absenteeism
• Increases productivity
• Reduces worker compensation claims
• Increases employee satisfaction
• Enhance employer image