Living Well: Make it a Priority

The University of Texas System- “Living Well: Make it a Priority” Worksite Health & Wellness program was established in 2007 to encourage all employees, retirees and dependents to reach their potential and maintain the productivity necessary to meet the challenges of work and life. Click here to read more about our program.

Program Highlight

2nd Annual UT System Physical Activity Challenge

Will you accept the challenge? Just exercise 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks. To help you complete this challenge and make it easy to track your progress, all UT System Institutions have partnered with the Texas Round Up to celebrate our 2nd Annual UT System Physical Activity Challenge. The institution with the greatest participation based on headcount will be awarded the coveted “Traveling Trophy”!

2nd Annual UT System Physical Activity Challenge starts on January 1st 2009 and ends on April 18th 2009. Click here to read more about this great health improvement program.

Improved Colonoscopy Coverage in the Wellness and Prevention Benefit

Effective immediately, the University of Texas System will expand your Wellness and Prevention benefit to include 100% colonoscopy coverage under the UT SELECT Preventive Care Program. This means that a colonoscopy performed by a network physician at a network facility will now be available at no cost to you. Read more about the new colonoscopy coverage.

FREE Weight Management Program

Sometimes a little extra support is all it takes to stay on track with weight loss goals. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Weight Management Program provides just that. When our members decide to make positive lifestyle changes by managing their weight, we’re ready with resources to help make the journey successful! Read more about this free program available to all BCBS members (PDF).

24/7 Nurse line

Around the clock access through a toll-free number to experienced registered nurses who understand and can help your health care concerns. Call toll-free: 1-888-315-9473, anytime 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Click here to view and print a 24/7 Nurseline refrigerator card.

FREE Tobacco Cessation Program

FREE Tobacco Cessation Program Quitting smoking takes desire, determination and support. That’s why Blue Cross and Blue Shield has developed a motivational toolkit that can help members who are ready to take steps toward this major lifestyle change. Read more about this free program available to all BCBS members (PDF).

Online Personal Health Manager

Get well connected with UTSELECT for Members. Resources to enrich your health and lifestyle. UTSELECT for Members helps you make the connection to better health and well-being with convenient, online resources for every aspect of your life. Whether you’re searching for claims information, managing a chronic condition, striving to balance work and family or starting a nutrition or exercise program, we have the answers. And now it’s even easier to make your health a priority and get your goals on track with the Personal Health Manager and the Blue Points rewards program.

Online Personal Health Manager provided by UTSELECT- your source for health and wellness information, such as

Quitting Smoking (Ask A Life Coach to get support and answers to your smoking-related questions)
Ask A Nurse
Planning nutritious meals
Recording workouts
Keeping track of health records
Addressing financial concerns
Addressing relationship and family matters
Earning Blue Points

Visit the Personal Health Manager at UTSELECT for Members today, and stay with it to manage your stress.

Visit http://bcbstx.com/ut/
Log onto Blue Access
Select Personal Health Manager Icon
Go to the top center banner

Save $, use My Rx Choices®

You could save more than $350/year on the prescription drugs you take on an ongoing basis. Use the My Rx Choices® prescription savings program to help lower your costs.

What is My Rx Choices?
My Rx Choices is a complimentary program offered by Medco, your prescription drug benefit manager. My Rx Choices provides you with available lower-cost options to the medications you take on an ongoing basis in order to help you save on your prescription drug costs. To find out more about My Rx Choices, www.medco.com/ and start saving!

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Confidential Personal Counseling Services offered at no charge.

The EAP is a benefit of your University employment which provides confidential, professional assistance to help you resolve problems that affect your personal life or job performance. It is designed to allow you to seek help when you need it, at no charge. The EAP can help with stress, depression, alcohol or drug problems, financial issues, interpersonal problems and much more. It also offers other services such as seminars, training and resource referrals. To find out more about the EAP or to make an appointment, select your UT Institution below.

Visit the UT System EAP main page for a directory of all institutions' EAP.

Expecting a Baby?

Understand how important having a healthy baby is to you, so Blue Cross Blue Shields of Texas offers the Special Beginning programs.

Get help and support

Special Beginnings is designed to help you better understand and manage your pregnancy. Specially trained obstetrical nurses will contact you regularly with pregnancy-related educational materials covering:

Prenatal and postpartum nutrition
Healthy life choices
Fetal development
Newborn care

Whether this is your first baby or you have other children, Special Beginnings is a wonderful source of information and support during your pregnancy.

Enroll in Special Beginnings and Receive a $50 Reward Card from Target. Call 1-800-462-3275 to enroll during your first trimester. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas is offering a $50 reward car from Target for women who enroll in and complete the Special Beginnings Program.

Nutrition Center

Isn’t it time you took charge of your food choices? The power is in your hands with the Personal Health Manager’s Eat Right resources available through Blue Access® for Members.

Your Eat Right plan starts with a customized approach to match your unique circumstances and health improvement goals. Planning meals? It’s no problem, thanks to the Meal Planner tool to help you build daily menus or enter your own food choices. Either way, Meal Planner does the math by graphing your daily calories and food servings then comparing them to what’s recommended for you. And you can create grocery lists from your menus, too.

Now you can be the boss of your nutrition plan. Take control with your command center for health and wellness-the Personal Health Manager available through Blue Access for Members.

Take me there!

Simply go to http://www.bcbstx.com/ut/
Log onto Blue Access with your personal user name and password
Select the Personal Health Manager link.
Look for the Eat Right tools for more details.

EXERCISE CENTER

Fed up with fitness plans that don’t work for your lifestyle? Try this on for size. It’s Get Fit tools and resources, and you can get them by clicking on the Personal Health Manager icon when you visit Blue Access® for Members.

Shape your body, tone your muscles and unleash the fitness guru inside of you with personalized fitness plans for your lifestyle. Whether you prefer pumping iron or dancing around the kitchen to your favorite music while making breakfast, Get Fit offers you creative, effective and fun ideas for physical activity that fits your life.

Fitting in physical activity just got better with the Personal Health Manager available through Blue Access for Members.

Take me there!

Simply go to http://www.bcbstx.com/ut/
Log onto Blue Access with your personal user name and password
Select the Personal Health Manager link.
Look for the Get Fit tools for more details

YOUR KIDS & TEENS

Kids today are faced with difficult challenges, particularly regarding fitness and nutrition. But the For Your Health programs will help you educate and motivate your kids to be more active and learn healthier eating habits. We understand that your children are the most important lives you will ever affect and these programs can help.

Setting up Programs for your Kids

Click on the Family Management (*) button on the left menu list and select the child you’d like to set up a program for. Then click on For Your Health to create Get Fit, Eat Right, and Live Well programs tailored to that child. *Due to privacy regulations, the Family Management button is only available if you are the insurance subscriber. PHM for dependents who are 17 years of age or under is accessible through the subscriber’s login. All activities are logged under the subscriber’s name for audit trail purposes.

For Teens (13 thru 17)

Create customized For Your Health programs for your teens (ages 13-17) similar to your own programs to help them experience first hand the benefits of regular exercise, proper nutrition, and life skills management.

For Kids (12 and under)

The Get Fit, Eat Right, and Live Well areas for your younger children has been designed to be more fun and friendly, utilizing activity scheduling to help create strong habits of active living, good nutrition, and behaviors that build lasting character. When you report on your child’s activities they will earn “miles” that help show them visual progress of their achievements as they “travel around the world.”

Take me there!

Simply go to http://www.bcbstx.com/ut/
Log onto Blue Access with your personal user name and password
Select the Personal Health Manager link.
1. Look for the Kid & Teens tool for more details