1. Take Control of Your Health & Well-Being
Welcome, and thank you for taking time to join us! [FIRM NAME] is committed to providing information, tools and resources to support your health and well-being and help you succeed both in and outside of work.
In this presentation, we’ll talk about the importance of being accountable for your health and well-being. Then, we’ll introduce an exciting new program designed to energize and inspire you to lead a healthy and productive lifestyle. There are even incentives for those who participate!

2. The Basics

3. It Starts With You Regularly monitor your health
Minimize the cost associated with managing chronic conditions
Detect issues early on
From buckling your baby’s seat belt to installing safety devices for your children to keeping a first aid kit on hand, you do a lot to take care of your family. Why not do the same for yourself?
Living a healthy and productive life starts with taking control of your well-being—and that begins with regularly monitoring your health. Think of it as your early warning system. Keeping track of your health can help you avoid illness and detect problems even before you notice the symptoms—and before they have a chance to get worse. It also minimizes your health risks and the cost associated with managing chronic conditions.
Avoid illness
Minimize your health risks

4. It Starts With You Effectively manage any chronic medical conditions
Chronic diseases cause 7 out of 10 deaths in the U.S.
Avoid complications that can affect your health and quality of life—and health care costs
In addition, if you do happen to have a chronic disease or condition, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes and obesity, it’s important that you take an active role in managing your condition. In fact, according to the CDC, chronic diseases cause 7 out of 10 deaths in the U.S. each year, as well as higher rates of disability. If you’re not managing your condition effectively, a number of complications may arise that can affect your health and quality of life—as well as your health care costs.

5. Metabolic Syndrome Is the Key
It’s important to note that not all of these conditions are outwardly obvious.
High Blood Sugar (this condition, in and of itself, is an indicator)
Low HDL
(Known As “Good” Cholesterol)
3 or more of these measures indicate Metabolic Syndrome
High Body Mass Index (or BMI)
High Triglycerides
Among other things, your biometric screening will identify whether you have what’s called metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions, including high blood sugar, high triglyceride levels, increased blood pressure, high body mass index (or BMI) and low HDL (known as “good”) cholesterol. In fact, high blood sugar, in and of itself, is an indicator of metabolic syndrome.
It’s important to note that not all of these conditions are outwardly obvious. Someone with high triglyceride levels or low HDL cholesterol may not be aware. That’s where the biometric screening comes in.
High Blood Pressure

6. Metabolic Syndrome Implications
Diabetes
Lost Work Days 2X 7X
3 or more of these
measures indicate
Metabolic Syndrome, causing… 4X 3X
Medication Spend
Having just one of these conditions doesn't mean you have metabolic syndrome. However, any of these conditions increase your risk of serious disease, such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. And having three or more of these indicates metabolic syndrome, which increases your risk of serious disease even more. In fact, those with metabolic syndrome are seven times more likely to develop diabetes, three times more likely to develop heart disease and two times more likely to suffer a stroke.
Not to mention the increased health care expenses, as the out-of-pocket cost for medications for those with metabolic syndrome is typically four times higher than those without. In addition, those with metabolic syndrome tend to lose two more working days per year than those without.
Heart Disease 2X
Stroke

7. 40% of adults born after 2000 will develop diabetes
Change Your Course
12.3%
DIABETES
50.7%
HEALTHY
However, take heart: If you have metabolic syndrome or any of its components, certain lifestyle changes can delay or even prevent the development of serious health problems.
Think of it as being on an escalator, and your current lifestyle is what’s keeping you moving up the escalator. Take the illustration shown here, for example percent of Americans are currently considered healthy. However, 12.3 percent have diabetes. The majority of people on the escalator are not aware they are headed that way. If you have any components of metabolic syndrome, you may be moving toward serious disease. And if you have more than one component, such as those with metabolic syndrome, you may be moving toward serious disease at an even faster pace.
That’s where Designed Wellness comes in. It’s your opportunity to acknowledge your current health status and GET OFF the escalator! Simply put: You are in control of your destiny, and Designed Wellness will help you get there.
40% of adults born after 2000 will develop diabetes
Source: U.S. Ctr Disease Control & Prevention; Aug. 13, 2014, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

8. Consequences of Neglect
Increased health care costs for you—and potentially [FIRM NAME]
Poor health
Procrastination
Treatment avoidance
Good news: Through our partnership with ACEC Life/Health Trust, you have access to a unique program to help you be accountable for your health!
Bottom line, each of us must be accountable for our own well-being and take steps to improve our health whenever possible. When we neglect to be accountable, there are potentially negative consequences. For example:
You are more likely to become ill, which leads to increased health care costs for you, and potentially for [FIRM NAME].
Your overall health may suffer as a result of neglecting to get care.
You might put off getting treatment, or even avoid it overall.
But good news: Thanks to our partnership with ACEC Life/Health Trust, you have access to a unique program to help you be accountable for your health!

9. Our Partnership With ACEC Life/Health Trust

10. ACEC Life/Health Trust Mission & Vision
To provide health care benefit solutions and services to support the business objectives of ACEC member firms and the health and well-being of the firms’ employees and families
Vision:
To establish consulting engineering as the healthiest industry in the U.S.
As you know, we’ve partnered with ACEC Life/Health Trust to administer our health care benefits. ACEC’s mission is to provide health care benefit solutions and services to support the business objectives of ACEC member firms and the health and well-being of the firms’ employees and families. Our firm is aligned with the efforts of the Trust. Its vision is to establish consulting engineering as the healthiest industry in the U.S.

11. Meet Designed Wellness

12. Introducing Designed Wellness
Designed to help you be accountable for improving your health by: 1 2 3
Understanding your personal health status
Taking steps to make positive changes
Being accountable for reaching your goals
In line with that mission and vision, ACEC Life/Health Trust offers Designed Wellness. It’s designed to help you be accountable for improving your health and, ultimately, energize and inspire you to lead a healthy and productive lifestyle.
Being accountable for improving your health includes:
Knowing your personal health status
Taking steps to make positive changes, if needed, and
Being accountable for reaching your goals
Please note that you must be enrolled in an ACEC Life/Health Trust medical plan to participate in Designed Wellness.
Note: You must be enrolled in an ACEC Life/Health Trust medical plan to earn the incentive

13. Introducing Designed Wellness
In turn, you will:
Be in better control of your health
Have greater pride and satisfaction with your overall well-being
Earn up to $300 in incentives
Do your part in keeping [FIRM NAME]’s health care costs to a minimum
In turn, you will:
Be in better control of your health
Have greater pride and satisfaction with your overall well-being
Earn up to $300 in incentives
Do your part in keeping [FIRM NAME]’s health care costs to a minimum
Note: You must be enrolled in an ACEC Life/Health Trust medical plan to earn the incentive

14. Introducing Designed Wellness
To help you on your journey, Designed Wellness will:
Provide you with information about your current health status
Help you set realistic wellness goals
Arm you with tools and resources to help you reach those goals
Offer support along the way
Award cash incentives for participating in certain healthy activities
To help you on your journey, AHIP will:
Provide you with information about your current health status
Help you set realistic wellness goals
Arm you with tools and resources to help you reach those goals
Offer support along the way
And finally, award cash incentives for participating in certain healthy activities

15. How It Works

16. Key Components
Personal Health Assessment Biometric Screening Health Improvement Programs Healthy Activities Personal Account on the Web Portal All Provided at No Cost and 100% Confidential!
AHIP is made up of many components—from a biometric screening to personalized health improvement programs to one-on-one consultations. All are provided to you and your spouse at no cost!

17. 100% Confidential
HIPAA compliant We do not have access to any individually identifiable medical information Only de-identified, aggregated data can be shared Administered by independent third parties
It is important to note that AHIP is 100 percent confidential. It’s fully compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (or HIPAA) in order to protect your personal health information.
Rest assured that [FIRM NAME], ACEC Life/Health Trust and our insurance carriers do not have access to any individually identifiable medical information. We will never receive your information without your permission. Only de-identified, aggregated data can be shared with [FIRM NAME] and ACEC Life/Health Trust.
All program activities and websites are administered by third-parties.

18. Personal Health Assessment— All About You
Helps you identify your current health status and identify potential risks or issues
35 questions
Questions change depending on your answers
Takes just 15 minutes
Results stored online in a secure personal account
Let’s take a few minutes to talk through each of these components. The first step in participating in Designed Wellness is taking your Personal Health Assessment. It’s an online survey designed to help you identify your current health status and any potential issues or risks so that you can put a plan in place to address them. Think of it as a snapshot of your current health!
The survey consists of 35 questions, which change depending on how you respond. It takes just 15 minutes to complete, and your results are stored online in a secure personal account for you to review in the future.

19. Biometric Screening—Greater Insight
Cholesterol
Blood glucose (sugar) levels
Triglycerides
Blood pressure
Body mass index (BMI)
15 min
Takes approximately minutes
(On-site screening)
The second step in participating in Designed Wellness is completing a free biometric screening. It’s a full biometric panel consisting of, but not limited to, measuring your cholesterol and blood glucose (or sugar), measuring your triglycerides levels via a finger-stick blood draw, taking your blood pressure and calculating your body mass index (or BMI). Your screening will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes.

20. Biometric Screening—Greater Insight
Three ways to participate: 1 2 3
On-site screening
With your personal physician
Via LabCorp our Community Access Partner
You will have three ways to participate in the biometric screening:
First, you can get a screening on site—more information is coming soon.
Second, you can get a screening with your personal physician and have your physician complete and submit a form.
Third, you can get a screening with our Community Access Partner, LabCorp.
Your results will be completely confidential and uploaded to the secure web portal.
*Your results will be completely confidential and uploaded to the secure web portal

21. Next Steps Screening Results*
2 or fewer Risk Factors
Earn an additional $150 by completing the Healthy Activities of your choice
Earn $150
Screening Results*
Complete Health Improvement Program, Earn $150
3 or more Risk Factors
Your biometric screening results will determine your next steps. If it is found that you have three or more Risk Factors for metabolic syndrome, or your fasting glucose score exceeds 100, you must complete at least eight weeks of a Health Improvement Program.
However, if you have two or fewer Risk Factors, you will not be required to complete a Health Improvement Program, and you will automatically earn a $150 incentive.
In either case, you will have the opportunity to earn an additional $150 by completing the Healthy Activities of your choice. More on those later.
*Your results will be completely confidential and uploaded to the secure web portal

22. Health Improvement Program Options
As I mentioned before, if it is found that you have three or more Risk Factors for metabolic syndrome, or your fasting glucose score exceeds 100, you must complete at least eight weeks of a Health Improvement Program to satisfy the Designed Wellness requirement.
The good news is you have the choice of participating in one of two nationally recognized, state-of-the-art programs—at no cost to you!

23. Health Improvement Program Options
Naturally Slim
Real Appeal
Purpose
Weight loss
Metabolic syndrome reduction
Change how you eat instead of what you eat
Lifestyle intervention
Use scientific principles to look and feel better
Small, steady, sustainable steps
Platform
Online
One-hour weekly video lessons
Personalized instruction and support from a coach
Live coaching in individual and group sessions
Tools Provided
Online tracker, support and community
Journal and measuring tape
Pedometer, blender, scale, food scale, portion plate, water bottle, workout DVD, nutrition guide and more
You have the option of participating in the Naturally Slim or Real Appeal programs. Naturally Slim focuses primarily on weight loss and metabolic syndrome reduction. You work on changing how you eat instead of what you eat. On the other hand, Real Appeal is more focused on changing your lifestyle using scientific principles. Both programs help you take small, steady, sustainable steps to building a healthier future.
Both programs are online and offer coaching, and each comes with its own set of tools, including a robust member website that allows you to track your progress and get support from the community.

24. Health Improvement Program Options
Naturally Slim
Real Appeal
Full Program Duration
Up to 10 weeks
Up to 52 weeks
AHIP Requirement
8 weeks
You can participate in the Naturally Slim program for up to 10 weeks, and in the Real Appeal program for up to 52 weeks. However, the minimum requirement for Designed Wellness is 8 weeks’ participation.
However, rest easy: The programs are not outcome-based. Rather, they are participation-based. Even though you may not reach your goals within the 8 weeks, you’ll still meet the Designed Wellness requirement by participating!

25. Healthy Activities Healthy Activity Reward Next Steps Consult $100
Health Journeys
$50/journey
Health Coaching
$50/per call
Health Challenges
$20/challenge
Track/Sync Physical Activity
$50 for wellness score of 300+
[FIRM NAME] Wellness Activity
$10/activity (8 activities maximum)
And finally, everyone has the option of completing any combination of Healthy Activities from those shown here to earn up to an additional $150.

26. Designed Wellness Requirements
Complete your Personal Health Assessment Complete a Biometric Screening If required, complete a Health Improvement Program Optional: Complete any combination of Healthy Activities to earn up to an additional $150
In summary, in order to satisfy the Designed Wellness requirement, you must do the following:
- Complete your Personal Health Assessment
- Complete a Biometric Screening
If required, complete a Health Improvement Program
Optional: Complete any combination of Healthy Activities to earn up to an additional $150
By completing these steps, you will earn your full incentive.

27. Thank You.
And that about wraps things up! Thank you so much for taking time to join us and learn more about AHIP. Should you have any questions, please reach out to your local Human Resources Representative.