What you need to know
When you join a Health Action Plan, you will work with an onsite health professional to develop a personalized plan for improving your health or addressing specific health risks. The programs and challenges are designed in partnership with health experts to help you learn about your health, make smart choices, and improve your health along the way.
You can earn up to $100 annually for your health reimbursement account (HRA) or health savings account (HSA) and receive Virgin Pulse points too!
Enroll by Sept. 30 to earn funding for next calendar year.
How Our Health Action Plans Work
Our new, streamlined, simplified, and flexible health action plan program puts you in the driver’s seat and allows us to help you create a highly personalized plan to meet your individual health goals and tackle your personal obstacles. One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to change readiness, but every step toward better health counts, so we’ll meet you where you are and work at your pace.
Our Nourish, Move, Thrive, and Recharge health action plans include:
- Intake assessment form to evaluate your current health and habits and help you determine the best areas to focus upon.
- Initial appointment with a health coach to define your goals and customize an action plan that includes available onsite and virtual resources and services. (You’ll receive your $100 HAP credit after your initial appointment.)
The Healthy Habits Health Action Plan is a video-based program that doesn’t require an intake or health coach appointment for completion.
Our Track for Success Virgin Pulse quarterly challenges require participants to set a goal and track their habits in Virgin Pulse.
Choose Your Health Action Plan
What do you want to improve?
Nutrition plays a major role in overall health and wellness by strengthening your immune system and reducing your chances of developing many chronic medical conditions. When you eat well, your energy level increases, you feel healthier and stronger, and you handle stress better. We can help you improve your nutritional intake and eating habits, including food quality, meal planning and prepping, mindful eating, food connection, and more.
Learn more about the Nourish HAP and resources>>
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Regular physical activity is one of the best ways to improve your health and overall well-being. Exercise relieves stress, improves mood, increases energy, and helps you sleep better. Most medical experts recommend aiming for at least 150 minutes a week of moderate physical activity. We can help you improve your fitness whether you are just getting started, looking for ways to stay motivated, or are training for a triathlon.
Learn more about the Move HAP and resources>>
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Surviving is about just getting by, but thriving means working toward your full potential. We can help you develop the skills to thrive, including learning to let go of stressful emotions and maintain calm, creating positive emotional moments throughout each day, fostering a stronger sense of meaning in your life, and nurturing your relationships with others.
Learn more about the Thrive HAP and resources>>
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How you manage sleep and daytime energy are critical your overall well-being, cognitive performance, and long-term health outcomes. If you are having troubles with a good night’s sleep and/or daytime fatigue and lethargy, we can help you implement strategies to feel more rested and energized throughout the day.
Research shows that people who set smaller, more attainable behavior goals are more likely to meet and consistently maintain those behaviors. This video-based HAP is designed to help you set and achieve goals for healthy, sustainable habits through small changes to your daily habits. The video series covers the science of habits and behavior change. Armed with this knowledge, you can reflect on how to change your current habits and build daily practices that will help you meet your wellness goals and improve overall health.
You can participate in Healthy Habits anytime. However, employees that are on a Sandia benefits HRA/HSA plan will want to start early enough to complete the entire program by Dec. 10 to earn $100 credit toward the next calendar year.
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Although this HAP does not require you to meet with a health coach, you can always schedule an appointment to delve deeper into your plan or for guidance on some specific habits you can implement to meet your goals.
- Complete a quarterly Virgin Pulse “Track for Success” health action plan (choosing one topic to track among the Steps, Sleep or Mindful categories).
- Complete all activities within a Wellbeats program.
- Complete all activities within a RethinkCare course.
Need help managing a chronic condition, such as diabetes, blood pressure, weight, or cholesterol? Just choose the foundational area in which you need the most guidance and your health coach will help you create a comprehensive plan that incorporates all the services and resources you need.
Spouse Health Action Plans
Sandia encourages spouses enrolled in Sandia medical coverage to take an active role in improving their health. Spouses can complete free programs that help them sustain a healthier lifestyle and earn up to $100 for the employee’s HRA or HSA.
Spouse HAP opportunities include:
- Completing a quarterly Virgin Pulse “Track for Success” health action plan (choosing one topic to track among the Steps, Sleep or Mindful categories).
- Completing all activities within a Wellbeats program.
- Completing all activities within a RethinkCare course.
Enroll in a Virgin Pulse Health Action Plan to be completed by Dec. 10. To ensure adequate time to complete a Health Action Plan to earn funding for next year’s HRA or HSA; incentives are awarded after completion of the HAP.
Rewards Programs Through Insurance Carriers
Rewards programs offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare and Kaiser are still available but no longer will count toward health action plan credit.
Contact Employee Health & Wellbeing
Preventive Health Services (New Mexico)
505-284-4700, Option 1 (phone lines open at 7 a.m.)
MO307 (behind Buildings 831 and 832)
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT, Monday through Friday
Preventive Health Services (California)
925-294-3500
Building 925 and MO32/Life Design Center
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT, Monday through Friday
My Wellness Journey success stories
Learn more about Health Action Plans and other Sandia well-being offerings by watching testimonials during the video presentation from Preventive Health Services.
Quick Tip
Health Action Plans = money for your HRA/HSA
Enroll in a program any time before September 30 to earn $100 toward next year’s Health Reimbursement Account) or Health Savings Account funding.
Check your HRA/HSA balance here through HR Self Service.