Notice Regarding Wellness Program (PDF)
Frequently Asked Questions
If your question is not answered here, please email wellworks@ohio.edu
What is Healthy OHIO?
Healthy OHIO is 花季传媒's employee wellness initiative managed by WellWorks. The program is intended to give participants customizable tools and resources for a variety of wellness goals.
Healthy OHIO includes an umbrella program that includes:
- Two incentives programs: an online/mobile wellness platform called Personify Health and biometric health screenings (available to 花季传媒 employees enrolled in the medical plan and their benefits-participating spouses/partners).
- Cohort support programs: Risk Reduction, Mindful Eating, Practical Nutrition, Sleep and Rest Program. Available to benefits-participating employees and their spouses/partners.
- 100 Day Challenge
- Wellness Champion peer advocacy program.
Who is eligible to participate in Healthy OHIO?
Healthy OHIO has a variety of programs available to various employment groups. Incentives-based programs such as Personify Health and biometric health screenings are available to employees/spouses/partners who participate in the University's medical benefits. Cohort programs and the 100 Day Challenge are available to benefits-eligible employees/spouses/partners. Wellness Champions and wellness presentations are available to all employees.
What if both my spouse/partner and I are employees?
The employee who carries the health plan (the money for the health plan is extracted from this employee's pay slip) is considered the employee, and the other is considered the spouse or partner. This is for both registration purposes and rewards payouts. The rewards for both employees will be on the medical holder鈥檚 paycheck.
How much money can I earn? How much can my spouse or partner earn if they are enrolled as well?
You and your spouse/partner can each earn up to $260 per year (subject to taxes).
- Earn $60: In each fiscal year, each eligible participant can earn $60 for completing a biometric health screening.
- Earn up to $200: Each eligible participant can earn up to $50 each quarter by accumulating 20,000 points and reaching Level 4 on the Healthy OHIO Personify Health wellness platform.
When does each quarter begin and end?
Quarter 1: July - September
Quarter 2: October 鈥 December
Quarter 3: January - March
Quarter 4: April - June
My app/website/device won鈥檛 work/sync/give me points. Who can help me?
If you have questions about your Personify Health experience, you can contact the 花季传媒 Healthy OHIO Associate Director, Annie Laurie Cadmus, by emailing cadmus@ohio.edu.
Of, if you prefer to speak direct with Personify Health, they are able to assist with concerns about a Personify Health account. You can review common questions and you can also electronically submit a request when you visit the .
Where and when are the health screenings?
Health Screening options and locations change annually. Check out the Biometric Health Screenings website to identify the options that work best for you!
How can I earn rewards through Personify Health?
Healthy OHIO Personify Health wellness platform is a quarterly gaming system. By engaging with the app or website, eligible participants can accumulate points in a number of ways. Ways to earn could include setting goals, competing in challenges, inviting friends to join, tracking healthy habits, and validated data (steps, sleep, and meditation).
The maximum, cumulative quarterly award is $50, but there are incremental rewards for reaching each of the levels. So, even if you do not reach the maximum points in a quarter, you can still earn cash back on the play slip of the benefits-carrier.
Ready to earn? Log-in now:
- OHIO employees can by using SSO.
- Spouses and Partners (and employees who remember their Personify log-in credentials) can log-in through .
When will I receive the money I earn?
You will receive your earnings on a quarterly basis. At the conclusion of each quarter, rewards will be processed for payout with HR Payroll. Rewards will be paid within 90 days of the conclusion of the quarter and will be listed as "Healthy OHIO" on the OHIO employee鈥檚 pay stub.
Can I use my own step tracker?
Yes! A are compatible with Personify Health.
I鈥檓 getting an eligibility error from Personify Health. What should I do?
You must be enrolled in the medical plan to participate in Healthy OHIO. If you are a new employee, please be aware that it can take up to one quarter for us to receive your eligibility from Human Resources.
For all other issues, please email wellworks@ohio.edu.
How do I know if I have received my payout?
On the payslip of the benefits-carrier, you will see a line item called "Healthy OHIO" for both the biometric health screening ($60 per person) and the quarterly rewards (up to $50/quarter per person).
Do we lump the health screeningg reward with the quarterly reward or do we pay separately?
Always separately 鈥 it will be easier to explain and know what each amount was for. Rewards will not be paid on the same paystub (i.e. Healthy OHIO $60 on January 15, and Healthy OHIO $50 on January 31). For this reason, some payouts may take longer to appear as payroll is unable to process multiple payouts in a single payslip.
When will we get quarterly reward lists?
After the end of each quarter, WellWorks processes the information and submits the rewards list to Human Resources. Once that data is processed, the payment should appear on a pay slip within 90 days.
If my spouse/partner and I are both employees, why are we not paid separately?
WellWorks must submit an eligibility file to Personify each quarter. That file must identify which participant of the couple is the benefits-carrying employee. By default, the other participant is considered a 鈥渟pouse鈥 or 鈥渄omestic partner,鈥 even if they are also a University employee. That same data is then sent to payroll for processing. Therefore, the payment is made to the benefits-carrying employee.
What other employee wellbeing resources are available to me?
In addition to Healthy OHIO, the University offers a variety of other wellbeing resources to employees.