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Did you know that you can earn a wellness credit for participating in a community event?  One example is participating in the upcoming Wildcat Blitz Tri, which will be an indoor triathlon. The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 23rd, from 10 a.m.-noon with check-in starting at 9:30. Each event will be 20 minutes and the person and team that travel the furthest will win.

The cost is:
$15 for ACU students, faculty, staff, and SRWC members
$20 for everyone else
Individual and Team Registration available
*T-shirts included

To register for the triathlon, click here.

To earn your wellness point, self-report your completion by selecting the “1 Community/Charity Event” answer choice and record the name or type of event in the “Notes” box to receive credit. Credit will be awarded automatically upon completion.

In order to keep your account active with HSA Bank, you must not allow your account to have a negative balance for more than 4 months or your account will be marked inactive. Once your account is marked inactive, you will have to contact HSA Bank to reactivate your account. ACU will not be able to deposit contributions while your account is inactive. If your account gets low or is at a zero balance, consider setting up a small payroll deduction per paycheck to avoid any issues.

The 30 for 30 Team Challenge Starts TODAY! Challenge yourself to get at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day over the next 30 days – 30 for 30. Participants will earn 1 Wellness Point. To register for the challenge, each participant must log on to the wellness website to create or join a team by, Monday, February 4^th:

Instructions to Create a Team

• Login at www.gpatpa.com
• Click  Wellness, Click My Challenges and select 30 for 30 challenge from the dropdown options, Click ‘Create New Team’ on the bottom right corner
• Enter Team Name and click ‘Save’. The maximum team size is 4 people per team. Once the team size has been met, the team will no longer display as an option for participants to enroll.
• The team is now created and participants can join your team. You are designated “team captain” if you created the team.

Instructions to Join a Team

• Login at www.gpatpa.com
• Click  Wellness, Click My Challenges and select 30 for 30 challenge from the dropdown options
• Select your team and you are now enrolled in the challenge.

 Questions? Contact your GPA Wellness Coordinator at wellness@gpatpa.com  or by calling 469-445-3150

If you elected the Health Saving Account (HSA) for 2019, your ACU’s employer contribution will be deposited to your HSA account 3-5 business days after your first paycheck of the year. For non-exempt employees, the first paycheck of the year would be Jan. 15th and for exempt employees that would be Feb. 1st. If you have elected to make contributions to your HSA, these will be available 3-5 business days after each payroll processes. Please contact HR if you have further questions.

Your 2019 benefit deductions will be seen for the first time on Jan 15th  and Feb 1st paycheck. Please take a minute to look at your pay stub in Banner so that you are aware of your earnings and deductions. It’s really important that you verify your deductions were set up as you expected. Failure to notify HR of a discrepancy in a timely manner could result in our inability to process a change.

You can earn wellness points by helping out your local community! What causes are you passionate about? ACU’s Wellness Program encourages you to participate in local community fun runs, walks or charity events, such as Habitat for Humanity, Wounded Warriors Project, or American Red Cross. You can help contribute to the wellbeing of the community and earn wellness points for participating!

After participating in the event, report your completion on the wellness portal by entering the name of the event you attended and the date you completed the activity. Earn 1 point for this activity.

Questions? Contact GPA BeWell at 469.445.3150 or wellness@gpatpa.com

Intuitive eating is a powerful approach to balanced eating and optimal health. Discover how to get in tune with your body and make healthier decisions. Learn techniques on how to adopt mindful eating principles.

Wednesday, December 19, 1:00 p.m. (CST)  Register at www.gpatpa.com under the Wellness tab.  All webinars are archived for future viewing.

Credit for viewing webinars will be awarded within 48 business hours. Questions? Contact GPA BeWell at 469.445.3150 or wellness@gpatpa.com

Contrary to what was noted during open enrollment, all employees on ACU’s medical plan will be getting a new ID card for 2019. ELAP is requiring that the new provider help link be added to all ID cards for 1/1/19. The good news is that nothing else on the ID cards are changing, so if you happen to show your current ID card next year, all group numbers and Rx BIN numbers are the same, so there shouldn’t be any employee disruption.

The “2019 Summary of Benefits and Coverage” and the “Glossary of Health Coverage and Medical Terms” are now available for review on the HR website under the Employee Benefits, “Important Notices” section.

Staff should begin to consider that only 80 hours of vacation can be rolled over to 2019. You can view the details of the vacation rollover for exempt and non-exempt staff that occurs in January here.