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There’s ONE more chance to WIN BIG!

There’s one more chance to win! Complete your 4 steps by this Friday, May 31st, to be entered to win BIG prizes:​

* Free health insurance for 2020
* $910 added to your paycheck
* You Pick prize
* ​NEW: Private healthy cooking experience
* Hot air balloon ride for two
* Tickets on the Town: Enjoy seats at these sporting events:
– Churchill Downs racing
– Louisville Bats
– Louisville City FC
* ​Free lunch every payday
* Monthly Green Bean delivery (up to $35 per month)
* YMCA family membership*Some prizes are based on availability.

The final deadline to complete your 4 steps is Sept. 15, 2019. You can schedule your N Good Health physical through MyNortonChart.

Visit an N Good Health wellness clinic or Norton Prompt Care at Walgreens!
Need to complete your N Good Health physical but don’t have a primary care provider? Call (502) 629-1234, option 3, to make an appointment at any of the available wellness clinics, or visit any Norton Prompt Care at Walgreens location. Be sure to say you are scheduling your N Good Health physical when making your appointment.

Worried your insurance won’t cover your exam? You are eligible for a wellness exam now regardless of when you had your wellness exam in 2018.

Questions? Contact N Good Health at (502) 629-2162 or submit a Service Request by selecting N Good Health’s page under Departments on Nsite and clicking on “Contact Us.” 

If it is unreasonably difficult or inadvisable due to a medical condition for you to complete the 4 steps to earn wellness credits, you may complete a medical exclusion form in order to qualify for them. Call N Good Health at (502) 629-2162 for the form or answers to any questions.

2019 Summer Steps Showdown

Who will come out on top?

Go to NGoodHealth.com to join your facility’s team between May 24 and June 9 and start tracking your steps.

Participating facilities:

  • Norton Audubon Hospital
  • Norton Brownsboro Hospital
  • Norton Children’s Hospital/NCMC
  • Norton Hospital
  • Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital
  • Norton Cancer Institute
  • Norton Medical Group
  • Watterson Tower
  • System
  • CPA Lab

Other employees whose location is not listed can join the facility of their choice.

Weekly cash prize drawings!

  • Two participants from each facility will win $25.
  • One participant from the leading facility will win $50!

You must walk at least 7,500 steps each day to be eligible for weekly prizes.

Will your facility hang on to the trophy? The facility team with the highest step average each week will get the traveling trophy and have their photo posted on Nsite. At the end of the challenge, the facility with the highest step average keeps the trophy and the bragging rights.

Earn healthy action points toward completing step 4! 7,500 steps = 1 point.

Discounted fitness devices are available through N Good Health. Visit NGoodHealth.com and click on the “Get Your Fitness Device” button in the left-hand column. You must have a device synced to N Good Health to earn step points.

Questions?
Contact N Good Health at (502) 629-2162 or submit a service request by clicking the N Good Health link under Departments and then “Contact Us.”.

New YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program cohort starting soon!

Are you ready to learn how to eat, move more and lose weight? The YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program is available to qualifying employees and their spouses to help put you on the track towards wellness.

A new YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program cohort starts Tuesday, May 21. The program is now 100% covered by your Norton Healthcare medical insurance plan! Register now as space is limited! Don’t forget! You can earn 85 healthy action points towards the 4 Steps when you complete this program.

Program start date and location:

Tuesday, May 21 6 to 7 p.m.
Downtown YMCA
Association Offices
545 S. Second St.
Louisville, KY 40202

The program includes:

  • Lifestyle coach: Get motivated to change your habits! You will get access to a lifestyle coach who will support you along your health journey.
  • 12-week family membership to the YMCA: Start your health journey with the benefit of a full-service gym! Take advantage of equipment, fitness classes, walking tracks and more. You must attend at least six of the first 10 sessions to qualify.
  • Group sessions: You aren’t alone on your health journey. A lifestyle coach will lead you and other participants through weekly group sessions where you’ll discuss health topics and offer one another support.

Find out if you or your spouse is eligible to participate in this program, by visiting: www.ymcalouisville.org/prevent-diabetes. Scroll down to “How to Get Started,” then complete and submit the pre-screening form.

Contact the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Office at (502) 523-0283 to register.

Mindful Monday

“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.” -Mother Teresa

Create a positive weight loss experience with WW

WW is available to qualifying Norton Healthcare employees who want to lose weight and keep it off. The program has been designed with real people in mind, regardless of gender, age or weight loss goals. You’ll be given a plan that’s adapted to your lifestyle and specific needs, helping to create a positive weight loss experience.　

Join online or in person at community meetings
Everyone who completes the N Good Health 4 steps can participate and be reimbursed 75% of the 12-week program cost for the online or in-person program.

To receive the discount on the program, you must attend at least nine WW meetings during the 12-week enrollment and submit the completed tracking tool to N Good Health.

Online participants must record at least nine weekly weight logs during the 12-week enrollment. Submit the completed tracking tool and screenshots of your weight logs to N Good Health to receive the discount.

For more information about WW and N Good Health’s program reimbursement policy, submit an N Good Health help ticket or call (502) 629-2162.

N Good Health step 3 April prize winners announced

Winners of N Good Health’s second step 3 prize drawing have been selected. Winners were chosen from N Good Health participants who completed their N Good Health physical — step 3 of the 4 steps — before Tuesday, April 30.

Free health insurance for 2020:
​Helen Crowe, respiratory care practitioner, Respiratory Therapy, Norton Brownsboro Hospital

Nancy Allgood, R.N., NICU, Norton Children’s Hospital

N Good Health step 3 April prize winners announced – eNews

Cash prize:​
* Laura Shown, R.N., pre-admission testing, Norton Brownsboro Hospital
* Joann Heard, scheduler, Radiology Administration
* Dan Blake, manager, Content Marketing, Marketing & Communications

You Pick prizes:
-* Stephanie Jones, control analyst, Cash Posting
* Donna Parrish, receptionist, Norton Immediate Care Center
* Michelle Snider, quality outcomes analyst, Risk Management
* Anthony Nelson, processor, CPA Lab
* Stevi Connors, registrar, Norton Cancer Institute – St. Matthews

Not a winner? There’s one more chance to win! Complete your 4 steps by Friday, May 31, to be entered to win the same BIG prizes:​
* Free health insurance for 2020
* $910 added to your paycheck
* You Pick prize
* ​NEW: Private healthy cooking experience
* Hot air balloon ride for two
* Tickets on the Town: Enjoy seats at these sporting events:
– Churchill Downs racing
– Louisville Bats
– Louisville City FC
* ​Free lunch every payday
* Monthly Green Bean delivery (up to $35 per month)
* YMCA family membership*Some prizes are based on availability.

The final deadline to complete your 4 steps is Sept. 15, 2019. You can schedule your N Good Health physical through MyNortonChart.

Visit an N Good Health wellness clinic or Norton Prompt Care at Walgreens!
Need to complete your N Good Health physical but don’t have a primary care provider? Call (502) 629-1234, option 3, to make an appointment at any of the available wellness clinics, or visit any Norton Prompt Care at Walgreens location. Be sure to say you are scheduling your N Good Health physical when making your appointment.

Worried your insurance won’t cover your exam? You are eligible for a wellness exam now regardless of when you had your wellness exam in 2018.

Questions? Contact N Good Health at (502) 629-2162 or submit a Service Request by selecting N Good Health’s page under Departments on Nsite and clicking on “Contact Us.” 

If it is unreasonably difficult or inadvisable due to a medical condition for you to complete the 4 steps to earn wellness credits, you may complete a medical exclusion form in order to qualify for them. Call N Good Health at (502) 629-2162 for the form or answers to any questions.

Mindful Monday

Treat yourself and get a massage. 🙂

More ways to earn healthy action points!

Your physical health is only part of your overall wellness journey. N Good Health is excited to partner with the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) by Wayne Corp. to now offer healthy action points for in-person visits to support your mental well-being as part of Staying Balanced With EAP.

You can earn 25 points per visit (up to 100 points) toward step 4 when you make an appointment with EAP. Receive support in areas such as:
– Emotional difficulties
– Marital conflicts
– Stress
– Alcohol or drug problems
– Relationship issues
– Parent/child/family conflicts

Wayne Corp. is offering a one-time, on-site Life Balance Assessment at a Norton Healthcare facility near you. Check the schedule below and make your appointment now! On-site appointments will be scheduled on a first come, first served basis.

June 20, 2019
8 a.m. to noon:
Norton Audubon Hospital
Community Room

July 11, 2019
8 a.m. to noon
Norton Hospital
Medical Staff Conference Room

Aug. 8, 2019
8 a.m. to noon
Watterson Tower
12th-floor classroom


Appointments generally last 30 minutes and are completely confidential. There is no cost to you. Points are awarded when you voluntarily submit a tracking form to N Good Health by faxing it to (502) 666-7667 or emailing it to ngoodhealth@nortonhealthcare.org.

To make an appointment, contact the EAP by calling Wayne Corp. at (502) 451-8262 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and N Good Health abide by all HIPAA standards and do not share any health information. No personal or appointment information will be shared between the EAP and N Good Health. To receive N Good Health points for using the EAP, submit a tracking form to N Good Health.​​

Winners to be announced soon; this is your last chance to win BIG!

Winners of N Good Health’s second Step 3 prize drawing will be announced soon. Those participants completed their N Good Health physical before April 30. Missed the prize drawing? Don’t worry, there’s one more chance for you to win BIG! Complete Step 3 by May 31 to win one of these amazing prizes:

– Free health insurance for 2020
– $910 added to your paycheck
– You Pick prize
– * NEW: Private healthy cooking experience
– Hot air balloon ride for two
– Tickets on the Town; Enjoy seats at these sporting events:
Churchill Downs racing, Louisville Bats, Louisville City FC
– Free lunch every payday
– Monthly Green BEAN Delivery (up to $35 per month)YMCA family membership
*Some prizes are based on availability.

Winners of the May early bird giveaway will enjoy their selected You Pick prizes from June through December 2019. Avoid the rush before the program deadline and get the added bonus of a chance to win one of these prizes. Log on to MyNortonChart or call your primary care provider office today to schedule your N Good Health physical today.

Visit an N Good Health wellness clinic!
Need to complete your N Good Health physical? Employees without a primary care provider can call (502) 629-1234 to make an appointment at any of the available wellness clinics. Be sure you are scheduling your “N Good Health physical” when making your appointment.

Worried your insurance won’t cover your physical? You are eligible for your N Good Health physical now regardless of when you had your physical in 2018.

Questions? Contact N Good Health at (502) 629-2162 or submit an N Good Health Service Request.

If it is unreasonably difficult or inadvisable due to a medical condition for you to complete the 4 Steps to earn wellness credits, you may complete a medical exclusion form in order to qualify for them. Call N Good Health at (502) 629-2162 for the form or answers to any questions.