Blogs

Pre-Retirement Seminar

By: Karen Fullerton on 12/16/2009
Topics: Benefits
Active clergy of the North Georgia Conference are invited to a Pre-Retirement Seminar on Thursday, January 7, at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. This program is targeted to those nearing retirement eligibility. If you are 58 years old or older or have 26 years of service or more in the United Methodist Church, you may be eligible to retire soon.

HealthFlex Open Enrollment Time

By: Karen Fullerton on 11/8/2009
Topics: Benefits
Open enrollment is November 4-19.

HealthMiles Participants: Get in the 'Zone'

By: Karen Fullerton on 10/12/2009
Topics: Benefits

The conference has temporary custody of a portable VHM Health Zone. It is located in the DS Office on the 3rd floor of the United Methodist Center at Simpsonwood. You get 200 HealthMiles for use of a Zone for your monthly bio measurements.  We will have the Zone here at Simpsonwood or about in the conference until about November 10. Anyone at Simpsonwood for a meeting or a visit, come up and get extra miles by taking this month's measurements via the Zone.

Clergy Benefits Academy

By: Karen Fullerton on 8/31/2009
Topics: Benefits

All active clergy are invited to attend the Clergy Benefits Academy presented by the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits! New ordinands, mid-career clergy, ready-to-retire clergy, district superintendents, clergy in extension ministries ... you are invited! There's something for everyone!

HealthFlex GoZone: Are You Up for the Challenge?

By: Karen Fullerton on 7/11/2009
Topics: Benefits
All Virgin HealthMiles participants enrolled through HealthFlex are invited to join your fellow HealthFlex particpants in the first-ever All-HealthFlex challenge! The challenge runs from July 15 through August 12. Deadline to sign up is July 13.

Two Opportunities to Positively Impact Your Health at AC2009

By: Karen Fullerton on 6/3/2009
Topics: Benefits

Your Conference Board of Pensions & Health Benefits invites all HealthFlex members to take advantage of 2 opportunities during annual conference to positively impact your health: Visit a computer station to take your Health Rick Quotient and get a FREE ProCheck Health Screening.

HealthFlex Participants: Enroll in the HealthMiles Walking Program

By: Karen Fullerton on 4/22/2009
Topics: Benefits
The weather is mild, your health will be improved, there is cash on the table. Log on, sign up, order a free uploadable pedometer, and keep walking!

Get In With Your New WebMD PIN

By: Karen Fullerton on 4/15/2009
Topics: Benefits
If you’re a HealthFlex participant, watch for an important letter from HealthFlex/WebMD the week of April 13. This letter contains a new personal identification number (PIN)—which is required to verify your authorization to access personal health information through the HealthFlex/WebMD Web site.

Participation Pays

By: Jamie Jenkins on 3/26/2009
Topics: Benefits

You may be aware that we encouraged our HealthFlex participants to complete the Health Quotient (health risk assessment) and wellness exams last year. There were cash incentives to the individual participants but there were also incentives for the Annual Conference. Here are the results:

Health Quotient

  • 573 clergy and lay employees
  • 349 spouses
  • 922 total (62.2% of 1483 eligible persons)
     

Wellness/Pro-Check

  • 545 clergy and lay employees
  • 317 spouses
  • 862 total (58.1% of 1483 eligible persons)
     

Rebate from the General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits to the North Georgia Conference: $394,601.28

Thanks to all who made this possible!