It's time to take the health assessment!

Portico Benefit Services (ELCA Board of Pensions) is offering us the opportunity to earn a 2% discount on ELCA health contributions again in 2012. Each congregation and organization in our synod will receive a 2% discount on health contributions if 65% of our eligible ELCA-primary plan members complete the confidential Mayo Clinic Health Assessment January 1 – April 30.

If you have ELCA-primary health coverage, this savings depends on you. Take the 2012 Mayo Clinic Health Assessment on the EmbodyHealth web portal at www.elcaforwellness.org January 1 – April 30. We’ll be one person closer to 65% participation, and you’ll earn $150 in your personal wellness account to offset out-of-pocket medical costs.

Please make a doctor's appointment to get your annual physical done so that you can have your “numbers” to take the assessment (though, you do not have to have your numbers to take it)

The “numbers” you need are: cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar, and blood pressure.

Instructions for taking the assessment are available in the Understand My Benefits section at www.elcabop.org.