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The University of Rochester offers health and wellness incentives and programs for eligible employees.

### Financial incentive

Eligible participants can receive up to $325 per calendar year.

- Earn $125 for completing online health survey 1 of your [Personal Health Assessment](https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/benefits/well-u/programs-resources/pha-biometric-screening/) and then complete survey 2 and your biometric screening
- Earn $100 for completing a [lifestyle management program](https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/benefits/well-u/programs-resources/lifestyle-condition-management/)
- Earn $100 for completing [condition management coaching](https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/benefits/well-u/programs-resources/lifestyle-condition-management/)

### Well-U program eligibility

ProgramsFaculty, staff, residents, and spouses / domestic partners enrolled in a University Health Care plan †Postdocs and spouses / domestic partners enrolled in a University-sponsored Health Care planRegular full-time/part-time faculty and staff (including SEIU members) not enrolled in a University Health Care planPersonal Health Assessment: Online Health Surveys and Biometric ScreeningEligible

(plus incentive)\*\*\*\*Eligible

(plus incentive)\*\*\*\*Not eligibleLifestyle Management ProgramsEligible

(plus incentive)\*\*\*\*Eligible

(plus incentive)\*\*\*\*Not eligibleCondition Management CoachingEligible

(plus incentive)\*\*\*\*Eligible

(plus incentive)\*\*\*\*Not eligibleWellness Programs\*EligibleEligibleEligibleUR Medicine EAP\*\*EligibleEligibleEligibleBehavioral Health Partners (BHP)\*\*\*EligibleNot eligibleNot eligible

[Download eligibility chart](https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/University-of-Rochester-Wellness-Program-Eligibility.pdf)

†Including non-Medicare eligible retirees and spouses/domestic partners enrolled in a University Health Care Plan.

\*Wellness programs can be found on page 11 of [this catalog](https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/wellness-program-catalog.pdf) and on the [Well-U website](https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/benefits/well-u/)

\\*\\* Eligibility for UR Medicine EAP includes employees and members of their household.

\\*\\*\\* Eligibility for Behavioral Health Partners (BHP) includes regular full-time and part-time faculty, staff, residents, and fellows age 18 or older; non-Medicare-eligible retirees enrolled in a University Health Care Plan; and spouses/domestic partners and dependent children of active employees or non-Medicare-eligible retirees who are 18 or older and are enrolled in a University Health Care Plan. SEIU 1199 and SEIU Local 206 Union employees are not eligible for Behavioral Health Partners (BHP).

\\*\\*\\*\\* Eligible participants can receive up to $325 per calendar year. Earn $125 for completing your online health survey 1; earn $100 for completing a lifestyle management program; earn $100 for completing condition management coaching, if eligible.

The Employee Assistance Program for faculty and staff of the University of Rochester includes only UR Medicine EAP. The Personal Health Assessment, lifestyle management programs, condition management coaching, and Behavioral Health Partners (BHP), are part of the University Health Care Plan.

This document provides only a summary of some of the features of this plan. Detailed information on the plan is available on the [Total Rewards website](https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/benefits/), or a paper copy of the information is available for free from the Office of Total Rewards.

The University reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate the plan or programs at any time, including actions that may affect coverage, cost-sharing, or covered benefits as well as benefits that are provided to current and future retirees.

Individuals represented by collective bargaining agreements receive benefits in accordance with those agreements.

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