Hennepin County spends nearly 1 million dollars to pay for the health and wellness service from “virgin pulse.” Employees are required to complete a number of tasks on this app in order to reduce office visit copays. In other words, they spend a lot of money and waste a lot of our time to create a barrier to accessing the healthcare we pay for every month.

That said, money is money and we want you to save as much as you can. Until we can successfully get the county to eliminate co-pays altogether here are some suggestions to help you get a $15 reduction for your office visit co-pays in 2021. Here’s the HR webpage.

Here are the basics:

You need to earn 3,000 points by October 31st

First Sign up for Virgin Pulse

3 Easy Ways to get 3,000 points

1. Miss the webinars??? Complete all three “Whil Videos” to get all 3,000 points! Each video is worth 1,000 points
1. Click on “Programs” icon, then search for “whil”
2. There are three video series: Mindfulness 101, Emotional Intelligence 101 (built from the Google Search Inside Yourself Training), Yoga 101
2. Give your private information (complete a health assessment) to Virgin Pulse and earn 1,500 points.
3. Complete a “Journey” for 1,500 points.
1. These are pretty easy, essentially all you have to do is sign-in for 10 days 
2. To access: from the main page hover over the “Health” icon at top of the page
3. Click "Journey", select a "Journey"

For more information visit the HR Insurance Incentive webpage.