Benefits 2022 Walking Challenges
The 2022 walking challenge season has begun. We are in the midst of our first challenge out of four for 2022. All Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory benefits-eligible employees and graduate students are invited to join in one, two, three, or all four challenges. Each challenge is scheduled for six weeks, and by walking a minimum of 8,000 steps per day for each week, you will be entered into a raffle for weekly and end of challenge prizes. Lace up your sneakers with your colleagues and push yourself this year. Real Appeal Real Appeal is available at no cost to employees/graduate students and dependents 18 and older with a body mass index (BMI) of 23 or greater enrolled in a CSHL medical plan. Real Appeal is designed to help you build healthy habits across key areas such as nutrition, fitness, sleep and stress, to support weight loss. Visit cshl.realappeal.com to enroll in the program. Hinge Health Hinge Health is available at no cost to employees/graduate students and dependents 18 and older enrolled in a CSHL medical plan that are seeking to reduce pain and avoid surgery for musculoskeletal conditions relating to the back, knee, hip, shoulder or neck. Check your home mailbox for a postcard mailer that was sent the week of February 21 st . We encourage you to share the program information with your eligible dependents. Maternity Support Program If you are planning to start a family or are newly expecting a baby, and you or your spouse are covered by a CSHL medical plan, don’t forget to join the UHC maternity support program within the first trimester and complete the program. You will then be eligible to be reimbursed $325 ($250 for graduate students) towards your in-patient hospital co-payment. Expectant individuals can call 1.888.246.7389 to enroll in the program. To receive reimbursement, submit your hospital statement listing you paid your in-patient hospital co-payment within six months from the delivery date to Brian Ramsarran in the Benefits Office.
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