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  • H.E.A.L.T.H. & Wellness

    Ensuring government employees and their families actively make healthy lifestyle decisions

H.E.A.L.T.H & WellnessExplore the different service providers, vendors, and programs to help you achieve a healthier lifestyle.

GVI Health

Preventable illnesses contribute a sizeable financial burden to our insurance plan, our chronic and catastrophic claims increased by 9.6% in fiscal year 2010. 41% of our member population is classified as having a chronic condition; with only 32.3% of that population actively engaged in disease management programs. Currently our preventive care utilization is extremely low. The prevalent chronic conditions present in our member population, which are largely preventable and/or manageable, include diabetes, hypertension, asthma, copd, cholesterol, and obesity. In fact, 75% or $ 72,085,744.01 of the costs to our plan is attributed to treating these chronically ill members. Involving this population in our wellness program will assist in ensuring that they do not join the future ranks of the chronically ill.


GVI H.E.A.L.T.H. & Wellness Program

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Key Performance Indicators:

  • Establish a GVI healthy lifestyle policy
  • Reduce insulin dependence in covered members by 20% in FY 2013 and 20% each year thereafter.
  • Achieve participation rates of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% in Health Risk Assessment by FY 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively.
  • Achieve participation rates of 50%, 75% and 100% in "Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Babies" program by FY 2013, 2014 & 2015 respectively.
  • Achieve a participation rate of 50%, 75% and 100% in Annual Wellness evaluation (Eye, Dental & Wellness exams) by FY 2013, 2014 & 2015 respectively.
  • Increase participation in disease management by 25% each year.
  • Increase the use of generic drugs to 90% by 2014.
  • Establish after hours urgent care facility in each district by FY 2014.
  • Reduce use of emergency room as primary source of care.
  • Develop relationships with local growers, restaurants, grocers to promote healthier diets

Email: gviwellness@dopusvi.net

Recruitment

Here's a list of our ever-increasing Local PPO Network physicians. Employees are encouraged to utilize, whenever possible, a network provider in order to lower their out of pocket costs and ultimately stretches their benefits even further.

Members of VI Equicare

If you want to see the full pageantry of provisers in the network, Click Here.

Records Management

In order to realize our goals of having a healthier employee population overall, our wellness program will roll out a number of activities over the course of fiscal year 2012 and beyond. Listed below are current programs being sponsored by the GVI wellness program. Please stay tuned as this page will be updated periodically as more programs become available.

Participation in our wellness activities aren’t just limited to work sponsored events. In fact, participation in self-initiated wellness initiatives by employees is strongly encouraged. Employees who participate any wellness related activity will be eligible to earn gift certificates, t-shirts, pedometers, duffel bags, sports bottles, raffle prizes and other incentives offered by GVI: H.E.A.L.T.H. and Wellness Program.


Activities:

Employee Registration Sheet

10,000 Steps Flyer - St. Croix

10,000 Steps Flyer - St. Thomas

Home Gardening Workshops

WEEK 1 RANKINGS

RANKING

  Departments

Actual Steps

2013 10,000 Steps Percentage

Employee Participating

Total # of Employees

Max Steps per 8 week program

1

PERSONNEL

1,350,171

6.03%

36

40

22,400,000

2

BOARD OF EDUCATION

331,827

4.56%

28

13

7,280,000

3

VI INSPECTOR GENERAL

328,823

4.52%

9

13

7,280,000

4

VI HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY

716,993

3.66%

34

35

19,600,000

5

SUPREME COURT

775,459

3.22%

24

43

24,080,000

6

LABOR

2,445,580

3.05%

90

143

80,080,000

7

LEPC

157,612

2.56%

6

11

6,160,000

8

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

486,625

1.93%

31

45

25,200,000

9

LT. GOVERNOR

1,662,262

1.80%

62

165

92,400,000

10

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

1,003,782

1.64%

48

109

61,040,000

11

GERS

566,297

1.51%

31

67

37,520,000

12

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

265,570

1.39%

12

34

19,040,000

13

PUBLIC TV

264,065

1.35%

11

35

19,600,000

14

OFFICE OF VETERAN AFFAIRS

42,546

1.27%

3

6

3,360,000

15

FINANCE

441,715

1.18%

24

67

37,520,000

16

VI LOTTERY

379,558

1.15%

13

59

33,040,000

17

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS BOARD

68,734

1.12%

5

11

6,160,000

18

INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU

804,920

1.11%

30

130

72,800,000

19

JUSTICE

900,524

1.04%

40

154

86,240,000

20

PROPERTY & PROC

348,810

0.88%

24

71

39,760,000

21

HUMAN SERVICES

4,214,769

0.82%

240

923

516,880,000

22

SUPERIOR COURT

1,156,409

0.69%

111

300

168,000,000

23

LICENSING & CONSUMER AFFAIRS

239,182

0.65%

20

66

36,960,000

24

PLANNING AND NATURAL RESOURCES

686,359

0.57%

64

214

119,840,000

25

PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE

107,742

0.55%

7

35

19,600,000

26

WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

364,443

0.50%

26

130

72,800,000

27

OFFICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

19,583

0.50%

1

7

3,920,000

28

RLS HOSPITAL

861,702

0.39%

25

394

220,640,000

29

VITEMA

135,225

0.32%

23

76

42,560,000

30

HEALTH

568,474

0.23%

24

448

250,880,000

31

FIRE SERVICES

286,418

0.21%

15

247

138,320,000

32

EDUCATION

2,895,406

0.18%

297

2900

1,624,000,000

33

VI POLICE DEPARTMENT

566,346

0.16%

23

641

358,960,000

34

AGRICULTURE

29,531

0.09%

1

56

31,360,000

35

JFL HOSPITAL

113,099

0.04%

21

493

276,080,000

35

BUREAU OF CORRECTION

64,100

0.04%

25

299

167,440,000

35

HOUSING, PARKS & RECREATION

21,786

0.02%

2

159

89,040,000

35

UVI

12,945

0.00%

2

523

292,880,000

35

BUREAU OF INFO. TECH


0.00%


15

8,400,000

35

BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES


0.00%


46

25,760,000

35

CASINO CONTROL


0.00%


9

5,040,000

35

LEGISLATURE


0.00%

2

296

165,760,000

35

OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL


0.00%


73

40,880,000

35

PUBLIC WORKS


0.00%

2

257

143,920,000

35

TOURISM


0.00%


33

18,480,000

35

V.I. PORT AUTHORITY


0.00%


320

179,200,000

35

VIRGIN ISLANDS TAXICAB COMMISS




7

3,920,000

35

VI HOUSING AUTHORITY

43,299


6




RETIREE

18,760


5











TOTALS

26,809,693

0.47%


10218

5,722,080,000

GOAL 50% 5,722,080,000

Health Insurance

http://www.letsmove.gov

Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams

https://www.presidentschallenge.org

The President’s Challenge is the premier program of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition administered through a co-sponsorship agreement with the Amateur Athletic Union.  The President’s Challenge helps people of all ages and abilities increase their physical activity and improve their fitness through research-based information, easy-to-use tools, and friendly motivation.

http://www.mapmyfitness.com/people/groups/43804

Join the Government of the Virgin Islands MapMyFITNESS group. Here you will be able to log your progress as we all attempt to become healthier. MapMyFITNESS’s iMapMy mobile apps use the built-in GPS technology of the iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry to enable users to record and chart their daily fitness activities and routes right on their devices