--- title: "HEALTHY CITIZENS: Medical Premium Discount Update and Wellness Champions" description: "HEALTHY CITIZENS: Medical Premium Discount Update and Wellness Champions" image: https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hubfs/Healthy%20Citizens%20logo%20(002).png --- [![](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hubfs/Engauge/engauge-logo.jpg)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge) [![](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hubfs/Backgrounds/search-mobile.png)](https://www.citizensenergygroup.com/Search) # HEALTHY CITIZENS: Medical Premium Discount Update and Wellness Champions By Mandy Saucerman on 6/3/20 8:50 AM ![](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hubfs/Healthy%20Citizens%20logo%20(002).png) In this month’s wellness news, find out who the April and May wellness champions are and get details about how to continue receiving a discount on your medical insurance premium.   **How to Continue Receiving Medical Premium Discount ** All benefit-eligible employees are receiving the discounted medical insurance rate effective June 1 – October 31, 2020, because many of the spring health screenings were canceled due to the pandemic. Employees who did not participate in, or who were given a goal at, the spring health screening, must attend fall screenings, have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than 30, and be tobacco free in order to continue receiving the discount. However, if you believe you may not successfully meet the screening criteria, you still have an opportunity to continue to receive the medical premium discount by completing the reasonable alternatives listed below prior to October 15, 2020. Employees who participated in, and passed, the spring health screenings do not need to participate in fall health screenings, and they will continue to receive the medical premium discount through May 31, 2021. Spouses must participate and meet the screening criteria or complete the reasonable alternatives prior to October 15 in order to receive a $250 deposit into the employee’s health savings account.   **![HEALTHY CITIZENS_GettyImages-1210548146](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HEALTHY%20CITIZENS_GettyImages-1210548146.jpg?width=300&name=HEALTHY%20CITIZENS_GettyImages-1210548146.jpg)BMI Reasonable Alternatives** 1. Attend the fall health screening. 2. Attend three health coaching sessions (in person or telephonic) before October 15, 2020. The first coaching session needs to be completed by July 17, the second by August 31, and the third by October 15. Schedule a coaching session by contacting Melissa Hehmann ([mhehmann@citizensenergygroup.com](mailto:mhehmann@citizensenergygroup.com)) or Sara Pickett ([spickett@citizensenergygroup.com](mailto:spickett@citizensenergygroup.com)). 3. Complete a wellness challenge (in-person or virtual). - Increase Your Active Minutes: May 1-June 11 (virtual) - Hustle for Muscle July 20-September 7 (in-person) - Step it Up: August 25-October 6 (virtual) *In-person challenges will be considered complete when the participant has completed both the weigh in and weigh out. In-person challenges are subject to change as we monitor COVID-19. **Virtual challenges will be considered complete when the participant logs their progress into the portal per the requirements of the challenge.* * * **Tobacco Free Reasonable Alternatives** 1. Attend the fall health screening. 2. Complete the Quit Now Indiana Tobacco Cessation course, which can be accessed at Verve.Medikeeper.com or on the Health and Wellness page on iTrust. 3. Upload course completion certificate to the Medikeeper portal. **Wellness Champions** **![Jones, Dawn](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Jones%2c%20Dawn.jpg?width=115&name=Jones%2c%20Dawn.jpg)APRIL** Congratulations, **Dawn Jones**, Customer Billing Services Representative, for being named the wellness champion for April! She has been focusing on improving her health by creating healthy balanced meals, getting plenty of sleep, and staying hydrated. Keep up the great work, Dawn!     **![Garner, Keesha](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Garner%2c%20Keesha.jpg?width=115&name=Garner%2c%20Keesha.jpg)MAY** **Keesha Garner, **Executive Assistant, Capital Projects & Engineering, was named the wellness champion for May. She started her wellness journey in 2013 and has "lost an entire person." She made big changes to her diet, tracked her food intake, and started exercising. She walks daily and enjoys Zumba and Just Dance with her daughters. She has such a positive attitude and encourages others to not give up. 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