Health and Wellness

Health Promotion

HMSA’s health promotion programs encourage members to adopt healthy behaviors; they provide information, support and tools to help individuals and families stay healthy.

Health Risk Assessment
The online version of a health risk assessment is an easy-to-use questionnaire that evaluates an individual’s health and identifies health risks. The program generates a health profile based on responses to the questionnaire and a personal wellness action plan tailored to help members improve their health. Last year, 28,500 members completed the health risk assessment.

After completing the assessment, eligible members can take advantage of HMSA’s HealthPass screening and lifestyle-management programs at no additional cost.

Health Education Programs
HMSA members have access to a variety of health education classes and workshops designed to teach participants how to establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The programs, offered at convenient locations statewide and made available on site at some employer locations, focus on exercise and physical activity, nutrition, stress management, and healthy aging. Some classes are also open to the public for a fee as part of HMSA’s commitment to improving the health of Hawaii’s communities.

In 2009, 7,300 people took part in one or more of HMSA’s health education programs. These include:

• Body Force, which teaches people who exercise regularly how to challenge themselves in new ways.
• Engaging in Aging, which explores the physical changes during aging, exercise opportunities, and the importance of a positive attitude.
• Healthy Eating for Families, which teaches strategies to help families eat healthier meals.
• Mission: Nutrition, to help members understand their eating habits and learn how to make healthy eating choices.
• Stress Master, featuring stress-reduction strategies.

HMSA365
To help HMSA members live healthy at prices they can afford 365 days a year, HMSA implemented HMSA365 in 2009. HMSA365 is a discount program that helps members statewide save money on a variety of health and wellness products and services, such as exercise classes, weight management programs, acupuncture, massage therapy, LASIK surgery, and much more. A complete list of businesses participating with HMSA365 is on our website. Members simply show their HMSA card at the time of purchase or service to receive their discount; there’s no paperwork involved. HMSA365 is managed by Healthways WholeHealth Networks, Inc.