HOMEBASE FOR HEALTH
CHOC Fit, our associate wellness program, features a variety of services – personal lifestyle coaching, mental health assistance, pain and weight management, fitness, parenting – to help with your wellbeing.
About CHOC Fit
The past few years brought huge stresses and unexpected change. It altered our lives in ways we couldn’t image. It also challenged us to find and bring you the best resources – to bring you what you need to thrive.
In 2023, CHOC Fit is providing a new, enhanced HOMEBASE FOR HEALTH.
- We’ve added personal coaching. During confidential one-on-one phone sessions, Virgin Pulse coaches will help you manage your emotional, mental, and physical health to build resilience and grow your wellbeing.
- Our updated suite of services, listed below, will help you find your center and focus on you. We will meet you where you are on your personal journey, whether you’re looking for lifestyle support in areas like stress or burnout or whether you need support for managing a chronic condition or weight or pain management.
We’re excited about the changes. We’re proud to bring you all the tools, tips and resources you need to support your wellbeing goals, your way. Plus, you can also earn rewards by participating! Are you ready to get started?
Frequently Asked Questions
Why should I join CHOC Fit?
In addition to seeing health improvements, participants can earn wellbeing rewards for completing activities. CHOC Fit offers incentives to all eligible associates and spouses/domestic partners.
Associates enrolled in the medical plan can earn up to a $300 discount on their medical premiums depending on the number of activities completed and rewards earned.
Associates not enrolled in CHOC’s medical plan, as well as all eligible spouses/domestic partners can earn PulseCash rewards, which can be redeemed on the Virgin Pulse platform for items like fitness tracking devices, yoga mats, and headphones. The more activities you complete, the more rewards you earn.
Who is eligible for CHOC Fit?
CHOC Fit is open to all benefit-eligible associates, as well as their spouses or registered domestic partners. To participate, spouses or registered domestic partners must be identified as a dependent on your Workday profile. Learn how to add a dependent.
How do I get started with CHOC Fit?
Create an account on Virgin Pulse, our wellness platform, by clicking here.
View the Virgin Pulse Program Guide for instructions on how to enroll, connect a fitness tracker, take the health check, and earning rewards. In the program guide, you’ll learn more about each of the services offered, including personal lifestyle coaching, mental health assistance, weight or pain management, maternity/parenting resources, nutrition, and virtual fitness classes. To register with Virgin Pulse, you’ll need your Employee ID number, and for spouses/domestic partners, they’ll enter your Employee ID number followed by an S at the end (i.e., 1234S).
When will I receive my wellbeing rewards?
If you earn 70,000 points by December 16, the credit will be reflected in your first paycheck in January 2023.
Is my information kept private?
Your personal information and health data are not shared with CHOC.
Sign up for CHOC Fit
To sign up for CHOC Fit programs and access your benefits, create your account in Virgin Pulse, CHOC’s health and wellbeing app.
Need to talk?
Ever wish you could chat with a stress specialist, nutritionist, or therapist? Wondering how to take care of yourself in ways that work for you so you can be more clearheaded, energetic, and better able to solve problems? Want to declutter your mind and manage stress? Try one-on-one personal coaching.
Here’s how it works: Based on your goals and preferences, you are matched to an experienced Virgin Pulse coach who can help uncover your motivation to pursue a healthier lifestyle and hold you accountable along the journey. Through personal sessions held over the phone, your coach will help you reach your goals by establishing small, meaningful steps to manage issues and achieve progress toward a happier, healthier, and more centered you. Go to the Health tab and choose Coaching to get started.
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Managing pain?
Just 15 minutes a day is all it takes to help manage joint pain and get on the road to a stronger you. Kaia Health’s program combines a variety of mobility, strengthening, breathing and wellness exercises for back, shoulder, neck, hip, knee or osteoarthritis pain. Built-in computer vision technology provides corrective exercise feedback in real-time using your mobile device or tablet camera (no additional hardware is required) to ensure your form or posture is correct.
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How’s your health?
When was the last time you had a health assessment? The Health Check offered under the Virgin Pulse platform asks questions about your current health status and wellbeing habits, providing you with your health score, possible health risks, and practical health tips to help you maintain and improve your wellbeing. You’ll find the survey under the Health tab.
Next step would be to get vital health information by taking biometric screening at a Quest Diagnostics lab. Biometric screenings provide immediate feedback about your risk for diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and other chronic conditions. Schedule a convenient 10-minute appointment at a Quest Diagnostics lab to get a 36 CHEM Panel report, which includes key health measures such as blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and count, BMI, liver enzymes, and calcium.
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Is your mental wellbeing good?
Your mental wellbeing matters and taking care of it is more important than ever. Koa Health provides effective, accessible mental health resources across the continuum – meeting the needs of all individuals at all points in their unique journey – by providing in-the-moment activities, new routines, programs, and focus areas for burnout, sleep, stress, feeling down, loneliness, social anxiety, relating to others, and communication. The evidence-based techniques used in their sessions involve cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), positive psychology, mindfulness, meditation, relaxation techniques, psychoeducation, emotional regulation, acceptance and commitment training (ACT).
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Looking to improve your weight?
Powered by behavioral science, technology, and human coaches, Noom helps millions of people lose weight and meet their personal goals from weight management and diabetes prevention to stress reduction.
Noom’s daily lessons are tailored to your personal goals and gives you the knowledge and tools to build long-lasting behaviors. You have access to a personal coach who will support you throughout your experience. You can also join a peer support group based on common attributes to help improve your outcomes. And, Noom has been cited in 42 clinical studies as helping users better manage their diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, and blood pressure.
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Wondr Health is an online program which helps you change how you eat instead of what you eat. Learn the skills to lose weight and keep it off forever while still eating your favorite foods. Plus, you will improve your health and reduce your chance of developing a serious, chronic disease, like diabetes or heart disease.
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Want to move more?
Wellbeats delivers over 1,000 of virtual fitness classes with something for every age, stage, interest and ability level. User-friendly filters make it easy to find classes ranging from 1 minute to 1 hour. Wellbeats’ high-quality, expert-led fitness classes offer something for everyone, whether they are an expert at yoga or new to running, looking for ways relieve stress or only have five minutes to unwind. Also, Wellbeats’ nutrition category features healthy eating tips, cooking tutorials, and recipes while mindfulness classes focus on meditation, breath, and movement for an approachable and accessible way to relax the mind and body.
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Questions about pregnancy and parenting?
Ovia Health maternity and family benefits provides expert content and tips as well as personalized health insights for you during some of life’s biggest transitions: starting a family, navigating pregnancy, and balancing life as a working parent.
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Sign up for CHOC Fit
To sign up for CHOC Fit programs and access your benefits, create your account in Virgin Pulse, CHOC’s health and wellbeing app.
