We also provide an incentive to have an annual medical exam with your primary care physician. The preventive program works best when you use the checklist generated by the calculator at your annual preventive medical exam to discuss completing the Grade A preventive practices with your physician.

As an example: Incentives are provided for activities such as taking an annual flu shot, mammography, or colonoscopy, when appropriate. If you use the calculator to the right, you can identify those preventive practices which are recommended for you. Incentives can be earned for completing each of the “Grade A” recommendations.

Examples of preventive practices and WellPath points: 

• Annual Flu Shot: 100 points
• Annual physical: 10 points
• Donating blood: 10 points
• CPR certification: 15 points
• First Aid certification: 15 points
• Grade A preventive practices: 10 pts

WellPath points will be awarded for endorsed-activities for which meet one or more of the criteria below:

• participation was Voluntary, and/or
• none of the expenses for the activity were paid for by our employer, and/or
• participants were not on the clock specifically for the activity.

Some of the activities reported very likely qualify for the points based on the criteria above, while some likely would be excluded by the criteria above.

If you are on an SRP-MIC health plan, you have great medical coverage.

Many of the recommended preventive practices will be free of cost to you in compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ ACA”). Other practices may be covered under SRP-MIC’s  health plan’s wellness benefits with no co-insurance or deductible applied (up to $800/annually). If you have questions, please schedule an appointment with your benefits representative and/or review the wellness benefits in our plan prior to scheduling care. You can find the SRP-MIC Plan Document at www.myameriben.com. You can also request a booklet from your Human Resources Department.

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Flu & Covid-19 Vaccine Information

Flu Vaccines are reported through MyWellpath under the Prevention Category, Activity: Flu Shot 2025-2026 (employees). Please use this step-by-step guide to help you submit your flu shot to WellPath for the 100 point WellPath incentive.

The Community is offering an incentive of $100 or 8 hours of AL for 202-26 COVID Vaccination. This is reported through PeopleSoft. Since the Community is offering this incentive there is no WellPath incentive for the COVID Vaccination. You may use this step-by-step guide to help you submit your vaccination to SharePoint.

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Body Composition Assessments

Body composition assessment can help you to determine how much of your body weight is made up of body fat, muscle mass, and bone.

The health risk of obesity is much better related to the amount of body fat one carries rather than the person’s body weight or body mass index. Also, body fat around organs and deep in the trunk of the body (called Visceral Body Fat or VAT) poses a much greater health risk that fat deposited on the extremities such as your hips, thighs and arms.

New! WellPath participants may have their body composition measured by two methods:

Skinfold measurement made by a WellPath Coach can help estimate your percent body fat. Then the portion of your body weight comprised of fat, and lean body mass (muscle, bone and organs) may be made along with an estimate of weight loss required to reach a body fat percentage may be made. Serial measurements may help you to determine if changes in body weight are due to changes in fat &/or muscle mass.

Skinfold measurements made by an experienced tester using an age- and gender-matched equation can be fairly accurate and provide meaningful information to accompany body weight and body mass index in evaluating the quality of a weight loss/gain. Skinfolds can not help you determine the amount of VAT a person possesses.

DEXA Scan is the “gold standard” measurement of body composition and the best opportunity to accurately estimate the amount of body weight that is comprised of muscle, lean body mass and bone. DEXA scans can be useful in determining changes in body composition made during a weight loss or gain. DEXA scans can also estimate the amount of body fat that is VAT and more closely linked to increased risk for illness. DEXA scans are now covered under the SRP-MIC health plan as a preventive service for appropriate individuals. A WellPath Coach or physician can help you to determine if you are eligible to use your prevention benefits for a DEXA scan.

Risks and Benefits:
“The dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan measures bone thickness and the amount of fat and lean (non-fat) tissue in the body. The procedure is like an x-ray. The DXA scan involves radiation exposure which is less than a person would receive from a chest X-ray, a dental X-ray or a >1-hour flight. If you are pregnant, or have any other concerns related to the radiation from imaging, you should cancel your DEXA scan and consult with your physician.” The scan does require you to lie flat on your back and still for up to 10-minutes.

The Dexa Body Composition Analysis Scan will provide you with a comprehensive 10-page report and a consultation with a WellPath Coach that provides you with a detailed understanding of your body composition. Your report and consultation will include:

• Total body fat percentage
• Total lean percentage
• Bone Density
• Muscle Symmetry
• Regional composition (i.e. How much fat, lean, and bone in arms, legs, trunk, etc)
• Images of bone, lean, and fat tissue
• Baseline measurements to be compared to subsequent scans over time, especially after there has been a considerable change in body weight.
• Subsequent scans can help evaluate the quality of diet and/or exercise programs.

What to expect:
“The Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan requires you to lie still, flat on your back on a table as the scanning machine moves above your body. You will be asked to remove all metal jewelry or clothing. The DXA scan is like an X-ray, and takes about 5-10 minutes. After your imaging you will receive a report of your results. A 1:1 consultation with a WellPath Coach to review your report is required to receive the prevention incentive for competing the DEXA scan.