Wellness Resources
The Foy Fitness & Recreation Center provides APSU and surrounding communities with opportunities to develop and enhance all aspects of wellness through quality facilities, programs, and services.
Access to the Foy is included in your employee benefits! Come in anytime we’re open and take advantage of this incredible facility and the wide range of programs available to you. This 78,000 square foot structure features:
- 10,000 square foot fitness center with a wide variety of cardio & strength equipment
- 2 group fitness studios & a cycling studio
- a Functional Training Room
- 3 racquetball courts
- 3 multi-purpose basketball courts
- an indoor track (10 laps = 1 mile)
- a 26-foot indoor climbing wall & 12-foot free-standing boulder
- an intramural field (on the corner of Drane & Marion St.)
- 25-yard outdoor heated pool (open approx. April-October)
Fitness Class Schedule
Fitness Classes are intended to be drop-in in nature so that anyone can attend a class at any point during the semester. No need to worry about your fitness experience or level; our instructors provide suggestions to make exercises more or less challenging as needed. Classes are FREE to anyone with a membership to the Foy Fitness & Recreation Center, including APSU students, faculty/staff and affiliates. Register for free online or at the Foy to secure your spot.
Fitness Training
Work with the fitness experts on campus! Our team of accredited fitness trainers will meet you where you're at and help you improve your health and fitness. Your dedicated trainer will build a custom training plan specific to your needs, goals, interests, and schedule. Visit our website for more details and to submit your training request.
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and behavioral health benefits are administered by Optum®.
EAP services are offered at no cost to those individuals eligible to participate. Receive five EAP visits, per problem, per year at no cost to you. Available in person or by virtual visit. Visit Here4TN.com for more information.
NEW - Sanvello is an on-demand mobile app to help with stress, anxiety, and depression. The premium app version is available through your benefits any time at no extra cost. Take a Tour of Sanvello and get more information at Here4TN.com including how to register and download the app.
EAP eligibility
EAP services are available to all benefits eligible employees and their eligible family members, even if they are not enrolled in medical insurance.
EAP services
Master’s level specialists are available around the clock to assist with stress, legal, financial, mediation and work/life services. They can even help you find a network EAP provider, a plumber who works nights, find services for your elderly parents, theater tickets, all-night pharmacies and so much more.
- Preauthorization is required to utilize your Employee Assistance Program. Simply call 855.437.3486 or go to Here4TN.com to obtain your preauthorization. If you prefer to access services over the phone, telephonic counseling is available as well as face-to-face appointments.
EAP sessions are now available through virtual visits. Virtual visits allow you to get the care you need sooner and in the privacy of your home. Call 855-Here4TN for assistance with an EAP authorization and a referral to an EAP virtual visits provider licensed in Tennessee.
Optum also offers confidential and anonymous access to a wide variety of information and resources on their website at Here4TN.com or by calling 855.437.3486.
Take Charge at Work
You have access to a telephonic coaching program designed to help people with depression improve performance at work. Working with a coach over the phone, employees learn to manage symptoms of depression and stress in the workplace―so they can feel productive again. And it’s available at no additional cost to you as part of your Employee Assistance Program. To learn more or find out if you qualify by taking the assessment, go to Here4TN.com. Click here for the program flier.
ActiveHealth Management is our wellness vendor, and they can help you achieve your health goals. In December, ActiveHealth will mail employees and spouses more information about the wellness program and resources along with information about the available cash incentives.
Members can go to http://go.activehealth.com/wellnesstn for more information.
Wellness program
Returning members, and new users who create an account, have access to a health assessment, coaching support (online personal or group coaching, or by phone), a weight management program*, biometric screenings*, as well as many other online resources. A web portal and mobile app will allow you to access online wellness resources, interact with your coach and access an incentive center*. Create your online account to see what programs are available.
Just log on to www.myactivehealth.com/wellnesstn to get started. New users, go to the Create An Account link and follow the steps to register. You will need to have your 8-digit Edison ID handy. The ID can be found on your or your spouse’s Caremark card. You can also download the ActiveHealth app. Search for “ActiveHealth” in your app store.
- Cash Incentives: You and your spouse can each earn up to $250 a year by completing certain wellness activities (if eligible). Each participant will be able to earn the maximum $250 per person ($500 annual maximum per family). Click here for a printable incentive table that shows all of the ways you and your spouse can earn cash incentives and how to get started.
All retirees and spouses and COBRA participants: Regardless of the health plan you choose, you will have access to disease management programs for asthma, diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), coronary artery disease (CAD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
All Members will have access to the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) provided you meet the eligibility criteria. For more information about the eligibility criteria and the DPP, go here.
Wellness resources
- Weight Watchers at Work discounts and fitness center discounts offer affordable ways for members to improve their health.
Note: Cigna members will have access to a Cigna nurse advice line by calling the phone number on their ID card and asking for the 24 Health Information Line. BlueCross BlueShield does not have a nurse advice line available.
Preventive care
And don’t forget — with your health plan you won’t pay anything for eligible preventive care – it’s covered at 100% as long as you use an in-network provider. Members are encouraged to get age appropriate preventive services, which could include:
- annual preventive visit (i.e., physical exam)
- cholesterol test
- screening for colon cancer
- annual well-woman visit
- osteoporosis screening
- screenings for breast or cervical cancer
- flu vaccine
- pneumococcal vaccine
Talk to your doctor to find out what screenings and tests are right for you.
Notice Regarding Wellness Program
The ParTNers for Health Wellness Program is a voluntary wellness program available to all state and higher education employees and spouses enrolled in health coverage. The program is administered according to federal rules permitting employer-sponsored wellness programs that seek to improve employee health or prevent disease, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as applicable, among others. If you choose to participate in the wellness program, you will be asked to complete a voluntary health questionnaire (assessment) that asks a series of questions about your health-related activities and behaviors and whether you have or had certain medical conditions (e.g., cancer, diabetes or heart disease). You are not required to complete the assessment or to participate in the biometric screening or other medical examinations.
Although you are not required to complete the health questionnaire, only employees and spouses who do so are eligible to receive cash incentives.
If you are unable to participate in any of the health-related activities required to earn an incentive, you may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation or an alternative standard. You may request a reasonable accommodation or an alternative standard by contacting the ParTNers for Health Wellness Program at 888-741-3390.
The information from your health questionnaire and the results from your biometric screening will be used to provide you with information to help you understand your current health and potential risks. It may also be used to offer you services through the wellness program such as weight management, Diabetes Prevention Program and other programs. You also are encouraged to share your results or concerns with your own doctor.
Protections from Disclosure of Medical Information
We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your personally identifiable health information (PHI). Although the wellness program and the State of Tennessee may use aggregate information it collects to design a program based on identified health risks in the workplace, the ParTNers for Health Wellness Program will never disclose any of your personal information either publicly or to your employer, except as necessary to respond to a request from you for a reasonable accommodation needed for you to participate in the wellness program, or as expressly permitted by law. Medical information that personally identifies you that is provided in connection with the wellness program will not be provided to your supervisors or managers and will never be used to make decisions regarding your employment.
Your health information will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or otherwise disclosed except to the extent permitted by law to carry out specific activities related to the wellness program, and you will not be asked or required to waive the confidentiality of your health information as a condition of participating in the wellness program or receiving an incentive. Anyone who receives your information for purposes of providing you services as part of the wellness program will abide by the same confidentiality requirements. The only individual(s) who will receive your personally identifiable health information are the wellness vendor (nutritionists, nurses, nurse practitioners, registered dietitians, health coaches and other healthcare professionals) and their vendor partners (case managers with the medical and behavioral health vendors, weight management vendor and the biometric screening vendor) in order to provide you with services under the wellness program.
In addition, all medical information obtained through the wellness program will be maintained separate from your personnel records, information stored electronically will be encrypted and no information you provide as part of the wellness program will be used in making any employment decisions. Appropriate precautions will be taken to avoid any data breach, and in the event a data breach occurs involving information you provide in connection with the wellness program, you will be notified immediately.
You may not be discriminated against in employment because of the medical information you provide as part of participating in the wellness program, nor may you be subjected to retaliation if you choose not to participate.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this notice, or about protections against discrimination and retaliation, please contact ParTNers for Health at partners.wellness@tn.gov.
