Mercy’s final Onsite Biometric Screening is Thursday, November 19. Following this date, there are no other screenings happening at Mercy. Log in to your Café Well account to register for an appointment time. Need tips on scheduling your biometric screening? Click here.

The Centura Health Wellness Incentive Program is designed to create awareness of potential health risks indicated by biometric values and lifestyle choices. The program is currently underway for the 2015/2016 fiscal year. Learn how you can earn wellness incentives up to $1,000 for the next year. You can also download the Code You Wellness Incentive Program Checklist for a full list of program requirements:

This year, there are minimal changes from last year's Wellness Incentive Program:
• The Health Screening Results Form is now personalized for easier identification during the results submission process. If you are completing a biometric screening with your health care provider, you will need to print off your own individualized Health Screening Results Form.
• All programs — biometric screenings, reasonable alternatives, healthy activity rewards and online health assessments — now have a deadline of March 31, 2016.
• Biometric screenings will no longer be offered at Centura Health Laboratories. You have two options to complete your biometric screenings this year: with your health care provider or at an onsite biometric screening event.
• The final biometric screening at Mercy will be held on November 19. This is much earlier in the earning period cycle. This decision was intentional and will allow you more time to complete Reasonable Alternative Programs, if needed. Please log in to your Café Well account and register for an appointment time.

You can earn wellness incentives to reduce your Medical Plan premiums up to $1,000 if you:
• Complete a biometric screening between April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016,
• Meet targeted biometric measurements OR complete a Reasonable Alternative Program or request an exemption, and
• Complete an online health assessment.

You can also download the Code You Wellness Incentive Program Checklist, and download and print this flyer to hang up in staff areas.

Need Help? Call the Café Well Helpline at 1-888-280-6069
• Mon. – Thurs.: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. MDT
• Fri.: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. MDT
Email us at: CenturaAssociates@Cafewell.com

Please contact, Jolie Ensign, Mercy Wellness Coordinator, ext. 2701, JolieEnsign@Centura.org, Suite 144, with any questions or to schedule a presentation at your staff meeting.

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Mercy Gym Policies
Patient care is of the utmost importance to us. To better serve our patients, the gym is unavailable to associates during Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab Classes:

• Gym is closed to associates Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. and Monday through Friday 10:30 a.m. - noon.
• Excluding rehab class times, the gym is available to associates 24/7. Associates may badge in after hours.
• Check availability of the fitness room when the gym is closed.

Please be mindful of the following when using the gym or fitness room:
• No muddy shoes
• Turn off and put away ALL equipment when done
• Clean equipment with wipes when done
• Refrain from using the gym if you are sick or ill
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It's the last week of the season to order fresh, local produce, meats, and cheese through the Mercy Wellness Program! This new benefit to Mercy associates allows you to order produce online to be delivered and picked up at the Wellness Center. To register, follow these simple instructions:

Southwest Farm Fresh Registration
· Access the Southwest Farm Fresh homepage, (www.southwestfarmfresh.com).
· Click the link at the very top of the page that reads, Learn more here.
· Click the Register tab and select Register as buyer.
· Under I am, select a consumer interested in purchasing.
· Under Customer pickup location, select Thursday: DIRECT- Mercy Medical Center.
· Fill in blanks, under organization, please list Mercy.
*These steps are important, as they need to know where you work so that they can deliver your produce to the right location (Suite 144, Wellness Center).

After you are registered with Southwest Farm Fresh, you can just select “log in” from the main page and click the “product list” to see what is available. The online ordering system will be available to you from 7:00 p.m. on Mondays to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. Please contact swffcoop@gmail.com with questions.

PLEASE NOTE: As of now, you are unable to pay with credit card. Associates are asked to pay via check made out to “Southwest Farm Fresh.” When you go to log out, please select “I will pay later.” You will receive an invoice with your order and the delivery driver, Brian, will pick up checks from the Wellness Center upon delivery.

Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative (SFFC) is a locally owned and operated organization, established in 2014. SFFC represents producers in Durango, Mancos, Bayfield and Dolores who also participate in the ownership of the co-op. SFFC consist largely of produce and meats, in addition to James Ranch Artisan Cheese. The program will continue through the fall until produce is no longer grown.

The Southwest Farm Fresh Direct Sales program is funded by the “Enrich Colorado Ag Grant Program” from the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA). The Enrich Colorado Ag Grant Program was created by the CDA to provide funding for research, technical and operational issues, sales and marketing needs of local farmers and food producers in Colorado. Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative strives to be a self-sustained program that continues to offer high quality, local products to a growing population and to make local food available to the everyday consumer while supporting local farmers.

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Our Fitness Philosophy: Results take time. Fitness is a process and a practice. Showing up again and again is what leads to fitness success over time. It requires attention to detail and not skipping steps or jumping ahead (doing too much too soon and getting injured). Fitness comes through the act of consistency. Let Mercy’s Wellness staff help you with your fitness consistency!

Download a copy of the fitness class schedule here.

There will be no 5:00 p.m. classes the week of November 16-20. 

There will be no fitness classes November 26 and 27.

• Can't make it to a class, or not interested in fitness classes? The Cardiac Rehab Gym, in the Medical Office Building on Mercy's main campus, is available to Mercy associates 24/7 - just use the badge reader outside Suite 140 to get in for a workout!

• If you are working on the Horse Gulch Campus but would like to use the Cardiac Rehab Gym/Fitness Room, please contact Jolie Ensign, ext. 2701, JolieEnsign@Centura.org, to get your badge activated to access the gym after hours using the card badge reader.

Important: When using the gym, please clean up after yourself by wiping down mats or equipment, putting equipment away, and turning off fans or equipment. Thank you!
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No Nia Friday, November 20.

Fridays, Noon – 1:00 p.m. Nia this week will focus on Awareness of the Joints of the Body - Friday at Noon.

Nia is the art of movement the body's way. Nia is a cardio-dance workout, a movement practice, and lifestyle based on the intelligent design of the body. Nia tones your mind and tunes your body. Each workout brings mindfulness to your dance movement experience leaving you energized, mentally clear, and emotionally balanced.

Nia cardio-dance workouts combine 52 simple moves with dance arts, martial arts, and healing arts to get you fit in 60 minutes - body, mind, emotion, and spirit. Nia is practiced barefoot, non-impact, and adaptable to individual needs and abilities.
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Try this POW - Practice of the Week! Going as fast as safely possible, complete 5 rounds of the following circuit.

• 20 Jumping Squats
• 25 Mountain Climbers (per side)
• 50 Foot Bear Crawl
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• Gym Rat Program: You could be the next Gym Rat! Sign in on the sheet in the gym or fitness class room and be entered into a monthly drawing to win a great prize. Gym rats are selected each month.