MTU Wellness 360 Incentive

MTU Wellness 360 Incentive

The Wellness Incentive (formerly Husky Health) is a free, voluntary, and confidential program available to benefits-eligible employees. Participants must complete four (4) items under the "required" section to earn $250 and to be eligible to receive the $200 "optional" incentive.

The Incentive Form items MUST be completed within the reporting period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The form will be due to Benefit Services on January 13, 2026 to verify participation in each activity prior to the incentive being awarded in 2026.

Health and Wellbeing at Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech deeply values health and wellbeing among its faculty and staff community. The MTU Wellness 360 Incentive is a free, voluntary, and confidential program that helps qualifying benefits-eligible faculty and staff learn helpful information about their health and wellbeing, encourages them to take steps to improve or maintain it, and earn monetary rewards of up to $450 for participating in incentive options. The goal of MTU Wellness 360 is to encourage sustainable, healthy lifestyles that help prevent chronic disease and other health conditions, and manage rising healthcare costs. Additionally, MTU Wellness 360 strives to provide faculty and staff with valuable tools and resources to support their emotional, social, and financial wellbeing.

Between January 1 and December 31, complete chosen health actions to earn up to $450.

Participation

Michigan Tech encourages and rewards faculty and staff to live a healthy lifestyle. The MTU Wellness 360 Incentive is a voluntary, financial incentive program available to all benefits-eligible Michigan Tech employees. Faculty and staff do not need to be enrolled in a BCBSM Michigan Tech health plan to participate. Read the wellness program notice of consent prior to participating in the MTU Wellness 360 Incentive.

*Disclaimer: In order to receive the MTU Wellness 360 Incentive, you must be an active employee at the date the payout is received. Employees who are inactive prior to the payout date will no longer be eligible for the incentive.

MTU Wellness 360 Incentive Options and Payout Methods

Reporting Period: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Form Submission Deadline: January 13, 2026

*Incentive payouts will be processed in late February 2026.

MTU Gift Cards

Gift cards may be redeemed at the following locations:

● A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
● Brkfst & Co. at MUB Commons
● Campus Café & C-Store at Wadsworth Hall
● Campus Store in the Memorial Union Building
● Central Ticket Office/Student Development Complex*
● Concessions
● Food Hall at Douglas Houghton Hall
● Food Hall at Wadsworth
● Library Café/Velodrome
● Mont Ripley Ski Area
● Outdoor Adventure Program Rental Center
● Portage Lake Golf Course Pro Shop
● Par & Grill
● The Eatery at McNair
● Transportation Services
● University Images

Disclaimers:

• All gift cards are set to expire 5 years from the date they were activated and cannot be extended for any reason.
• Gift cards must be used in person (cannot be used online).
• Gift cards cannot be reloaded with more funds for any reason. 
• Gift cards cannot be exchanged for cash.
• If your card is lost or stolen, it is not replaceable.
• Due to a recent update to the ticketing system, the Central Ticket Office is no longer able to accept split payments with gift cards. You must be able to pay the full amount with a gift card.
• For balance inquiries, please refer to your balance receipt that came with your gift card or stop by the MUB Office (Room 101) or call the Business Support Center at 906-487-3600

Notice Regarding Wellness Programs

The MTU Wellness 360 program is a voluntary program available to benefits-eligible employees. 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 MTU Wellness 360 program Option 1, you will be asked to complete a voluntary health assessment or “HA” 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 will also be asked to complete an annual physical, which may include a blood test. You are not required to complete the HA or to participate in the annual physical or other medical examinations.

However, employees who choose to participate in the MTU Wellness 360 program may receive an incentive of to $450 with payout options of Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Supplemental Retirement Account (SRA), or toward a membership at the SDC, Portage Lake Golf Course, or Mont Ripley Ski Area.

Although you are not required to complete the HA or participate in the annual physical, only employees who do so will receive a $200 incentive mentioned above. Additional incentives of up to $250 may be available for benefit eligible employees who participate in certain health related activities. Additional incentives may be earned by participating in the MTU Wellness 360 program Option 2 and Option 3. 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 Benefit Services at 906-487-2517.

The information from your HA and the results of any biometric information provided will be used to provide you with information to help you understand your current health and potential risks. The information is confidential and will be used in aggregate with responses from other HA participants to establish wellness programming across campus. You are also 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. Although the wellness program and Michigan Technological University may use aggregate information it collects to design a program based on identified health risks in the workplace, the Health Assessment program will never disclose any of your personal information either publicly or to the employer, except as necessary to respond to a request from you for a reasonable accommodation needed 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 may 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 is Benefit Services 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 decision. 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, we will notify you 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 any questions or concerns regarding this notice, or about protections
against discrimination and retaliation, please contact Michigan Technological University's Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance and Title IX (EOC) at 906-487-3310.