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Weight Management

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Is your personal HealthQuest to achieve and maintain a healthy weight?

Call your personal HealthQuest Health and Wellness Coach toll-free today at 1-888-275-1205 and ask to be enrolled in the HealthQuest weight management program.

The HealthQuest weight management program guides each person in creating their own tailored healthy living plan to help them eat right, participate in regular physical activity, and adopt habits that will lead to a healthy weight for life.

The program offers a personal Health and Wellness Coach to support you in following your plan and reaching your weight loss goals.  Your Coach can help you understand and address specific barriers to change.  In addition, you will receive the weight management workbook to be used in coordination with personal health coaching. This workbook will help guide you through this process and the challenges you face along the way.

This innovative approach is set apart from many other weight management alternatives because you have access to a personal Health and Wellness Coach.  Resources such as this are available to the general public at a significant cost.  HealthQuest provides this valuable resource to you at no charge and provides you with the opportunity to …

• Reset your thinking about dieting, focusing on a long-term change and permanent weight loss
• See how small lifestyle changes can have a long-term impact
• Address your specific needs whether you are a  someone who has dieted most of your life or someone who rarely exercised before or watched what you ate
• Set moderate weight loss goals understanding that just 5-10% weight loss can have significant health benefits
• Be successful and understand how relatively small successes can lead to long-term health benefits and weight loss
• Follow a new food pyramid which was devised using the latest nutrition recommendations for healthy eating. This pyramid gives you a more effective guideline and plan for weight loss in that is much easier than counting calories or following someone else’s food preferences from preplanned menus.
• Work at your own pace “one-day-at-a-time” philosophy--planning the journey, and breaking the change process into manageable pieces
• Avoid unrealistic goals and the all-or-nothing mindset

How does the program work?

Calling the toll-free number will put you in touch with an experienced Health and Wellness Coach who will begin by reviewing your health history, habits and goals.  You will be enrolled in a program that is tailored to fit your needs.  Your Health Coach will schedule follow-up sessions with you based on your specific goals and needs.  In addition you will have access to your personal coach anytime, any day, by calling the toll-free support line.

What support materials are available?

• Personal health and wellness coach support 24/7 (toll-free)
• Weight Management Workbook
• Prescription drug benefit described below
• Web-based resources such as Balance™, an interactive self-help program available at the Dialog Center

Losing weight offers plenty of benefits.

Sixty percent of Americans are either overweight or obese. Here are a few benefits to having a 5-10% weight loss:       

• Reduce the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, stroke and some cancers
• Improve general well-being
• Increase energy

Drug Benefit Available!

Per 30 Day Supply
Generic Drug  - 20% coinsurance
Brand Name Drug  - 35% coinsurance
Non Preferred Brand Name Drug – 60% coinsurance

There is no dollar limit on this benefit. The Plan retains the final discretionary authority on what constitutes weight management or weight control prescription drug products.

This list of approved drugs* for weight management is subject to periodic review and modification:

• ADIPEX-P
• benzphetamine
• BONTRIL PDM
• BONTRIL SR
• DIDREX
• diethylpropion
• IONAMIN
• MELFIAT
• MERIDIA
• phendimetrazine
• phentermine
• PHENTRIDE
• PRELU-2
• PRO-FAST
• TENUATE
• XENICAL

*BRAND DRUGS IN CAPS; Generic drugs in italics

Present your Caremark ID card at the pharmacy when you fill your prescription.

For questions regarding the drug benefit only, contact Melody Connell at 785-368-6533.

Begin or continue your personal HealthQuest Weight Management program today--the only thing you have to lose is the weight!

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Health Coaches • Available 24/7
Call toll-free 1-888-275-1205
TTY 1-888-277-1543
How to use TTY/TDD