Health & Wellness
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April: A Fresh Focus on Nutrition
As we step into a new quarter, we are shifting our focus to nutrition—one of the most powerful ways to fuel your body, mind, and overall well-being. From Motivation Monday sessions to a 28-day nutrition challenge and an expert-led webinar, you have access to practical tools to help you eat well, feel great, and thrive. Join us as we explore simple, sustainable ways to fuel your health!
Your All-New Well-Being Platform
Buena Vida, powered by WebMD and exclusively for members of HealthSelect of Texas plans administered by BlueCross and BlueShield of Texas (BCBSTX), is here to help you live your best life. Buena Vida is accessible both online and as a mobile app and is packed with personalized resources to support your physical, financial, and overall well-being. The platform will help you set goals, track progress, keep you motivated and provide you valuable information along the way.
Hello Heart
The Hello Heart program focuses exclusively on cardiovascular health, aiming to prevent or decrease the development or advancement of heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions. The program is available at no additional cost to eligible participants. It includes a free Hello Heart blood pressure monitor that pairs directly with your smartphone to help build a habit of monitoring your blood pressure and other aspects of your heart health and create sustained lifestyle changes.
HealthSelect of Texas® medical plan participants who are age 18 and older and living in the U.S., including those enrolled in Consumer Directed HealthSelect or Medicare, are eligible to enroll in the Hello Heart program.
Learn to Live
Learn to Live is an online, on-demand, self-paced mental health service grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy. This style of therapy focuses on thoughts and actions and how adjusting those can positively impact an individual’s state of mind. All Learn to Live programs can be accessed online via desktop, tablet or mobile device and use videos and interactive lessons to engage participants. Learn to Live provides online, coach-supported programs to help participants overcome depression, insomnia, panic disorder, stress, anxiety, social anxiety and substance use. Participants can also work with a Learn to Live Coach via their preferred communication method after completing an initial assessment.
HealthSelect of Texas medical plan participants who are age 13 and older and living in the U.S., including those enrolled in Consumer Directed HealthSelect or Medicare, are eligible to participate.
Hinge Health
Hinge Health is a digital, physical therapist-led musculoskeletal (MSK) care program. Hinge Health is available at no additional cost to eligible participants and includes access to the Hinge Health mobile app and a care team including a board-certified health coach and physical therapist. This digital program is focused on exercise therapy designed to address a wide range of MSK conditions. It can be done anywhere, at any time.
The program includes:
- personalized exercise therapy to improve strength and mobility in short, 15-minute sessions,
- one-on-one health coaching to provide motivation and support via text, email or phone and
- interactive education to teach you how to manage your specific condition, treatment options and more.
HealthSelect of Texas medical plan participants who are age 18 and older, and living in the U.S., including those enrolled in Consumer Directed HealthSelect or Medicare, are eligible to enroll in the Hinge Health program. Participants with musculoskeletal pain may benefit from participating in the Hinge Health program.
Find Wellness Resources
Good health is important to everyone. A healthy lifestyle can improve your quality of life and increase your longevity. TDCJ employees and retirees have access to a full menu of proven programs to help you on the road to wellness.
Improve Your Healthy Behavior
Wondr Health is the proven leader in digital behavior transformation. Leveraging over 15 years of behavior change experience and partnership with health plans and employers, Wondr Health delivers interrelated, personalized, skill-building programs for full-spectrum weight management, mindfulness and movement that improve the physical and emotional health of participants. Powered by data-driven engagement expertise and personalized programming, and supported by expert content and coaching, the company’s flexible and scalable solutions engage populations, improve quality of life and health outcomes, and prevent and reduce the cost of chronic health conditions.
Earn up to 32 hours of administrative leave (8 hours of leave for every 10 weeks completed)!
Schedule Your Preventive Care Checkup
The Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) has reserved a no-cost VirtualCheckup for you.
Active employees and their covered spouses enrolled in the HealthSelect of Texas or Consumer Directed HealthSelect medical plan AND are employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are eligible to participate in this program.
Earn 8 hours of administrative leave if used as your annual physical exam.
Explore Additional Wellness Resources
The Staff Wellness Resource Library provides links to helpful tools and information for TDCJ staff regarding wellness and resiliency. Our goal is to connect you to information that may be helpful for you in your work and personal life. While stress and trauma are an inherent part of the job, you are not alone in navigating your experiences. Equipping yourself with skills and knowledge for managing the stress of the job will help you maintain your quality of life off-duty.