The wellness challenges are designed to be fun activities that encourage you to maintain or adopt a healthy behavior while you compete against fellow employees. Challenges can either be individual or group-based participation. Participants earn reward points as milestones are completed. There are a variety of challenges available. Overall, the objective of a challenge is to help you achieve your health goal while having fun.
Accessing Your Challenges
Log in and navigate to the Blue Cross member portal and do the following:
- For Active Plan(s), hit Select to View
- Select “Skip to Dashboard” (see bottom of the page)
- Hover mouse over Left-Hand Panel of Icons
- Hover mouse over "My Health & Care Team" - Click "Achieve Well-Being" where you can review the Program and Challenges
- Scroll down to “Your Programs and Challenges”
- You will see buttons for “Upcoming”, “Active”, and “History”
- IMPORTANT: You will see what current challenges you are enrolled in under Active
- Click upcoming challenges that are Now open for enrollment
- Click on the challenge showing under Upcoming Challenge
- If the member is not enrolled in the challenge, you should see “Register Now” link.
- Register for each challenge separately.
You may also click here for video instructions on how to navigate the IBC portal.
Any health information recorded through this program is securely stored by Independence Blue Cross. Temple University will not have access to your protected health information. The university will only know of your participation in the program and the earned dollars in order to issue your rewards.
"Dump The Junk" Challenge
The “Dump The Junk” challenge encourages you to avoid processed foods at least 3 days each week during the 4-week challenge. To successfully complete the challenge, you must substitute 4 whole foods for processed foods for a minimum of 3 days a week, for all four weeks of the challenge to earn 10 credits.
"Pick Your Produce" Challenge
The “Pick Your Produce” challenge encourages you to eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables for at least 3 days each week of the 4-week challenge. You must track your fruits and vegetables for a minimum of three days a week, for a total of at least 15 fruits and/or vegetables each week, for all four weeks of the challenge to earn 10 credits.
Important Dates
- Registration Begins: To be determined
- Challenges Begin: To be determined
- Registration Ends: To be determined
- Challenges End: To be determined
- Update Activity: To be determined
Contact Us
For questions regarding the Total Wellness Program, call 215-926-2285 or email [click-for-email].