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Health Risk Assessments
HRA Completion Reports
Purpose and Goals
A health risk assessment (HRA) is a questionnaire that employees take every calendar year to find out more about their own health. Each year, all employees who have health benefits through the Public Employees Benefits Board are encouraged to take their HRA online through their PEBB health plan. Information on how to access PEBB health plan HRAs is located on the Washington Wellness Risks page.
Completion of health risk assessments is the number one priority initiative for Washington Wellness and wellness coordinators. The goal is to achieve at least 30% completion rate by employees who have PEBB health plans. Wellness coordinators work hard to promote HRA completion in their own organizations. They receive a monthly report that shows the percent completion to date, and these reports are archived below. Those organizations who achieve a 30% HRA completion rate or higher and 50 or more employees who have completed an HRA, will get their employee group report on health issues in the beginning of the following year.
Policies
This section contains specific policies that impact the completion of an HRA by employees. "Policies" discussed in this Web site are laws, regulations, and rules, both formal and informal, that have been adopted on a collective basis to guide individual and collective behavior at the State of Washington workplace. They may be voluntary or legally binding. Policies related to HRAs have to do with taking the HRA on work time and work computers.
Implementation
This section is for planning and implementation resources used to promote HRA completion to employees and managers.
Evaluation
Evaluation of this initiative is in two parts. First, the percent completion rate is measured monthly with the goal of 15% completion rate by June 30 and 30% or more by December 31 of the current year. Secondly, the engagement of wellness coordinators in promoting HRAs in their organizations is measured by the number of Washington Wellness training activities they participate in and the number of promotional activities carried out in their organizations. The goal is 75% of the organizations who receive HRA completion rate data have participated in two or more training activities. HRA completion rates are reported monthly and percent of organizations participating in training activities is reported quarterly. Wellness coordinators are expected to track their HRA promotion activities using tools provided by Washington Wellness.