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SchoolCare was founded in 1995 as the New Hampshire School Health Care Coalition by bringing together associations representing public entity management and labor groups in the state. The Coalition was formed in response to issues of providing employee health care, including quality, choice, cost control and service that public entities were facing. Today, over twenty-five years later, SchoolCare is still a well-regarded resource for public entities facing these same issues.
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Medical
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SchoolCare has partnered with Cigna for many years to deliver comprehensive health care service and claims administration. Our health plans put you in control. We give you the tools to be an informed consumer and find the care options that work best for you.
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Dental
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SchoolCare has partnered with Cigna to bring you quality dental plans at affordable rates. SchoolCare's dental plans match your existing plan summary of benefits, so there's no compromising on coverage in the name of price. There are six standard coverage plans to choose from, offering a variety of costs and coverage options.
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Wellness
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Good For You! is SchoolCare and your employers' commitment to your health and wellness. SchoolCare has collaborated with Cigna to offer best practice, evidence-based, achievable, and fun wellness programs.
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Ancillary Benefits
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As your trusted expert in high quality, cost effective health benefits, SchoolCare knows that life can be uncertain. Ancillary benefits are now available to Members to provide savings, top rated coverage and the kind of high-quality service Members are used to.
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As your dedicated provider for health and well-being, SchoolCare recognizes that managing work and life can be difficult. Everyone experiences change and challenges from time to time that can lead to added stress. A large part of managing these life stressors is getting the support you need. SchoolCare has partnered with Cigna to offer the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a resource to help you live a well-balanced life.
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SchoolCare offers many value added resources and benefits for its Member Groups. Here you will find more information on those resources as well as helpful webinars, training and dates to remember. Also included in this section are plan documents and enrollment packets for Member Group use.
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The Pulse of SchoolCare, April 2022
April is the Perfect Time to Blast Unwanted Stress From Your Life
Published April 12, 2022
Stress is a normal part of our everyday lives, and while some stress is good, prolonged stress can negatively impact your health by contributing to unwanted weight gain, causing headaches or resulting in developing conditions like heart disease and diabetes. Being able to recognize stress and having the tools to help combat it are critical to building the resilience you need to manage life’s challenges as they come.
There are ways your SchoolCare health benefits can help you combat stress.
Call On Your Employee Assistance Program.
- Your EAP offers a number of benefits not only for you, but for anyone living in your home at no added cost. Each individual in your household is eligible for three visits per year, per issue with an EAP counselor for things like assessments, short-term counseling and referrals for additional support. You can learn more by logging into your myCigna account and clicking Employee Assistance Program in the “Coverages” menu. Or call 1-877-622-4327 anytime day or night. Your EAP Employer ID is SchoolCare.
- This SchoolCare Snippet will help you navigate the EAP Program on the myCigna website for managing stress.
- Check out the “Managing Stress Toolkit” in the dropdown menu under “Behavioral Health Resources.” Learn more about practicing mindfulness, how to assess your stress and strengthen your coping skills.
- Listen to on-demand webinars from Cigna’s EAP Webcast series and learn strategies for handling stress. Check out Stress and Our Perceptions and/or Stress Relief: Train Your Brain. If you haven’t yet self-reported healthy events for the fourth quarter of the Good For You! Well-Being Program, you could earn $25 for watching and reporting one of these webinars on myCigna.com.
Overcome Stress and Earn Cash
In your myCigna account under the “Wellness” menu, click on stress for the all stress-related activities you can earn incentives for completing. Here are a few ways to earn $150 in incentives.
Complete the “Keep Stress in Check” online health coaching activity ($50)
During the four-week Keep Stress in Check activity, you’ll set a plan to better manage stress and take steps to make it happen.
Use Apps and Activities to blast away stress ($50 each)
- Set a goal to meditate – choose your target in minutes and days per week to meditate. Log your activity and earn stars to complete your goal.
- Make an effort to connect with a friend or family member - Choose one person to call or meet in person and set your frequency goal to earn your stars and complete your goal.
Simply Need Some Quick Stress Relief? Have a Laugh.
Laughing can decrease your cortisol, epinephrine and dopamine levels, and help blast away feelings of anger, stress and frustration. It can simultaneously increase your endorphin levels. Need a good laugh? Check out these SchoolCare staff recommendations for what makes us laugh when we have just a few minutes or a half hour or more.
- Fold in the cheese with David and Moira Rose on "Schitt’s Creek."
- Can you follow this I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter scene from "The Vicar of Dibley?"
- Watch this TV weatherman play it cool when his map starts heating up on live TV.
- Check out this reel from social media queen Pinky Patel.
- Crack up with this collection of funny moments from the movie "Tammy."
- Cats. Do we need to say more?
- A throw back to adorable then-3-year-old Mila’s adorably stressful day.
- Need a half hour or so of unwinding? Pop some of our staff favorites: "Parks and Recreation," "The Office" or "Schitt’s Creek."
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SchoolCare partners with Cigna to offer high-quality medical, prescription drug and dental coverage to school districts, towns and other public entities at affordable rates. Together with Cigna, SchoolCare also offers the Good For You! Well-Being program to help participants engage in and achieve a healthy lifestyle.
