Employee Wellness

APS Employee Wellness

COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") Benefit & More Information For Your Health & Safety

The New Mexico Department of Health has a hotline with qualified health care professionals to answer questions and triage potential cases. If you think you are experiencing symptoms please use this number:

To keep in accordance with CDC recommendations in limiting social contact, your second resource is your health plan video/telemedicine websites and numbers:

• Presbyterian video visit information
• BCBS MD Live video visit information
• THNM: Care Connect MD Live: 1-844-308-2552 

Using these resources first is the best way to increase social distancing and limit public exposure. It is advised to stay home and receive guidance for testing and care through the hotline first, rather than go directly to a doctor, urgent care, or emergency room facility.  Copays and costs related to COVID-19 are covered under your health plan. If your telehealth visit (or in person visit) is not COVID-19 related, your normal copay and costs apply per your plan and provider. 

Due to the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) we want everyone to have the most recent, accurate information to help curb the spread of this virus. Please take the normal precautions you would with any virus. Schools should continue promoting everyday disease prevention strategies:

• If you are sick, stay home from school.
• Avoid close contact with those who are already sick.
• Cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing with a tissue or the crook of your arm.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water.
• Avoid touching eyes, nose, or mouth.

About the Employee Wellness Program

The APS Employee Wellness Program encourages an environment that promotes a culture of total well-being for all employees. We provide information, education, and programs to improve physical, mental and financial health and safety, as well as reduce the risk of preventable chronic diseases.

We offer a robust wellness program with online and mobile app tools for employees to actively participate in activities that suit their personal needs. Whether it's personalized coaching for behavior change, smoking cessation, diabetic counseling or engaging in fun group events and challenges, we are here to help all employees live healthier, active lives.

2020 Employee Wellness Incentive Plan

The 2020 APS Employee Wellness Incentive Program runs from January 1 - December 31, 2020. This is a voluntary wellness reward system for employees covered under APS benefits. If you are not covered under APS benefits, you are not eligible for the incentive program. However, that will be changing. We are working to get all full-time APS employees on the wellness incentive program. You ARE still eligible to participate in ANY APS wellness programs and activities- just not for points.

The incentive plan is really quite simple:
Do wellness activities - Log your points - Earn rewards.

All points can be logged and tracked through your Wellness at Work dashboard provided through the Solutions Group and your Healthy Now app. Most fitness trackers also sync to the platform for real-time updates on steps and exercise.

This is a year-long program. Points can be gained by participating in a wide range of activities through APS employee wellness and community events. Please go to your Employee Wellness Intranet pages for more information on wellness events, newsletters and programs offered specifically through your health provider.

APS Wellness Ambassadors

The wellness ambassadors are responsible for promoting wellness initiatives throughout the district. With such a large, dispersed area, the ambassadors are the 'boots on the ground' wellness liaison's for schools and departments. We simply could not do what we do in helping all employee's live healthier lives, without the APS Wellness Ambassadors. Using APS vendor resources (and their own creativity), the wellness ambassadors promote wellness benefits and help implement nutrition and fitness services, workshops and challenges. If you don't have a wellness ambassador at your school or in your department, contact Becky MacGregor at employee.wellness@aps.edu.

APS Employee Resources

Access the Intranet here for specific information on wellness benefits you have through your health providers!

"Like" APS Employee Wellness for ongoing activities, events, and education.

Community Partners

Are you interested in participating as a community partner to support our APS Employees with health and wellness? Contact APS Employee Wellness Coordinator, Becky MacGregor, at employee.wellness@aps.edu for more information.