HEALTH
BY MARY PRITCHARD
Building Wellness Communities can positively impact our members’ lives and help them be the best versions of themselves is one of the reasons we are collaborating with UnitedHealthcare and launched Peloton Corporate Wellness to work directly with organizations. Peloton and UnitedHealthcare are both committed to making movement and fitness more accessible and available and we can't wait to welcome UnitedHealthcare members to the Peloton community.”
Piedmont Healthcare’s Walk with a Doc Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is to be a little more mind-
With its Walk with a Doc initiative, Atlan-
ful about your overall wellness. Your physical, mental, and emotional health usually tend
ta, Georgia-based Piedmont Healthcare is
to be best when you’re being proactive about how to better them. The following are
hoping to give people some quality time
initiatives that healthcare organizations – one an insurance provider, another a health
with a doctor while doing something that
system – are using to promote overall wellness while also insuring and protecting it.
promotes a healthy lifestyle. Atlanta locals are invited to go on a walk around the park to gain some wisdom and knowledge from local healthcare professionals who
UnitedHealthcare and Peloton
making fitness and overall wellness more
are also invited on the walk. Walk with a
What if there was a way to get a health
attainable and accessible for almost any-
Doc is an event held in Piedmont Park
plan and a workout plan, all for the price
one, according to a release.
every third Saturday of every month
of one? Starting September 1, eligible
“Expanding access to Peloton’s
from May to October. It provides people
UnitedHealthcare insurance members
industry-leading health and wellness
with the opportunity to “walk and talk”
were able to gain access to the Peloton
community builds upon our com-
with Piedmont Healthcare profession-
app for up to 12 months free, or receive
mitment to developing digital health
als. During the walks around the park,
a four-month waiver towards their
resources and consumer-centric benefits
healthcare professionals will discuss
All-Access membership. Peloton has
to help people live healthier lives,” said
a health topic briefly and then answer
thousands of live and on-demand classes
Philip Kaufman, chief operating officer,
questions as the group goes for a walk.
via the Peloton mobile app. These classes
UnitedHealthcare Employer.
These events are free of charge and pets
can improve their overall fitness and
William Lynch, president of Peloton,
are welcomed. The program provides
well-being, making this the first relation-
said: “Peloton members have always
walking participants with an opportunity
ship of its kind between Peloton and a
shared how much movement and activity
to talk about health outside of an office
health plan. This collaboration helps both
positively impacts their mental, physical
setting and get one-on-one time with a
organizations achieve their joint goal of
and emotional health. Knowing that we
healthcare professional.
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September 2021 | The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
