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Encourage patients to personalize their fitness plan

May 1, 2014

AmeriHealth 65® Medicare Advantage members can get fit theirway with SilverSneakers. Healthways SilverSneakers®Fitness, the nation?s leading fitness program for activeolder adults, offers a variety of ways to help your AmeriHealthMedicare Advantage patients be healthier and live life tothe fullest.

SilverSneakers offers the following:

  • a fitness membership with access to more than 11,000locations nationwide (including women-only locations)where participants can use equipment, take groupexercise classes, and enjoy fun social activities;
  • SilverSneakers FLEX. for options outside thetraditional fitness location, including tai chi, yoga, andwalking groups offered by certified instructors at localparks and recreation centers;
  • SilverSneakers Steps®, which offers a choice of fourkits — general fitness, strength, walking, and yoga — for use at home or when traveling;
  • online resources for finding fitness locations, orderingreplacement SilverSneakers ID cards, and signing upfor FLEX classes.

Getting started

When AmeriHealth Medicare Advantage members joinSilverSneakers, they join a community of nearly twomillion active older adults who can give them the supportand encouragement they need.

All eligible Medicare Advantage HMOmembers will receive a letter in the mail with theirSilverSneakers ID card and a personalized URL toaccess the robust SilverSneakers website. Memberscan then create exercise and nutrition plans, watch classvideos, get expert advice on fitness and nutrition, tracktheir progress toward goals, and find healthy recipes andinformative articles on relevant health topics.

Encourage your AmeriHealth Medicare Advantage patients tovisit www.silversneakers.com or call 1-888-423-4632(TTY: 711), Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.,ET., to get started with SilverSneakers.

Introducing the newHealthways SilverSneakers®Fitness program logo

Healthways recently updated their logoto more accurately represent today?sSilverSneakers program.

The logo?s stylized ?sneaker? invokesmovement and activity, in keeping with theprogram?s goal to help patients get fit andbe healthy. Its clean, modern typeface showsthe SilverSneakers commitment to continueto appeal to active older adults of all ages.

Keep an eye out for the new logo on variousmaterials from AmeriHealth 65.

Note: SilverSneakers is a benefit offered to AmeriHealth 65® NJ HMO and AmeriHealth 65® Preferred HMO members atno additional cost.

SilverSneakers® is a registered mark of Healthways, Inc.


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