Earn Rewards for Participating in Hoos Well Activities

Earn Rewards for Enhancing Your Well-Being

Hoos Well, UVA’s award-winning well-being program, helps faculty, staff, and team members build healthy habits and foster a healthier and happier work environment. Research shows that participating in employee well-being programs can improve health, happiness, productivity, morale, and quality of work life. We invite you to participate in the wide range of evidence-backed programs and resources that Hoos Well offers to boost your well-being, flourish, and thrive.

Beginning February 2, 2026, employees and spouses enrolled in the UVA Health Plan or UPG Anthem Health Plan can earn up to $500 each by completing healthy activities—like taking a health assessment, getting a well check or flu shot, joining challenges, tracking habits, and more.

Your hub for well-being is the Hoos Well Portal, delivered by Personify Health. Click below to log in or create your account. Scroll down to view step-by-step registration instructions, reward-eligible activities, FAQs, and a short video to help you get started, active, and connected in the Hoos Well Portal.

Log in to the Portal Create a new account in the portal Join a reward-eligible webinar on February 17 to learn how you can earn up to $500 in rewards in 2026.

Achieve Your Well-Being Goals in the Hoos Well Portal

Better than Ever

Access the tools you need to support your well-being goals, your way.

Log into the Hoos Well Portal

Get Started

Learn how to create an account, connect with colleagues, and get active using the Hoos Well Portal.

Watch the Video

Reward Yourself

Well-being is rewarding in many ways! Learn how to earn monetary rewards while boosting your well-being.

FAQs about the Portal and Earning Rewards

Ways to Earn Rewards in 2026

Enhancing your health and well-being is rewarding in more ways than one! Starting February 2, 2026, employees and spouses enrolled in the UVA Health Plan or UPG Anthem Health Plan, are eligible to earn up to $500 in rewards for completing the healthy activities in the table below. 

New in 2026: You may complete your annual well check using your Teladoc Virtual Primary Care Physician (PCP) benefit. You can now earn rewards for up to three Journeys each quarter.

Healthy Activity Reward
Create an account (for new participants only) $10
Complete a personal health assessment $100
Record your Well Check completed between December 1, 2025, and November 30, 2026 $100
Complete the 1% Challenge starting in May 2026: practice mindfulness daily for 25 days $50
Complete a Next-Steps Consult appointment with a Health Guide $25
Complete a Journey® (a self-guided online course to help build healthy habits) $25 (up to $75/ quarter)
Complete the 20-day Triple Tracker physical activity challenge monthly (February - November) $25/ month 
Record a flu vaccine received between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2026 $25
Record participation in an eligible Hoos Well-sponsored webinar once per quarter $25/ webinar
Track 20 days of healthy habits per month (February - November) $5 (up to $50)
Complete live health coaching sessions (up to 6 sessions are reward-eligible) $25/ session

Important Notes

  • Earned quarterly rewards will be paid to the UVA Health Plan or UPG Anthem Health Plan subscriber each quarter.
  • To receive rewards, you must be enrolled in a qualifying plan and actively employed at the time of payout.
  • All rewards are considered taxable income.
  • Grant-funded postdoctoral fellows, retirees, COBRA enrollees, and their spouses in the UVA Health Plan are not eligible for monetary rewards.
  • Completion of activities in the Hoos Well portal is subject to validation by Personify Health.
  • November 30, 2026, is the last day to complete activities and earn rewards.
  • All information provided by you as a result of your voluntary participation in the Hoos Well program is kept private and secure. Your personal health information is protected under ADA, GINA, and HIPAA. Click below to learn more about your rights, privacy protections, and program details.
Notice Concerning Employee Well-Being Program Personify Health Privacy Notice

Step-by-Step Portal Registration Instructions

Read on to learn how to create your account in the Hoos Well portal and get started. (It only takes a few quick clicks!)

  • Step 1

    Sign up for your Personify Health account using the new account link. If you are subscriber or spouse on the UVA Health Plan or UPG Anthem Health Plan, be sure to enter your first name and last name as they appear on your health insurance member card, including hyphens and suffixes.

    Portal registration step 1

    Create your account

  • Step 2

    Acknowledge and agree to the Personify Health Privacy Notice, Membership Agreement, and GINA/PHI notice and click “continue”. More information on the Personify Health Privacy Notice, Membership Agreement, GINA/PHI notice, and other legal documents can be accessed here.

    Portal registration step 2

     

  • Step 3

    Once sign-up is complete; you will receive this message.

     

    Portal registration step 4

    Create a new account and get started in the Hoos Well portal