Earn Rewards for Enhancing Your Well-Being

Hoos Well, UVA's award-winning employee wellbeing program, fosters a culture of well-being among UVA faculty, staff, and team members by promoting and encouraging healthy lifestyle choices, and engendering a happier, healthier, and more positive 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 Hoos Well offers, to boost your well-being, flourish, and thrive! The Hoos Well Portal, delivered by Personify Heatlh, is your hub for well-being. Click the links below to log in to the portal or create a new account.

Create a new account in the portal Step-by-Step Registration Instructions Log in to the portal

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.

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Reward Yourself

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

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Ways to Earn in 2025

Enhancing your health and well-being is rewarding in more ways than one! Starting February 3, 2025, 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.

Healthy Activity	Reward
Create an account (for new participants only)	$10
Complete the Health Assessment	$100
Receive and record your Well Check (eligible exam dates are 12/1/24 to 11/30/25)*	$100
Complete the 1% Challenge (May 2025): practice mindfulness daily for 14 minutes (1% of your day)	$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 (up to 10x)	$25 each
Complete the 20-day “Triple Tracker” physical activity challenge (up to 10x)	$25 monthly
Receive and record a flu vaccine (eligible vaccination dates are 9/1/24 to 8/31/25)*	$25
Record participation in Hoos Well-sponsored webinars (limit 1 reward per quarter)*	$25 per quarter
Track Healthy Habits 20 days in a month (up to 10x)	$5 monthly
Complete a health coaching session (up to 6x)	$25 each

Please Note:

November 30, 2025, 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.

Earned quarterly rewards will be paid to the UVA Health Plan or UPG Anthem Health Plan subscriber. 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.

Transcript: Overview of the Hoos Well Portal

Overview of the Hoos Well Portal: Your Hub for Well-Being

The Hoos Well Portal, delivered by Virgin Pulse, is your hub for well-being. Learn how to create an account, connect with colleagues, and get active using the Hoos Well Portal.

Create a new account in the portal

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.

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.
Step 3

Complete registration by creating login credentials, including an e-mail and password, and by providing optional demographic information, and selecting communication preferences and your time zone.
Step 4

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

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