This benefit is also available to employees and their spouses enrolled in Kaiser Permanente and HMO Oregon.

The Trust offers you and your spouse a comprehensive wellness program co-sponsored by Oregon Wellness Clinic, Inc. and Providence Medford Center for Occupational Medicine. This program is intended for preventive care and early detection of disease, not treatment. For sickness or injury, see your regular doctor.

Through this program you are provided with thorough medical evaluations and follow ups designed to assist you in preventing disease and staying healthy.

The wellness program consists of complete physical exams, preventive and assessment testing, and one-on-one counseling to help you:

1. Reduce heart attack risk;

2. Reduce stress;

3. Reduce cholesterol and blood pressure;

4. Learn to exercise;

5. Learn to eat right;

6. Control your weight;

7. Prevent certain cancers;

8. Stop smoking; and

9. Improve your overall fitness and health.

All physical exams are conducted by qualified, certified physicians, and include:

1. Complete medical history;

2. Complete multi-chem blood count with cholesterol and urinalysis;

3. Visual acuity;

4. Pelvic exams, pap smears, and mammograms for women;

5. Prostate cancer screen for men;

6. Determination of percent body fat and ideal body weight;

7. Treadmill stress test with EKG, or resting EKG if indicated; and

8. Extensive written report and follow-up session for risk factor management.

Additional tests included (when indicated):

1. Lung function test;

2. Hearing test;

3. Screen for colorectal cancer;

4. Chest x-ray;

5. HIV test (additional cost);

6. Tetanus booster; and

7. Thyroid test (for those taking thyroid medication).

Diagnostic testing is not covered through this program. Please contact the Plan Administrator if you have any questions.

The cost for this program is $50 per exam. Currently the Oregon Wellness Clinic will pay half the copayment for the exams it performs. The entire copayment is waived if the employee or spouse is over the age of 40 and have not previously received a Wellness exam.