Overweight and obesity are both labels for weight ranges greater than what’s generally considered healthy for a given height. Overweight and obesity have shown to increase the likelihood of health problems such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, some of the leading causes of preventable death.

The Weight Management Program, offered through the MNPS Health Care Centers, encourages participants to look at both diet and exercise routines. Research has shown that one without the other is often unsuccessful when it comes to achieving healthy weight goals.

Eligibility

To participate in the Weight Management Program, you must:

Be enrolled in the MNPS Certificated Employee Health Plan
Have a body mass index (BMI) of at least 25

Benefits

The program will reimburse 50% of the cost of membership fees at an approved weight management program/organization (see list below), up to $1,650 lifetime reimbursement per person. Retrospective reimbursement is limited to 3 months prior to follow-up visit.

The program does not include or cover weight loss medications.

Requirements

Participants must attend a no-cost follow-up visit with a health coach at the MNPS Health Care Centers a minimum of every three months and bring approved receipts (required for reimbursement).

Reimbursement

Reimbursement requests are submitted to Cigna quarterly (in March, June, September and December) on the last business day of the quarter. You should receive reimbursement in the mail within four weeks of this request.

For more information

To learn more, contact Laura Vanderpool at 615-875-1966 or laura.e.vanderpool@vumc.org.

Approved Weight Management Programs/Organizations*

12 South Yoga

Anytime Fitness

Barre3

BeatboxFit

Burn Boot Camp

Centennial Sports Plex

Clarksville Athletic Club

D1 Nashville Bootcamp

F45 Fitness

Family Ministry Center

Fit Body Boot Camp

FLOW-Aquatic Wellness Therapy

Gallatin Civic Center

Golds Gym

Gordon Jewish Community Center

Hermitage Nautilus Fitness Center

Hot Yoga

Iron House & Conditioning

Jazzercise

Jenny Craig

Jimmy Floyd Family Center

Just Be Fit

LT360

Metro Parks & Recreation

MPower Performance Institute

Nashville Athletic Club

Orange Theory Fitness

Planet Fitness

Relache at Gaylord Opryland

St. Thomas Wellness Center

STEPS

The Exercise Coach

The New Beginnings Center

TITLE Boxing Club – East Nashville

Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health & Wellness

Vanderbilt Nutrition Clinic

Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center

WeightWatchers

Workout Anytime

YMCA

Zumba

* We make changes to our approved fitness programs/organizations list only once a year.