 
Secure Your Financial Future Feb. 22-27 is America Saves Week, a national effort to promote good savings behavior and help Americans take stock of their savings habits. Bon Secours Health System has joined forces with Fidelity Investments to provide employees with resources to help secure their financial future and will hold webinars all week. Check out this infographic about how savings can add up over time. Learn more about how you can secure your financial future. Did you know? Saving just 1 percent more of your salary is a small step that will pay off as a big stride at retirement time. |
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What Are Your Kids Doing
for Spring Break?
 Richmond area schoolkids are off for spring break March 28 - April 1. Help your child or grandchild enjoy this respite while they continue learning! Bon Secours Richmond Family Centers offer fun, safe ways for your school-age children to enjoy time with their peers in a theme-based, supervised environment. Contact the center nearest you now to reserve
your spot!  | St. Mary's Family Center, 804-285-0444 | | Memorial Regional Family Center, 804-559-0647 | | St. Francis Family Center, 804-594-4990 |
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Good Help for 50 Years
On Feb. 15, St. Mary's Hospital celebrated the 50th anniversary of serving our first patient. Here's to 50 more great years!
Did you know? St. Mary's opened with 169 beds; today we have nearly 400!
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A History of Providing
the Best Care to All
Bon Secours has a long record of serving everyone, regardless of race, religion or ability to pay. In 1881, our Bon Secours ministry arrived in the United States to continue the work begun in Paris of caring for the poor, sick and dying in their homes.
Soon after that, Sarah Garland Jones became the first black female physician certified to practice medicine in Virginia and went on to found what is now Richmond Community Hospital. When St. Mary's Hospital opened in 1966, it was the first fully integrated hospital in Virginia.
Today, we're helping revitalize underserved communities. Through charitable care and healthy communities initiatives --- gardens, healthy eating, access to health care, job skills training --- we are committed to taking our ministry where the need resides.
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Eating a heart-healthy diet is the key to reducing your risk for heart attack, stroke, heart disease and diabetes.
In celebration of American Heart Month, Bon Secours Heart & Vascular Institute has released a free heart-healthy cookbook titled "Good for Your Heart."
Learn how to cook tasty recipes such as this All-in-One Meal that frees you up to spend more time with family and friends. Click here to download the e-cookbook.
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Our Health Care Hero
Congratulations to Lucy Kooiman, administrative director for Behavioral Medicine at Maryview Medical Center, who will be honored this week by Inside Business as a 2016 Health Care Hero in Nursing. The award recognizes health care professionals who go beyond the call of duty to provide exceptional care in Hampton Roads.
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Need Help Preparing Taxes?
 The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help to people who generally make $54,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited-English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns. IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals. In addition to VITA, the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) program offers free tax help for all taxpayers, particularly those who are 60 years of age and older.
IRS volunteers will be working at sites across Virginia during tax season. See the IRS website for more information. |
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Virtual Medical Visits Available
for Bon Secours Employees
and Dependents
Treating a fever, cough, sinus infection, sprains and strains and more just got easier for Bon Secours employees. Convenient, virtual 24/7 medical visits are now as close as your phone, tablet or personal computer with the new Bon Secours 24/7 app. And, if you are covered by a Bon Secours Medical Plan, your copay for a 24/7 virtual visit is just $5.
To begin the enrollment process or download the app, go to Bonsecours247.org. For additional information about the enrollment process for Bon Secours employees, please click here.
Watch this entertaining new TV ad highlighting Bon Secours 24/7. The spot ran locally in Richmond during the Super Bowl. NOTE: You'll need YouTube access to see the video. |
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Health Insurance Information
Coming Soon
As part of the federal Affordable Care Act, large employers must send an annual statement about the health insurance that they offer. Bon Secours will provide this information on the IRS 1095-C form, which will be sent to employees by March 31. The new form relates to the federal requirement that all individuals have health insurance coverage, and will contain the following:
| Information about Bon Secours, you, and any dependents you covered under the Bon Secours Medical Plan. | | The months during the year when you and your dependents were eligible for coverage from Bon Secours. | | The cost of the lowest monthly premium you could have paid under the Bon Secours plan. |
 While Bon Secours is required to send this form to all employees, it does not need to be filed as part of your taxes. Rather, the document should be kept with your other income tax documents, in the event the IRS wishes to determine whether you had health coverage offered to you. It can also be used to determine a dependent's eligibility to access the health care insurance exchange or a cost subsidy for health coverage.
Questions?
Contact HROC at 855-336-7600.
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What's going on in our health system? Check out news releases for Hampton Roads, including important information about screenings, and read more about topics including:
Read Richmond news releases and learn more about stories including:
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Stay warm and healthy this winter. The Centers for Disease Control offers 
