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| Volume 5 | Issue 45 | November 22, 2016 |
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Start checking your home mailbox.
 A special holiday gift should have arrived last week from Bon Secours to all employees who were employed as of Oct. 22. Just look for the specially marked envelope.
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Congratulations to St. Mary's Hospital, named to Truven Health's list of 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for 2017.
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Eat healthy during the holidays. Download Bon Secours Hampton Roads' Heart-Healthy cookbook.
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An important note:
We're streamlining Good News next month to include just two Wednesday issues: Dec. 7 and 21.
The issues will include our regular HR news as well Employee Wellness news.
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Help Us Innovate --- and Get Paid for It!
 Bon Secours' vision calls us to be a prophetic Catholic health ministry, partnering with our communities to create a more humane world, build health and social justice for all and provide exceptional value for those we serve. Our Strategic Quality Plan challenges us to strengthen our culture and capabilities. To meet these aspirations, Bon Secours wants you to help transform our health care delivery into a more innovative and integrated system of care.
You have ideas --- and now Bon Secours can help you make them a reality. We're partnering with The Innovation Institute to help you develop your great health care idea and bring it to market.
Maybe you've thought of a new device that would help patients heal faster, but you don't know how to bring your concept to fruition. The Innovation Institute Lab team will work with Bon Secours employees and physicians to:
 | Formulate and refine the idea | | Protect the invention and navigate the patent process | | Create prototypes and mock-ups | | Develop end products and business services |
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If your idea makes it through the
commercialization process, you will
receive 40 percent of any profits
or royalties the idea generates.
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To learn more about The Innovation Institute and the invention process, click on the  light bulb icon on your desktop computer to be taken directly to the online idea submission portal.
For more information on the Bon Secours' Bright Ideas program or to discuss your idea with a member of The Innovation Institute team, contact Wendell MaHan at 804-357-1551.
Learn more about The Innovation Institute.
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Bon Secours Community Hospice House Reflects Our Mission
November is National Home Care and Hospice Month and National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. At Bon Secours, Home Care and Hospice have been an integral part of our mission since 1824, when the first 12 Sisters of Bon Secours in Paris began caring for the sick and dying in their homes.
During the past year, the scope of our mission has expanded with the opening of the Community Hospice House, central Virginia's only freestanding hospice facility. It allows Bon Secours to extend the continuum of care we provide our patients and their families, and to collaborate with other health systems, home care companies and organizations. Our holistic care focuses on the patient, caregivers and families.
The Community Hospice House treats critically ill hospice patients in a warm and inviting home-like setting with an intensive team approach to care. Our Bon Secours Hospice team of physicians, nurses, social workers, bereavement counselors, chaplains and volunteers allows patients and their families to celebrate the end of life with love and the kind of compassion exemplified by the Sisters of Bon Secours.
Learn more about National Home Care & Hospice Month or the Community Hospice House.
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Earn Money for Points You Earn Through Nov. 30
Have you gotten started yet on
BonSecoursBeYourBest.com?
Nov. 30 is the end of the first quarter when you can turn the points you have earned into Incentive dollars. If you are covered by a Bon Secours Medical Plan, every point you earn equals $1 and will be deposited into a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) for you to use to cover medical expenses.
To qualify for the Incentive payout you must first complete three steps: complete your Health and Well-being Assessment, complete your biometric screening, and review your results with an advisor from U.S. Preventive Medicine (USPM).
And, every employee who completes these three steps by November 30 --- even those not covered by a Bon Secours Medical Plan --- will be entered into a drawing where 30 lucky employees will be selected to win $300 in cash. The drawing will be held Jan. 20.
Click here for the Quick Start guide with more details on how to get started. If you have any questions about the website, please contact USPM at (866) 713-3989, weekdays 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., or via email at MemberCare@USPM.com.
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Haven't Heard from Your Advisor?
Given the exceptionally strong employee response to BonSecoursBeYourBest.com, many employees have completed the first two required steps but are still waiting to hear from their U.S. Preventive Medicine health and well-being advisor to complete the required first three steps.
If you complete your biometrics and Health and Well-being Assessment (HWA) by Nov. 30, but aren't contacted to schedule an advisor call by that date, watch for an email from USPM in December that it's time to call and chat with an advisor.
As long as you complete your call by Dec. 31, you will receive your Incentive dollars in early January and still be eligible for the first cash drawing.
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November Is Alzheimer's
Awareness Month
 J. Keith McMullin, senior development officer for the Bon Secours Virginia Foundations, is donating proceeds from the sale of his book, "Missing Mary: A Crash Course in Alzheimer's Dementia," to Bon Secours Hospice. He's pictured here with Donna Spainhour, RN, who oversees the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) at St. Mary's Hospital. HELP volunteers are specially trained to help patients experiencing delirium and dementia during their hospital stay. www.missingmary.com |
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Sign Up to Donate Blood
Help us save lives. Upcoming blood drives include:
| Dec. 5 | 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. | St. Mary's' Hospital Auditorium | | Dec. 9 | 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Memorial Regional Medical Center,
CER (MOBN) | | Dec. 16 | 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. | St. Francis
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To make an appointment, call 800-733-2767, visit www.redcrossblood.org or download the free Red Cross Blood Donor app. Save time on the day of the drive by pre-registering with RapidPass at www.redcrossblood.org/RapidPass.
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What's going on in our health system? Check out news releases for Hampton Roads, and review stories including:
Read Richmond news releases and read stories including:
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 Reflection
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David D. Kympton
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Thanksgiving is an odd holiday. It is uniquely American, caught chronologically, culturally and spiritually between the secularism of the Fourth of July and the spiritualism of December's Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations.
Amid the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it gives us an opportunity to say thank you, in some way, for the gifts of family, security and freedom we so often take for granted.
In approximately 700 BCE, the prophet Micah wrote, "With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high?" (6:6). His answer: "What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" (6:8).
For me, Micah means walking one day at a time, cherishing the blessings and gifts and even the sorrows and pain I receive each day, and saying thank you often. For the simplicity of a blue sky, for the presence of loved ones, for being alive and aware in each moment.
May you have a blessed Thanksgiving.
--- David D. Kympton, Hospice Chaplain
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Bon Secours 24/7 for All Your
Holiday Health Needs
When it comes to holidays like Thanksgiving, share the turkey and apple pie but not cold and flu germs.
If you do get sick, remember convenient care is just a click away with Bon Secours 24/7. Bon Secours 24/7 connects you with experienced Bon Secours providers right on your smartphone, tablet or laptop computer. These virtual visits provide convenient, expert care and diagnosis for many different nonemergency needs. A secure online visit is only $49, and it may be covered by participating insurances.
This service is available without an appointment --- 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Click here to learn more.
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Planning for Retirement
Webcasts Available
As part of the free retirement guidance provided by Fidelity Investments to Bon Secours employees, webcasts are available to help answer questions you may have. They include:
Each webcast is about 50 minutes long; you can start and stop them at your convenience. Fidelity representatives are available for free one-on-one guidance by calling 1-888-766-6813 or by scheduling an appointment at getguidance.fidelity.com.
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2017 Deferral Limits for Retirement Savings Plans Set
The IRS has announced that the amount individuals can contribute to their 403(b), 401(k), and 457(b) retirement plans will remain at $18,000 for 2017. Individuals over age 50 also can make a catch-up contribution up to the limit of $6,000 under the 403(b) and 401(k) plans --- for a maximum contribution of $24,000.
If you want to enroll or change your deferral election for 2017, please log in to your account at netbenefits.com/bshsi or call 1-800-343-0860.
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Help a Colleague This Holiday Season
 Bon Secours Virginia's Values in Action program offers an opportunity for employees to help their colleagues in need feel the hope and spirit of the season.
Employees, individually or as a group, can sign up to sponsor a family. And if you --- or a coworker --- need a little help this year, we can make that happen.
The Bon Secours Family Centers team annually organizes the program in partnership with our Employee Assistance Program. Review this flier for more information.
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The deadline to request assistance or sponsor a family is Dec. 2.
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School's Out? Richmond Family
Centers Open!
 Need a fun, safe, caring place for your children to spend all or some of their winter break from school? Turn to the Bon Secours Richmond Family Centers, Dec. 19-30. Winter breaks are open for employees' school-age children. Call now to reserve your spot!
The Bon Secours Family Centers
| 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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