This Week: Managing Holiday Stress and Protecting Community Hospitals

Ask Your Legislator to Protect Community Hospitals

State House to Vote Today! Thank you to everyone who send a letter to their state legislators about the Mass General Brigham expansion. We have just learned that there is a vote TODAY about a new law that would protect community hospitals by making sure that in the future proposals like MGB’s get closer scrutiny. The Coalition to Protect Community Care is asking us to send a quick note to our State Rep – again, it’s totally quick and easy to do. Learn more. To contact your legislators, just click here:

Managing Stress During the Holiday Season

SHARE recently received the following information from UMass Memorial. We hope it can help make this holiday season a little bit happier. The event is free and open to all UMass Memorial employees . . .

HOLIDAY STRESS STARTING TO CREEP IN?

Join us this Friday, noon to 1 pm, for a live webinar hosted by our Optum EAP that will help us identify the biggest causes of holiday stress, find coping strategies that promote well-being, practice setting realistic expectations, and plan to approach the holidays differently this year. Read the full post.

Make Self-Care count

There’s Still Time to Earn 2021 myHealth Matters Incentives! Benefits-eligible employees: With the myHealth Matters portal closing December 7, time’s running out to earn your next reward level. Don’t forget to claim points for any activities you completed this year. Remember, 3,000 points in the portal earns you a $300 Health Reimbursement Account deposit, so start logging those activities today! Learn more.