Appointments are available for all of our employees, regardless of participation in our BPS Health Plan.  We ask that you respectfully utilize the time spent in your consultation as your own personal, sick, lunch, or break time.  Regretfully, this cannot be done as part of your business workday hours.

Onsite Health Coaching – Meet with your onsite Health Coach to obtain information about physical activity,   general healthy eating guidelines, blood pressure, pre-diabetes, cholesterol, or prevention of disease.   In addition, you can schedule a coaching session which includes setting specific goals around your health and wellness priorities. Health coaching sessions are confidential and no personal health information is shared with the customer's employer beyond aggregate data. 

Onsite Wellness Activities – These ongoing programs provide health education and information on many topics. Onsite wellness activities are presented by your onsite Health Coach as well as local health and wellness experts.   Continue to check with the onsite health coach or BPS Wellness for upcoming events.

Your Health Coach can refer you to Health and Wellness resources:

Lifestyle Management – You can work with a dedicated health coach over the phone to discuss tobacco cessation, stress management and weight management.

Disease Management (Your Health First Chronic Condition Management)– You have access to a team of specialists-trained as nurses, coaches, nutritionists, and clinicians- over the phone to discuss your chronic condition- asthma, heart disease, coronary artery disease, angina, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, COPD (Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis), type I & II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, peripheral arterial disease, low back pain, osteoarthritis, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.

Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Babies - A collection of CIGNA benefits and an educational mailing available to members of the BPS Health Plan. The mailing includes a list of web resources, list of pregnancy related topics in the 24 HIL audio library, a magazine, and brochures from the March of Dimes. 

Enroll into Cigna's Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Babies program by calling 800-615-2906, and receive a reward from Cigna upon completion of the program.         

Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Babies Info flyer

Joni is a Registered Nurse with an exceptionally diverse resume. In the past 28 years, Joni has worked in fields such as Labor and delivery, Newborn Nursery, Home Care, and the Operating Room. She has worked as a preceptor to new nurses and was adjunct faculty at WSSU working with student nurses. Joni’s real passion is nutrition and health. She has spent the last few years studying Coaching and Nutrition and is eager to begin her new career as an on-site Health Coach for Cigna.

At the State University of New York at Buffalo, Joni received both her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Development. She studied coaching with Wellcoaches; she also studied nutrition and coaching with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. 

Joni’s philosophy as your coach is as follows: “Wellness is not one- dimensional; it is very intricate and individual. No two people are the same, so no diet or plan will work for everyone. We are all unique. It is important to nurture every dimension and focus on small steps towards the ultimate goal, your health and wellness.”

Joni is prepared and eager to meet with you to discuss your health goals.