March 2017 Newsletter  
The National Independent Health Club Association is the clearinghouse that allows fitness centers the opportunity to take advantage of many great incentive programs. NIHCA manages the fitness reimbursement programs for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming, Medica, HealthPartners, PreferredOne, Fargo Public Schools, Regency Managed Properties, Sioux Falls School District, South Country Health Alliance, UCare, and Sanford Health Plan. Signing up for the programs is a great way to get many new members in your door and keep them there!

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Reimbursement Delays 
Attention Facilities: Due to the first month with the new NIHCArewards system, we are experiencing delays with your member's reimbursement for January. We apologize for the delay, but members will be reimbursed very soon. Please check your Reimbursement Report, as you will be able to see who will be reimbursed and who will not.
 Please tell your members that there was a delay due to the new platform change; members can expect to see their money back by early next week. Thank you again for your patience.
  
Another Important NIHCA Webinar: "How to RE-Submit & Submit and Much More"
Monday, March 6th @ 2:00PM CST

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 
 
In this important webinar, NIHCA Executive Director Holly Johnson, will detail the transition to a new processor:  the benefits, the changes and what paperwork you need to complete. 

With the new year comes many options within the NIHCArewards system.  Your members will now have the ability to enroll online! 
Check out the live Club Finder site. 

The First Time Enrollment button is where you can direct your brand new members to go and enroll online! The "Already Enrolled" button will be live within the next month of so.  This "Already Enrolled" button will be a portal that current members can log back into to change, edit and view their reimbursement history.  However, it is not ready yet and will hopefully be ready this spring.  In the mean time, you may continue to update or edit your member changes within the NIHCAreward system.  If need be for the interim, members can go to VERIFY MEMBER INFORMATION on the NIHCArewards.org website to update and edit their member profile information until the Already Enrolled Member portal is available.  Please help your members, as it's important to insure a good customer service process. 

Also please note:  Member reimbursement history from 2016 might not be posted for each member.  It will be important for you, the facility, to log back into Vanco to check past reimbursement history on a member in question. 
Reminder:  Deadline to Submit your February member usage (and any re-submits) is by Wed, March 8th at midnight. 
Clubs are welcome to  NIHCA with any questions. 
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