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Be Well Illinois

Be Well, Live Well, Stay Well

The State of Illinois cares about you and your health. Welcome to Be Well Illinois, the state’s new comprehensive approach to wellness.

Be Well Illinois is designed to not only focus on supporting your physical health but also your mental, financial, and social wellbeing. As a wellness plan member, you can use this site to access health plan information and educational resources including wellness webinars, monthly health awareness causes, financial wellness, healthy eating, and exercise.

While the decision to make healthy lifestyle changes is your choice and not a job requirement, the hope is that by creating an environment where these choices are supported by the work culture makes it easier, and supports your success.

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We are excited to introduce a new member benefit to support your health and wellbeing.

Be Well Total Wellbeing powered by TELUS Health is a fun and interactive platform designed to help you build and maintain a healthy lifestyle, wherever you may be on your wellbeing journey. It allows you to:

  • Compete with your colleagues in friendly challenges
  • Set personal goals and track your activity to help build and keep healthy habits
  • Connect with colleagues by sharing tips, ideas, and photos in interest-based communities
  • Learn how to improve your physical, mental, and dietary health through articles and videos
  • Earn rewards for tracking all kinds of healthy activities, including preventative screenings.

To learn more about the program, check out our video!

Getting started is easy.

  1. Download TELUS Health Wellbeing from the App Store or Google Play.
  2. Click “Sign up”.
  3. Enter your program code: bewell
  4. Follow the prompts to complete registration.

Prefer using your computer Visit https://bewell.wellbeing.telushealth.com/

You can also access Be Well Total Wellbeing by visiting the MyBenefits portal mybenefits.illinois.gov

For additional information on the program including how to earn rewards and FAQ’s, please click here.

Need help? Contact help.wellbeing@vc.telushealth.com

White Papers

Click here to check out the 2026 white paper from Aetna and the State of Illinois, “Be Well Illinois: Aetna and the State of Illinois — Driving Measurable Population Health Impact at Scale”.

Webinar

Date/Time (Central)

Registration Link

Facilitator

Resources

 

Parenting a Child With Special Needs

 

October 14th 12:00pm to 1:00pm

https://illinois.webex.com/weblink/register/r6278a19d7ca6434ac4d00f19e1a17ede

ComPsych

 

Cooking Demonstration Diabetically Delicious

October 21st 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar Registration - Zoom

Wellness Concepts 

https://cms.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/cms/benefits/stateemployee/bewell/documents/Diabetically-Delicious-Recipes-2023.pdf

Coping With a Traumatic Event

October 28th 12:00pm to 1:00pm

https://illinois.webex.com/weblink/register/r6c153907573b179645a8c8b1307bebdc

ComPsych

 

Walktober Sign Up starts 9/01/2026! The Challenge begins on 9/28/2026 through 11/22/2026

 

Walktober - Welcome

HES

 

Mobile Mammograms 

September 8th through October 30th

VitalCheck - Mobile Mammogram Screening

Aetna, CMS & BeWell

 

 

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