Tagged: Health and Wellness

During August, we encourage you to join others in recognizing National Wellness Month by taking steps to prioritize your self-care, manage your stress levels and create healthy routines. Regardless of where you are in your journey, maintaining your health and being proactive in your healthcare will help you enjoy life to the fullest.

Summer is quickly drawing to a close. Kids will soon be back in school soon enough, but the family fun doesn’t have to end just yet! We can make the most of the last days of summer with one of these fun family activities.

As summer begins, it is essential to maintain healthy habits and eat nutritious foods that fuel your body. There are many healthy summer recipe ideas for you to choose from and make for dinner or a summer gathering.

As long as we live on this planet, there will be challenges, heartaches, and disappointments that threaten to steal our joy. Thankfully there will most likely also be days of peace and even happiness. Through it all, it is far better to be connected with God daily.

To be at your healthiest, taking actionable steps towards living a healthy lifestyle is essential. It is vital that you also prioritize maintaining a positive mindset to remain energized and motivated long-term. These positive mindset tips will inspire and support you as you pursue your health and lifestyle goals.

As a member of a healthsharing ministry, it’s essential to educate yourself on how healthsharing works and how to partner with your provider and medical facilities effectively. However, if you receive a ‘balance bill’ from your provider, you need to know what a balance bill is and how to handle them.

This month we are happy to introduce to you one of our Provider and Member Services Team Leads, Cha’Mari B. She helps our members and providers understand Liberty HealthShare’s unique processes while also supporting her coworkers. She goes above and beyond to serve our ministry, “Liberty HealthShare has been such a blessing in my life,” she said.

Nicolette, founder and vice president of the Seeds of Mustard Ministries ministry, along with her husband, George, have been Liberty HealthShare members for almost four years. She shares why she choose to be a member and what she enjoys about being a part of our healthsharing community.

As a healthsharing community, we understand the importance of wisely stewarding our health and financial resources. Using Liberty TeleHealth is a flexible way to care for your health and reduce the sharing community’s overall expenses and help preserve SharePower.

Liberty HealthShare is not insurance and as a healthsharing ministry, our members have the freedom to care for their health in a special way and share medical expenses with their fellow members. At the core of our healthsharing community is our collective resources, called SharePower. Each month, our members voluntarily contribute a monthly share to help other members in need. Combined, the funds shared are powerful. In 2020 alone, more than $347 million in medical expenses were shared among members. Protecting our shared resources ensures that we are here for each other now and in the future. Here are a few ways to help you steward the resources of our community.

Our ability to share one another's medical expenses is dependent on the overall health of our community. When you choose to partake in healthy lifestyle habits, you contribute to our healthsharing community and support your fellow members by protecting our SharePower. Everyone's actions impact the ministry and our collective resources and we commit to caring for our health responsibly, and this decision supports our core values of stewarding our resources. By properly caring for ourselves, we can better care for our lives, families, and our healthsharing community.

For the month of February, we are excited to introduce you to our Intake Specialist and Trainer, Christine H. Christine joined the Liberty family over three years ago, and she enjoys “being able to help so many families across the United States learn who we are and what we do.” Like many of our staff, Christine is passionate about our community and finds joy in supporting our members throughout varying stages of their healthsharing journeys.

Liberty HealthShare is not insurance and as a healthsharing ministry, our members have the freedom to care for their health in a special way and share medical expenses with their fellow members. At the core of our healthsharing community is our collective resources, called SharePower. Each month, our members voluntarily contribute a monthly share to help other members in need. Combined, the funds shared are powerful. In 2020 alone, more than $347 million in medical expenses were shared among members. Protecting our shared resources ensures that we are here for each other now and in the future. Here are a few ways to help you steward the resources of our community.

Understanding Liberty HealthShare’s unique processes is an important art of being a good healthsharing member. To help support our members in learning and receiving the most value from their membership, we have created helpful instructional videos. These videos will help you better navigate your healthsharing membership. They include the explanation of various Liberty HealthShare processes and tutorials for essential functions, such as using ShareBox or properly submitting medical expenses. You can find the videos below in your ShareBox:

The Easter story is one of hope and new life. It is a call to those who will listen and His invitation is for all. We are invited to come out of the bondage of our own self-focus and come into the glorious freedom of our Lord Jesus Christ. This Easter, may you know that Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

Communicating with your providers is one of the best ways to ensure you have a smooth healthsharing experience. To help, we have created a tool for you to use to talk with your provider and explain your healthsharing program works and what it means to be a member of a sharing community.

All of us want to be loved. It is at the core of who we are as human beings. We crave knowing that someone loves us and cares enough about us to show it. For some, the month of February is a time to celebrate love. Jesus loves you! It is profound. It is true. It is for you.

Has your provider told you that you need surgery? Here’s what you can do to help make sure your surgery process at Liberty HealthShare is seamless for you and your sharing community.

It can be challenging to stick to a healthy diet in the cold month of February, so we put together these healthy diet tips to help keep you out of hibernation mode and on track towards your health goals.

For the month of February, we are excited to introduce you to Rachel M., who has been a part of our Liberty family for over a year. We are so thankful to have her on staff. She said she appreciates “opportunities for growth and advancement” explaining that Liberty HealthShare is always finding new ways to help our members and their employees.

Our members have the unique opportunity to support one another by sharing their personal experiences and advice on how to best use utilize their healthsharing membership and protect their shared collective resources. This month we are featuring Liberty HealthShare member, Anne D., who often helps other members by sharing useful member tips and information.

Adding a little one to your family can be a very exciting time, but trying to figure out how to best utilize your healthsharing membership can feel a bit overwhelming at times. We have created a useful Maternity Guide for expectant families and a Facebook group for expectant parents to join.

Your Liberty HealthShare Membership ID card is a tool to identify you as an active member of a healthsharing community. Here's how you can use and access your Member ID Card for use within your healthsharing membership.

As a member of a healthcare sharing ministry, please keep the below information in mind when filing your taxes this year.

As we enter the New Year, we are reflecting on the improvements we made together in spite of the challenges we faced together.

Every year we review and assess our Sharing Guidelines to ensure we are helping our community to conserve our shared resources and make necessary changes to meet the needs of our member community. This year, Liberty HealthShare has determined that the following guideline changes (please see our Sharing Guidelines for the full version) will help our members steward their health and enjoy the option of healthsharing.

Every month we share a story about one of the many great people that we have here at Liberty HealthShare. For the month of January, we are excited to introduce you to Danielle H., who has works in our Provider Relations Department as a Member Facilitator. She enjoys working with our members and finds it very rewarding to be able to listen to their stories and offer encouragement.

Like many others, you may be considering setting new goals for 2021. While new goals at the beginning of the year can motivate you, you can also easily lose momentum if the goals you set don’t continue to motivate you past February. Here are a few ideas for setting goals in the New Year.

If you will soon meet or have already met the requirements for Medicare, it is important to know how Medicare enrollment works with your Liberty HealthShare membership. Here’s how healthsharing at Liberty HealthShare works for Medicare members.

ShareBox is your most valuable tool as a member and we are always looking for ways to improve the member experience. We will be making some improvements to ShareBox in the coming weeks and these updates will affect two areas within the Medical Expense tab in ShareBox.

Liberty HealthShare offered members access to a virtual webinar, “COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A,” with health expert and former FDA commissioner, Peter Pitts. Peter answered questions from our members regarding treatments, vaccine development and safety, distribution and more! Read his answers and watch the webinar replay here.

During the Christmas season, you can rejoice in the holiday spirit and enjoy long-awaited Christmas desserts while also remembering to take care of yourself.

If you are expecting, we have efficient processes in place to help you smoothly transition throughout your pregnancy and post-pregnancy journey to provide the best care for you and your growing family. In this article, we offer answers to some of our frequently asked questions regarding maternity and how it relates to our current Sharing Guidelines at Liberty HealthShare.

ShareBox is our members most important membership tool and where you will submit your eligible medical expenses and receive important information related to your Liberty membership and healthsharing community. Let's take a look inside ShareBox.

Graduating from HealthTrac means a member has reached the goals they have set with their health coach by making lifestyle changes that positively impact overall health. Check out the HealthTrac graduates for May!

As we Americans celebrate our nation and freedoms with fireworks, food and unity, here are some great Fourth of July recipe ideas for you try at your holiday cookout.

Graduating from HealthTrac means a member has reached the goals they have set with their health coach by making lifestyle changes that positively impact overall health. Check out the HealthTrac graduates for April!

Graduating from HealthTrac means a member has reached the goals they have set with their health coach by making lifestyle changes that positively impact overall health. Check out the HealthTrac graduates for March!

Graduating from HealthTrac means a member has reached the goals they have set with their health coach by making lifestyle changes that positively impact overall health. Click below to view HealthTrac graduates for February!

Liberty HealthShare member Mark Hinkley has always been healthy, but that all changed two years ago when he faced an unexpected diagnosis.

Our sharing community is an inspiring example of generosity. It’s a testament that we can live together in the freedom of a Christian community, where kindness and resources are shared and our healthcare costs are reduced.

For the month of February think about giving the gift of your heart not only to your Valentine, but yourself too! This month is all about love and what better way to show yourself and your loved ones care than coming together to meet achievable health goals.

As a member, it’s clear that you value controlling your own healthcare, including the costs. The goal of pre-notification is to improve quality of care and reduce expenses shared by members.

Healthshare members who have hypertension can benefit from considerable savings by using HealthShare Rx's home delivery pharmacy service.

As a member of a healthcare sharing ministry, here's what you need to know when filing your taxes this year.

Losing a loved one can be overwhelming and self-care is usually nowhere on our radar. Here are ways you can begin caring for yourself.

We are all too familiar with the unrealistic New Year’s resolutions and how quickly they can fail. Here's a few simple tips and resources to help you reach your goals this year.

Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are on the rise in our nation. There is no cure, but studies suggest there are ways to guard against or delay dementia in old age. But it can be hard to know where to begin. After all, the brain isn’t like a muscle you can train…or is it?

Some of the best things about this time of year can also be stressful if you aren’t in good health. In light of this, let's say you want to change your lifestyle to become healthier. Where do you start? It’s important to stop and identify a few over-arching concepts to set yourself up for success.

Summer is almost here, and it’s about time. But before you run out the door for a day of fun in the sun, here are a few tips for a safe and regret-free experience. Plan ahead and take what you need with you, and then sit back and relax.

It’s commonly held that by February, 80% of people have given up on their New Year’s resolutions. So as we near the end of March and the official start of spring, why not celebrate National Nutrition Month® by committing to make some improvements in that area?

No one should begin a fitness journey under the impression it is going to be easy. If it were easy, we would have already done it.

Many diets focus solely on numbers, forcing you to count calories, carbohydrates, or points. Complicated diets are hard to stick with, and many people will give up before seeing any results on the scale.