Health Care & Benefits Division

The Live Life Well (LLW) Incentive is an opportunity to earn $30 per month off your monthly State Plan benefit contribution!   Double your LLW Incentive if a covered spouse or domestic partner also earns the LLW Incentive.

Click here to watch a quick video about the Live Life Well Incentive for 2024!

You must complete all 3 activities - State-sponsored Health Screening, self-report Nicotine Free status or completion of an alternative, and self-report completion of an Eligible Provider Visit between November 1, 2023 and October 31, 2024.  You can find more details on each of the three LLW Incentive Activities by clicking on the links below. 

 

Sonic Boom Wellness replaces the MyActiveHealth system State Plan members previously used to self-report Live Life Well Incentive Activities.

Instructions for Earning a Live Life Well Incentive for 2025

Please note: If you want to check your incentive status for the 2024 Plan Year, please see the instructions on the right.

  1. If you haven't already, you will need to create an account.  Visit Sonic Boom Wellness at som.app.sbwell.com.
  2. When creating a new account, select "New to Sonic Boom? Click here to create a new account." 
    • Enter your birth date. You will also need to know your six-digit employee/retiree ID number. Your employee ID number can be found on your ID badge, paycheck, or in SABHRS.   
    • Covered spouses, domestic partners, and joint core partner members must make their own account using their birth date and the primary employee/retiree’s six-digit ID number followed by an “S.” For example: "000654S."
  3. Once you have created your account, click on "Rewards" from the black menu bar.
  4. Click on "Health Screening" to see your progress. You must complete a State-sponsored Health Screening.  Once completed, State-sponsored Health Screenings will automatically be loaded into Sonic Boom a few weeks after your appontment.  
  5. Self-report that you are Nicotine Free OR if you are not Nicotine Free that you have completed an Eligible Alternative.
    • To self-report your Nicotine Free status, click on “Nicotine Free Status.”
      • If you are Nicotine Free, click on the box under Nicotine Free and enter the date you are self-reporting.  Click “Submit."
      • OR, if you a not Nicotine Free but have completed an Eligible Alternative, scroll down and click on the boxes under Nicotine Free Alternative.  Enter the program name and the date you completed an Eligible Alternative.  Click “Submit.”
  6. Self-report if you have completed an Eligible Provider Visit.
    • Click on “Eligible Provider Visit,” enter the date of your appointment and the provider’s name and and click “Submit.”

After your State-sponsored Health Screening loads into the system and you self-report Nicotine Free and an Eligibile Provider Visit, your Incentive will show complete and you will earn the Live Life Well Incentive.

Self-report now! You can, and should, self-report your Nicotine Free status or an alternative and completion of an Eligible Provider Visit as soon as possible. Live Life Well Incentive Activities do not need to be completed in order.

Need help with your account? Call Sonic Boom Wellness at (877) 766-4208 or info@sbwell.com.

Questions about the Live Life Well Incentive? Health Care & Benefits Division - (800) 287-8266

How can I verify that I’m receiving the Live Life Well Incentive for the 2024 Plan Year?
  • Members who completed all three of their Live Life Well Incentive Activities by October 1, 2023 will show as earning the Incentive for 2024 in the Open Enrollment system. 
  • Members who completed even one of the three required activities after October 1 will not show in the Enrollment system until after Open Enrollment.  

If you completed all three of the Incentive Activities by October 1, 2023, review your open enrollment benefit summary in the HCBD benefit enrollment system.    

  1. Go to benefits.mt.gov. Click on the “Benefit Enrollment and Changes” button and login to the system. 
  2. Click the drop-down arrow next to your name located in the upper right corner and select Open Enrollment Benefit Summary (not just Benefit Summary).
  3. In the “My Health” section, under “Medical,” click “View Details.” This will cause a pop-up window to appear.
  4. Under “Plan Selected” it will show if you and/or your covered spouse earned the Live Life Well Incentive.
  5. The election information section will show a bi-weekly Incentive amount for employees and monthly for retirees. 
If you did NOT complete all three of the Incentive Activities by October 1, 2023, review the Sonic Boom Wellness Portal to verify your Incentive status.  
  1. Visit Sonic Boom Wellness at som.app.sbwell.com
  2. Click on "Rewards" from the black menu bar.
  3. Select the appropriate year from the pull-down menu.
  4. If you see a check mark on all three of the required activities, it means you have completed all three required Incentive Activities and you will earn the Live Life Well Incentive for 2024. 
If your LLW Incentive was not applied properly, contact HCBD immediately.

The State Plan offers the incentive program to all plan members and their enrolled spouse/domestic partner.  If you think you may be unable to meet a standard of the incentive program, you may qualify for an alternative program or different means to earn the incentive. You must contact the Health Care & Benefits Division (HCBD) as soon as possible at (800) 287-8266, TTY (406) 444-1421, or email benefitsquestions@mt.gov.  We will work with you (and if you wish, your doctor) to design a program with the same incentive that is right for you.

We will maintain the privacy of your personally identifiable health information. Medical information that personally identifies you and that is provided through the incentive program will not be used to make decisions regarding your employment. Your health information shall only be disclosed to carry out specific activities related to the incentive program (such as responding to your request for a reasonable accommodation). You will not be asked or required to waive the confidentiality of your health information to participate or to receive an incentive. Anyone who receives your information for purposes of providing you services through the incentive program will abide by the same confidentiality requirements.

We securely maintain all electronically stored medical information we obtain through the incentive program, and will take appropriate precautions to avoid a data breach. If a data breach does occur involving information you provided to us for the incentive program, we will notify you immediately.

A copy of the Plan’s privacy notice is available on the HCBD website or benefits.mt.gov/_docs/Documents/hipaa-notice.pdf.   

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