Is this your year to quit tobacco?
UPMC will provide a special $0 copayment opportunity on one full course of smoking cessation medication — usually 12 weeks — to eligible employees and their eligible adult dependents who smoke, are covered under UPMC’s medical plan, and enroll in the MyHealth Ready to Quit Program™ between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2008.
Also available as part of this program is a series of six health coaching sessions with a tobacco cessation specialist, worth approximately $200, at no charge.
Use a smoking cessation medication properly or use health coaching with a tobacco cessation specialist to double your chances of quitting. Better still — use both to increase your likelihood of quitting six times.
| Access the $0 copayment opportunity | Access health coaching option |
To access the special $0 copayment opportunity, follow these steps:
- Call a UPMC health coach at 1-800-807-0751 between June 1 and
August 31, 2008, to enroll in any version of the MyHealth Ready to Quit™ Program. Options include a telephone-based health coaching program with a tobacco cessation specialist; a face-to-face health coaching program with a tobacco cessation specialist at the EAP office in Oakland; an online program; and a self-study workbook. - Complete or update a MyHealth Questionnaire between March 1, 2007, and
August 31, 2008. To access the questionnaire, go to My HUB on Infonet
and select the “Human Resources” tab. Click on the “MyHealth” link under
“My Benefits,” then select the “MyHealth Questionnaire” link in the “MyTools” box. Complete the survey. Dependents can access the questionnaire by logging in to MyHealth OnLine. Select the “MyHealth Questionnaire” link in the MyTools box. - Talk with your doctor about which smoking cessation medication may be best for you.
- Obtain a prescription for the medication, including over-the-counter products.
Medications include tablets (Zyban and Chantix) and nicotine replacement products (lozenges, gum, patches, nasal spray, and oral inhalers). - You will be able to get your medication at any pharmacy that participates with
UPMC Health Plan, at no cost to you, three full business days after you complete these steps.
To access the $200 worth of health coaching with a tobacco cessation specialist at no charge to you, follow these steps:
- If you are using the special $0 copayment opportunity as well, simply follow the instructions above and request the six session telephone-based or six-session face-to-face option of the MyHealth Ready to Quit™ Program when you enroll.
- If you wish to use the health coaching sessions without the special $0 copayment opportunity, simply call 1-800-807-0751 to schedule a session.
