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Stop smoking services
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TIP: A postcard sent to UMP enrollees calls the program "Quit for Life." This is the same program as described below; it is free to UMP enrollees, and the drugs and nicotine replacement supplies are covered as stated below.

UMP covers these services only when you are enrolled in the Free & Clear tobacco cessation program; no other stop smoking services are covered. Free & Clear provides phone counseling and online communication, as well as educational materials to help you quit using tobacco. Enroll by calling 1-866-784-8454, or go to www.quitnow.net/ump/. When you participate in Free & Clear, you can also earn a $30 gift card.

ALERT!  Only nicotine products supplied by Free & Clear are covered by UMP.

UMP covers these services at 100%. You do not have to pay toward your annual medical deductible or coinsurance.

When recommended by your Free & Clear counselor, the following medications are free to you:

  • Nicotine patches, lozenges, or gum
  • Prescription drugs: buproprion (the generic for Zyban® ) and Chantix® 

Nicotine patches, lozenges, or gum will be sent to you by Free & Clear at no cost to you. Note: These medications are covered by UMP only when supplied directly by Free & Clear; you cannot purchase them and get reimbursed later. If Free & Clear doesn't supply the product you want, you will have to pay the entire cost out of pocket.

ALERT!  Only Chantix and buproprion (the generic for Zyban) are covered. NOTE: When a generic becomes available, the brand-name drug is not covered under this benefit.

Prescription drugs covered for tobacco cessation when recommended by your Free & Clear counselor (bupropion and Chantix) require a prescription by a provider. To get these drugs, you must:

  • Be participating in Free & Clear.
  • Get preauthorization for one of the drugs listed above from your Free & Clear counselor.
  • Go to your doctor and request a prescription.

Please allow 72 hours after Free & Clear approves coverage before filling your prescription. NOTE: UMP covers these drugs only at a UMP network pharmacy (retail or Wellpartner).


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KBID 739
Date Modified 1/27/2009
Date Created 10/8/2007

The Certificate of Coverage (COC) is the source of coverage provisions offered under UMP. If information given here is inconsistent with the UMP COC, the rules in the COC will apply. Also, the COC may have additional information on this subject.

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