MEDICAL PLAN
TOBACCO/NICOTINE SURCHARGE
Reminder: Sept. 30 deadline for participants without negative test on file
Coworkers and spouses currently enrolled in the Franciscan medical plan and who do NOT have a negative nicotine test on file with Franciscan WellCare since Jan. 1, 2015, must submit a negative nicotine test by Sept. 30, 2023, to avoid a surcharge on 2024 medical plan premiums. (This mostly impacts those who joined the medical plan since Sept. 1, 2022.) The vast majority of plan participants have a negative test on file.
In the weeks leading up to the Sept. 30 deadline, the Franciscan WellCare team will send an email notification to any coworker who is currently enrolled in the medical plan and for which there is not a negative nicotine test on file for the employee or insured spouse.
The free nicotine test may be completed at a Franciscan hospital or other approved lab. Refer to the knowledge article in the MyFranciscan Service Center for details, forms and questions.