Tobacco Cessation Options/Benefits
Tobacco cessation options/benefits are available to employees through our Wellness partner, WebMD, and your meidcal plan coverage offered through your employment with Union Pacific.
Your WebMD Health Coach
This option is available to both nonagreement and agreement employees at no cost to you. Choose this three-month option to work with a person available via telephone to coach you in your efforts to quit using tobacco. The health coach is available to talk, and provide additional resources, whenever it's most convenient to you.
- Will help you set and achieve goals
- Will help you set a quit date
- Will help you choose a quit method
- Will help you prepare your environment
- Will help you prevent relapse, manage tobacco cravings, prevent weight gain, manage stress
To enroll with a health coach, please call 1-888-860-3096
Your Medical Plan Coverage
If you are covered by a medical plan offered through your employment with Union Pacific, certain tobacco counseling and pharmacological benefits are available at no cost to you, as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Agreement employees and their spouses covered by the National Plan should refer to the YourTrackToHealth.com website. They can also contact their individual plan provider at the following numbers for benefit details.
- Aetna (800) 842-4044
- Highmark BCBS: (866) 267-3320
- UnitedHealthcare: (866) 735-5685
Nonagreement employees covered by the UP Medical Program and agreement employees covered by UP Railroad Employees Health Systems (UPREHS) plan should contact their individual plan provider at the following numbers for benefit details:
- UnitedHealthcare: (800) 331-4370
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield: (888) 445-6383
- UPREHS (800) 547-0421
- Kaiser Colorado: (800) 632-9700
- Kaiser Northwest: (800) 813-2000
- Kaiser Northern & Southern California (800) 464-4000
If you have further questions, please contact HR Services at (877) 275-8747 (ASK-UPHR)
Additional Links/National Information Lines
- QuitNet.com
QuitNet combines already proven effective methods of treating tobacco addiction into a powerful and effective individually controlled program that is available to anyone, anytime, anyplace. Find support resources by state - American Cancer Society
Information Services: 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org - American Lung Association
Information Services: 1-800-LUNG-USA (586-4872) ( English and/or Spanish) or visit www.lungusa.org - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information Services: 1-800-CDC-1311 (232-1311) (English and/or Spanish) - National Cancer Institute
Cancer Information Service: 1-800-4-CANCER (422-6237) (English and/or Spanish)