If you choose to complete the tobacco attestation form option and you do use tobacco, you must participate in a tobacco-cessation program before you will qualify to receive the incentive, but quit status at the end of the cessation program is not a requirement.
As part of the Wellness Program, all faculty and staff with Benelect medical plan coverage through the university, or those who will add coverage for the next calendar year, have the option of completing the online Tobacco Attestation Form.
Each Fall between September 1 and November 30, the form can be found on the Wellness Tile within HCM.
New hires to the university should complete the paper form included in their orientation packet. Completion of the Tobacco Attestation Form is one option of two additional activities necessary to obtain the Wellness Incentive as a Benelect plan participant.
NOTE: The Health Risk Assessment is required for all Wellness Participants. Then participants must complete at least two of these forms in HCM: tobacco attestation, primary care provider attestation, biometric screening attestation, and/or dental check-up/cancer screening attestation.
Tobacco users need to participate in a cessation program prior to receiving the monthly Wellness Incentive. Following completion of the cessation program, the individual must notify the Wellness team so we can request that the Benefits team initiates their Wellness Incentive. Participants still may be tobacco users at the end of the cessation program and still earn the incentive. The Tobacco Cessation page of this website details current cessation options.
A reasonable alternative standard is available for tobacco users; please contact erc10@case.edu with questions.