A healthy workplace culture educates, motivates and empowers employees to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This leads to healthier employees who are more engaged, have more energy, and bring their best selves to work every day. NSM’s mission, vision and values depend on us bringing our best selves to work each day to help our clients.
NSM’s healthyHEARTS Wellbeing Table of Contents
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Tobacco Cessation Programs
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Livongo - Diabetes Management (BCBS Members)
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BCBS Blue 365 Gym Membership Discounts
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Tuition Reimbursement & Student Loan Assistance
Tobacco Cessation Programs
Avoid the 2026 tobacco surchage by completing a cessation program by October 22, 2025.
As part of our commitment to the wellbeing of our employees, their families and our customers, NSM remains focused on providing a safe and healthy workplace, which includes initiatives aimed at reducing tobacco use.
Tobacco use is not only life threatening, treatment of the associated diseases increases Medical, Dental, Disability and Life insurance costs for NSM and our employees. To help offset the excess costs associated with tobacco use, employees who are tobacco users and enrolled in any of our medical plans will pay a
$30.00 per month tobacco surcharge beginning January 1, 2026.
Tobacco use is defined as smoking (including: cigarettes, pipes, cigars, ecigarettes, vaping and/or any other types of smoking devices or products) and use of smokeless tobacco (including: chew, dip, snuff and/or any other type of smokeless tobacco.) If you are not
tobacco free at this time, you
can avoid the surcharge by completing one of the tobacco cessation programs by October 22, 2025.
To support you in quitting, NSM has partnered with BCBS and Kaiser to offer free tobacco cessation coaching programs.
Login to
bcbst.com and choose
Managing Your Health. BCBS Members can call
1-866-498-9806 to get started. Kaiser Members can speak to a coach by calling
1-866-862-4295.
Tobacco Cessation Attestation
During this year’s open enrollment period in Fall of 2025, employees will be asked to attest to their Tobacco Use Status which will determine if they will pay the tobacco surcharge starting January 1, 2026. Employees enrolled in an NSM medical plan will receive the lower non‐tobacco user rate if they certify that they have been tobacco‐free during the prior 3 months and agree to remain tobacco‐free
throughout the 2026 medical plan year. The tobacco surcharge will be removed if employee completes the tobacco cessation program by October 22, 2025.
How the Program Works
- Health coaching is offered to help you quit
- Self-directed courses to guide you
- Personalized Advice
- Nicotine replacement therapy at no charge
This information will be held confidentially by Human Resources per the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and used for no purpose other than to administer National Seating & Mobility (NSM), Inc.’s employee wellness program. It is important to note that the affidavit is a legally binding document, and if an employee knowingly makes a false statement in an attempt to defraud NSM, he/she will be required to repay the incentive that was given back to NSM, and his/her behavior may be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.
If you think you might be unable to meet a standard for the reward for this wellness program, you might qualify for an opportunity to earn the same reward by different means.
For any questions, please contact NSM's Benefits Department at
benefits@nsm-seating.com
Livongo – Diabetes Management
NSM employees enrolled in our BCBS medical plan, who have been diagnosed with diabetes, are invited to participate in Livongo Diabetes Management program at no cost.
When you sign up, you'll get a smart blood glucose meter, unlimited test strips and lancets, and real-time support. Click
here to learn more. To see if you qualify for Livongo's program, log in to your
bcbst.com account. Choose
Managing Your Health, then
Diabetes Prevention Program.
- Call: (800) 945-4355
- Email: membersupport@livongo.com
- Text: "GO BCBST-HEALTH" to 85240 to learn more and join
Blue365 Gym Membership Discounts
As a BlueCross member, you get exclusive discoutns on well-being products and services through their members-only discount program. Gym discounts are available from big national chains, and your local favorites. For example, join their gym membership program to work out at any one of 10,000 facilities nationwide for only $19-$99 a month*
You can see all available discounts by logging in at
bcbst.com/memberdiscounts, or through the BCBSTN app.
Find discounts on things like: Apparel & footwear, fitness, hearing & vision, home & family, nutrition, personal care, travel.
*Participating locations vary by tier. See a full list of participating locations at bcbst.com/memberdiscounts.
Tuition Reimbursement
NSM recognizes that the skills and knowledge of its employees are critical to the success of the organization. To encourage educational growth, NSM offers tuition and education assistance.
Employees that are interested should submit the
Tuition Reimbursement Request Form through their manager to the Human Resources Department.