32BJ Joint Replacement Program
The 32BJ Joint Replacement Program is a partnership between the 32BJ Health Fund and the Mount Sinai Health System for hip and knee replacement procedures. The Program is designed to help you restore your mobility and ensure that you have a positive experience with your surgery and recovery.
Through this Program, you get care from Mount Sinai doctors who provide care plans specific to your joint replacement needs.
You will receive these benefits if you participate in the 32BJ Joint Replacement Program:
- No co-pays for the hospital admission or for other specific services related to the surgery, such as follow-up visits with your doctor within 30 days of your hospital discharge.
- The Fund will pay the $40 co-pay for up to 10 physical therapy visits at a free-standing facility within the first 50 days following discharge from the hospital.
- A Fund representative will be assigned to you to assist you every step of the way. If you need additional information about the program, or want to enroll call the 32BJ Health Fund at 866-230-3225, Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
To find a list of surgeons participating in the program, visit the Mount Sinai website.
Gender Affirmation Program
Mount Sinai’s comprehensive gender affirmation program brings both expertise and a multi-disciplinary approach to 32BJ members seeking care in New York City.
- 32BJ members can gain access to the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, providing compassionate and comprehensive health care services for the transgender community
- Surgeries performed by national experts include vaginoplasty and phalloplasty
- Mount Sinai’s expert surgeons collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team including primary care, transition care and behavioral health specialists
- Comprehensive, patient-centered care is provided to 32BJ members as an in-network benefit without the worry of out of network expenses for gender affirmation surgery (subject to the usual co-payments for hospital and medical services)
- For more information visit the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery website.
Questnet
When you need to have lab work done, you can avoid the $75 outpatient hospital co-payment by using 32BJ Partners such as Quest or LabCorp, where you will have $0 copay for lab services. 32BJs lab partner in New York and Connecticut is Quest Diagnostics. 32BJs lab partner in all other locations is Labcorp.
YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program
The YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program helps those at high risk of developing the disease make lifestyle changes. The program focuses on healthy eating, increased physical activity, and maintaining a healthy weight. Participants meet in a classroom setting as a group with a trained YMCA lifestyle coach for 16 core sessions to learn and practice lifestyle skills. During the sessions they learn how to make healthier food choices, how to incorporate more physical activity into their daily routine and how to manage a healthy weight. 32BJ members who are Union Health Center patients and are at risk of developing diabetes can participate in this program free of charge.
City MD
City MD offers Urgent Care that is fast, comprehensive, and professional health care to get you feeling better as soon as possible. Whether you’re suffering from seasonal allergies, a sprained ankle or a cut that may need stitches, we can help you feel better faster. The next time you need to see a doctor and don’t want to wait, just walk right in to CityMD. Pay your office copay instead of $100 when you go to the ER.
Village Maternity
Village Maternity provides 32BJ members and their families a new maternity option. Village Maternity is a concierge, midwifery practice. Through a special collaboration with 32BJ, Village Maternity is available to you with no out of pocket costs.
Village Maternity provides safe, mother and baby centered care designed to meet your needs and goals for the delivery of your child. Village Maternity offers a unique collaboration of a true midwifery care model with maternal-fetal specialists available when needed. Their goal is to provide you and your family a safe, uncomplicated and supported pregnancy and birth. Village Maternity offers the following services:
- Maternity care including prenatal and postpartum care
- 24-7 phone access to your provider
- Evening & weekend office hours
Link to Village Maternity.
Chelsea Diagnostics
Chelsea Diagnostic Radiology provides a wide range of comprehensive diagnostic imaging services in a private practice setting with no copay for 32BJ members when they have a referral from a 5 Star Center. Services include Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Angiography, Computed Tomography, Mammography, Ultrasonography, Bone Densitometry (DEXA) and X-Ray.
Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK)
Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) is a 32BJ Partner for cancer care with its new program called MSK Direct . MSK is the world’s oldest and largest private cancer center and US News & World Report ranks MSK as the top hospital in the Northeast for cancer care.
THE MSK DIRECT TEAM WILL:
- Make an appointment for you at MSK, usually within two business days
- Help you gather your medical records for your first appointment
- Meet you at your first appointment to introduce you to the facility and your care team
- Continue to be a resource for you during your treatment at MSK
Contact MSK Direct if you are told you have cancer or if you want a second opinion about your cancer diagnosis. MSK Direct can be reached at the dedicated toll-free member line for 32BJ members (844) 350-5033 , Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm ET. Calls outside of those hours will be returned the next business day.
For more information, click here for Frequently Asked Questions about the program.