Preventive Services Updates for 2021

  • General News
    Published June 11, 2021

    Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska has updated its preventive care benefits. These changes are in response to new federal recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and Bright Futures/American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

    The following areas have benefit changes that are start June 1, 2021, for all members with non-grandfathered health plans.

    Screenings

    • Unhealthy drug use
    • Lung cancer 

    Vaccines

    • Ebola
    • Meningococcal
    • Hepatitis A
    • DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB
    • DTaP/ Tdap/ Td vaccine

    Bright futures periodicity schedule

    To make sure your employees are knowledgeable about and using their preventive benefits, we recommend you take the following actions:

    • Share the updated preventive services list with your employees.
    • Remind your employees that preventive benefits are paid in full when in-network providers are used.
    • Find ready-to-share resources about preventive services by logging in to your secure accounts and selecting the Employee Communications Center link.
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