General News
Published June 11, 2021
Premera 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 in B’link.