September 17, 2020
Premera will work with Home Access Health (Home Access) to send preventive and disease monitoring screenings to members who are due for either of two tests. Home Access will order and send fecal immunochemical test (FIT) kits to members with colorectal cancer screening gaps and will order and send hemoglobin HbA1c (HbA1c) test kits to members with diabetic HbA1c testing gaps. Test kits were sent on September 14th, 2020.
Members participating in these programs will receive their results within two weeks of the lab’s receipt of the member’s sample(s).
Hemoglobin HbA1c Testing for Members with Diabetes
Individuals aged 18-75 with a diagnosis of diabetes, should receive a hemoglobin A1C test once every 12 months.
For more information about HbA1C Testing for Patients with Diabetes, review this tip sheet.
FIT for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Individuals aged 50-75 years of age should be screened for colorectal cancer at regular intervals for detection of abnormalities.
For more information about colorectal cancer screening, read this Provider News article.