Preventive Care
Preventive care is an important and valuable part of your healthcare. Regular physical checkups and appropriate screenings can help you and your doctor detect illness early.
The Trust Fund provides many preventive care services for a small copayment when you use in-network providers.
What’s Covered
Preventive care takes many forms. Below are some of the preventive medical care services covered by the Health and Benefit Trust Fund:
- Annual Physicals
The annual physical examination benefit is payable once per Calendar Year per person. You can get an annual physical from an Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield network provider.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. You may also use your Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield benefits for your annual physical. There is a copayment for your annual physical when you use a network provider. Physicals are NOT covered if you use an out-of-network provider.
- Diagnostic Screenings
- Cancer
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Osteoporosis
- PSA
- Well-Woman Care
- Office visits
- Bone density tests
- Mammograms
- Pap smears
- Well-Child Care
- Newborn hospital visits
- Office visits
- Immunizations for DPT (diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus), polio, MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), varicella (chicken pox), and more
- Flu Shots
- Covered 100% for Local 94 participants who go to a local pharmacy that participates in the Vaccine Immunization/Injection Network administered by OptumRx
Your Preventive Benefits At-a-Glance
View a schedule of preventive care benefits.
For More Information
You can check the My Health section of www.anthembluecross.com for more information. There you’ll find the latest information on hundreds of topics ranging from nutrition to stress management to children’s immunization guidelines.
FAQs
How do I add my newborn child to my plan?
You must provide the Fund Office with a copy of the child’s birth certificate within 90 days of birth to enroll your child with the applicable date (child’s birthdate). If you fail to do so, within the applicable 90-day period, dependent coverage will not be available under the Plan for your new dependent child until the first of the month following the date in which you provide the Fund Office with the required documentation or any other verifying information requested. A Coordination of Benefits Form (COB) must be completed if your child has other coverage. You should also visit the Life Events page on this site to see what you need to do for your other benefits.