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 a network provider. 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 network pharmacy
Your Preventive Benefits At-a-Glance
View a schedule of preventive care benefits.
FAQs
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
Generally, the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) allows you to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period due to:
- the birth, adoption, or placement with you for adoption of a child;
- to provide care for a spouse, child, or parent who is seriously ill; or
- your own serious illness.
You are generally eligible for a leave under the FMLA if you:
- have worked for the same Contributing Employer for at least 12 months;
- have worked at least 1,250 hours over the previous 12 months; and
- work at a location where at least 50 employees are employed by the Contributing Employer within 75 miles.
If you would like more information in regards to this please visit the FMLA section of the DOL website or contact your Business Representative.