Steps you can take to own your health and prevent disease
- Healthy habits can increase your wellbeing in your golden years.
- Complete AB Well Program preventive activities and enroll in an A-B medical plan, and reduce your future benefit costs by up to thousands of dollars.
- Stay up to date with recommended screenings and vaccinations, which can help keep you in peak health. A-B even makes it easy by bringing flu shots onsite in the Fall.
- If you're enrolled in Cigna's Basic or Standard plan, fill certain 2023 preventive medications (including some cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure medications) for free. The 2024 list can be found here.
Take advantage of convenient Flu Shots and Mammograms
During flu season, A-B makes getting a flu shot convenient for employees, spouses and domestic partners, regardless of whether they're enrolled in A-B medical plans. Choose the most convenient option for you - at an onsite event or at the pharmacy of your choice.
To make getting a recommended preventive mammogram as easy as going to the cafeteria for lunch, A-B is bringing a mammogram van to St. Louis. Register for a screening by calling the number shown here. Female employees, spouses and domestic partners at other locations can find the most convenient in-network provider on mycigna.com.
Breast cancer impacts 1 out of 8 women and early treatment is more effective, so if you're a woman over 40 years old, it's worth taking 15-30 minutes to get a mammogram.
During flu season, A-B makes getting a flu shot convenient for employees, spouses and domestic partners, regardless of whether they're enrolled in A-B medical plans. Choose the most convenient option for you - at an onsite event or at the pharmacy of your choice.
The benefits of prevention
- You could reduce your future benefit costs by up to thousands of dollars (with the AB Well Program).
- Annual preventive visits are 100% covered - free - under A-B medical plans. If you're concerned about being charged, ask your doctor to confirm that they will bill your medical plan for a preventive visit.
- Prevention saves you money in the long run; it enables you to stop serious conditions before they become life-threatening and costly.
- Looking at your health can be scary for all of us, but prevention does help you live longer (and unlock a future with more cheers).
- You could reduce your future benefit costs by up to thousands of dollars (with the AB Well Program).
- Annual preventive visits are 100% covered - free - under A-B medical plans. If you're concerned about being charged, ask your doctor to confirm that they will bill your medical plan for a preventive visit.
- Prevention saves you money in the long run; it enables you to stop serious conditions before they become life-threatening and costly.
- Looking at your health can be scary for all of us, but prevention does help you live longer (and unlock a future with more cheers).
What is preventive care and which medications are preventive?
Preventive Care
Preventive care can help detect or prevent serious diseases, which is why it preventive care is 100% covered - free - under A-B medical plans. Examples include one annual check up with an in-network doctor, mammograms (1 per calendar year, usually after the age of 40) and vaccinations.
If you're concerned about being charged, ask your doctor to confirm that they will bill your medical plan for a preventive visit (not a diagnostic visit).
Preventive Medications
If you enroll in A-B's Cigna Basic or Standard plans, many preventive medications are free (including some blood thinners, diabetes and high blood pressure meds, along with other medications). Check out the full list in the Benefits Portal.
