There are many ways to stay healthy. A great way to safeguard your health is to ensure you have a primary care doctor.

Millions of Americans mistakenly believe that HMOs and other group health plans never cover procedures often referred to as “plastic surgery.” That is incorrect.

This is a summary of the annual report of the Multi-Union Security Trust Fund, E.I.N. 93-1146155, Plan No. 501, for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Our new OPTIONS Rider is designed to give you increased flexibility in your selection of outpatient services. It provides you and your family members the opportunity to receive selected outpatient services from any physician.

Be sure you’re clear on the ins & outs of enrolling in a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan.

With temperatures pushing beyond 100 along most of the United States, many health experts are concerned for the public’s safety. It’s been a long hot summer already, and all signs say there is a lot of heat yet to come.

You should never get a bill for services that are authorized. If a bill from a doctor or medical facility arrives in the mail, then it may be a mistake and PacFed can fix it.

Temporary suspensions of certain participant deadlines, such as those for electing COBRA continuation coverage, making COBRA premium payments, requesting HIPAA special enrollment after a qualifying event such as birth, adoption, or loss of other group coverage, and for filing claims and appeals, will end on July 10, 2023, which is 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 National Emergency, unless your plan specifically provides otherwise.

California state laws add six months to the federal COVID-19 public health emergency requirements on health plans to continue covering COVID-19 tests, vaccines and therapeutic treatment from any licensed provider (in- or out- of-network) with no prior authorization or enrollee cost sharing. The public health emergency ends on May 11, 2023, and state laws extend these requirements for six months through Nov. 11, 2023.

If you or your children are eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and you are also eligible for employer sponsored health coverage through a plan such as the Multi Union Security Trust Fund, you may be eligible for premium assistance programs that are provided by some states.