Ounce of prevention

All UAB plans, including Viva Choice cover preventative care at 100%, with no deductible for physicals, immunizations, routine screenings and preventive generic prescriptions.

A benefit option that enables employees to pay lower monthly health care premiums in exchange for higher out-of-pocket expenses for covered services continues to grow in favor, year over year, across all eligible employees.

Viva Choice — UAB’s consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) — is an alternative to traditional Viva and Blue Cross health care plans offered to eligible employees of UAB, UAB Hospital and UAB Hospital Management LLC during the annual open enrollment for benefits Oct. 23-Nov. 9.

“Plan choice is important to UAB employees, and Viva Choice has been very welcome alternative since its introduction because it gives employees more control in planning for and managing their health care costs and enables them to save for future expenses through the health savings account,”