Dental Care for Baby Teeth and Gums
Did you know more than 40 percent of children have tooth decay by the time they reach kindergarten? Tooth decay is largely preventable by starting dental care early for your newborn.
New Pharmacy Benefit Manager Coming In 2023
Virginia Premier is always looking for ways to improve your benefits and services. As of January 1, 2023, the Virginia Premier pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) will change from Elixir to Express Scripts, Inc. You will continue to get your covered prescriptions at no cost and have a robust national pharmacy
Virginia Premier now covers your hearing benefits!
As of 10/1/2022, Nations Hearing will no longer administer your hearing benefit if you are 21 years of age or younger. Virginia Premier now covers your hearing benefits. To find a list of network providers, please visit https://www.virginiapremier.com/find-a-doctor/. If you have any questions about this change, please call Member Services
Take Time to Thank a Nurse
The World Health Organization has declared 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. To help celebrate, we’d like you to tell us about a nurse or midwife who has helped you with your health or pregnancy.
Find Food, Health, Housing, Job Training Programs
Virginia Premier partners with Aunt Bertha to connect our members to additional community resources like food, job training, baby supplies, transportation, housing and shelter, advocacy and legal aid, and much more.
Consumer-Directed (CD) Attendant Supplemental Support Payment
The Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) will provide Consumer-Directed (CD) Attendants who worked anytime between July 1, 2021 and September 30, 2021 with a COVID-19 supplemental support payment of $1,000. This one-time, pre-tax payment is subject to all applicable taxes and withholdings, including garnishments. Attendants who work for more
Easy Access to Your Individualized Care Plan
All members currently working with a Virginia Premier case manager and have an Individualized Care Plan completed, will now be able to view the Care Plan in the member portal on the Virginia Premier website. To access your Care Plan on the Virginia Premier website: Select your health plan, Medicare
Prediabetes – It’s Real and It’s Reversible
Prediabetes is a condition in which your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be Type 2 diabetes. Simple lifestyle changes can reverse prediabetes and prevent it from becoming Type 2 diabetes. More than 1 in 3 American adults have prediabetes. And 90% of people
Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week
Virginia Premier celebrates National Breastfeeding Month this August. Our Healthy Heartbeats program hosted two webinars for World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 – 7). Watch the replay videos from the Virginia Premier Facebook page. All About Breastfeeding Breastfeeding is unique for each person. The webinar covered: Breastfeeding tips Breastfeeding positions Presented
Urgent Care vs. Emergency Room: Know Where to Go
There are a few factors to consider when deciding where to go for care, whether it’s a doctor’s office, walk-in clinic, urgent care, or the ER. Before you’re in a situation where you need to make this decision, it’s important to know your choices for care.
