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Prostate cancer screening. This includes one digital rectal exam and one prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test every 12 months for members age 50 and older.

Routine hearing exams once every 12 months. (Fitting and evaluation for hearing aid once every 12 months.)

Hearing aids up to $400 every 36 months (toward the cost of hearing aids, batteries and/or repairs).

Note: This health plan also covers: contact lenses when they are needed to treat keratoconus; one pair of eyeglasses or contact lenses that are needed after a cataract surgery with insertion of an intraocular lens; and corrective lenses after cataract removal without a lens implant. These benefits are not subject to the benefit limit described for other covered eyewear.

Note: The ambulance copayment is waived: when the ambulance trip to the hospital results in the member being held overnight for an observation stay or being admitted for inpatient care within 24 hours; and for trips between hospitals and/or Skilled Nursing Facilities.

Some examples of covered durable medical equipment include (but are not limited to): hospital beds; wheelchairs; respirators; inhalators; nebulizers and oxygen equipment; and glucometers.

These benefits also include supplies necessary for the effective use of the durable medical equipment (such as oxygen).

Part-time or intermittent skilled nursing visits, physical therapy, speech/language therapy, occupational therapy, medical social work, home health aide services, medical supplies, durable medical equipment.

This health plan also covers home infusion therapy furnished by a covered home infusion therapy provider.

This health plan covers hospice consultation services (one time only) for a terminally ill person who has not elected the Medicare hospice benefit.