Staying healthy

Preventive health care will keep you healthier

Staying healthy doesn't mean staying away from the doctor. Priority Health plans encourage you to get regular physicals, mammograms, well-baby exams and other services. Often, we pay 100 percent of the cost.

Once you decide to make healthy choices, then our HealthyEncounters^SM programs can help you. Start here on priorityhealth.com:

• Use our Preventive Health Care Guidelines
  Find out when to get physicals, screenings, and child immunizations.
• Monitor your BMI (body mass index)
• Calculate your BMI using this online calculator. (This link opens in a new browser window.)
• Print a copy of these information sheets, which will give you examples of healthy and unhealthy BMI numbers, and suggestions for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Take it with you on your next doctor visit, so you know what your BMI number means.
• Adult BMI, ages 20+ (31KB PDF)
• Teen BMI (31KB PDF)
• Children BMI (31KB PDF)
  

• Know the risk factors, signs and symptoms
  Check the signs and symptoms of diabetes, lead poisoning, asthma, and other health problems, and get a free private report on your personal health risks.
• Be prepared for seasonal and H1N1 flu
  Find out who should receive a flu shot, when Priority Health covers flu shots and how you can you prevent the flu.
• Get regular colon cancer screenings
  Which type of screening, and how often do you need one?
• Inspire yourself to stay healthy
  Take wellness classes free.
  
• Choose the right doctor
  Use our online Find a Doctor directory
• Choose the right hospital
  Select a hospital based on safety and quality ratings

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How to keep health care affordable

• Get regular preventive care to catch little health problems early
• Ask what your options are before you accept a medical service
• Decide to try more basic services before using high-level care
• Ask to try lower-cost drugs before you the newest (expensive) drug