April 11, 2005

• HR Development
• Healthful Hints
• Job Openings

HR Development

To register for a class contact Daphne Wright at 348-9700 or dharbin@fa.ua.edu. To access class descriptions and view the training schedule visit http://hr.ua.edu/st-dev/.

Building Community: Human Relations for the 21st Century

• The Diversity Experience — TBA
• Advanced Connections, Moving Quality Service Beyond the Basics — TBA
• Assertiveness Skills and Communication — TBA
• The Fish Philosophy — April 15, 2-4 p.m.

Computer Courses

• E-Course — TBA
• Advanced Computer Classes — TBA

The Management Project

Register now for The Management Project — an in-house management certificate program for UA managers. This course is a comprehensive training program designed to give participants practical knowledge and skills enabling them to effectively manage within the University's work environment. It was created to assist managers with the increasing challenges they are facing and to prepare potential managers to accept future challenges.

• Customer Service and Quality Principals — April 13, TBA

Performance Management and Development

• First Level Supervision Series — Dealing Effectively with Behaviors — April 25-27, 1-4 p.m.

Personal Safety

• Right to Know — April 12, 1 p.m.

Policy and Procedures

• Making Payments to Non-US Citizens — April 20, 1:30-3 p.m.

Healthful Hints

by John Kasberg, UA Risk Analyst

Preventive Health Services and Tests Save Lives and Money

Early detection and treatment of a medical problem can help save lives and lower medical costs for you and our health plan. This column is a reminder that the University's self-insured employee health plan administered by BC/BS of Alabama covers several medical services and tests done on a routine basis to help you and your PPO (in-network) doctor diagnose and treat medical problems or conditions.

Please review the following list of routine medical services covered by UA's group health plan. Remember that some medical tests when performed as part of a PPO doctor's medical exam are subject to the $25 co-pay for the PPO doctor's visit. Routine services and tests done by a non-PPO provider are not covered. If you are diagnosed with a specific medical problem by a PPO doctor, then more frequent tests and services may be done but they must be documented as non-routine tests and services on the claim filed to BC/BS of Alabama to receive proper consideration.

The covered routine services and tests under UA's health plan are:

1. One preventive office visit a year that includes a family history, exam, blood pressure check, female breast exam and a digital exam of the rectum and prostate for males
2. One pap smear a year for females
3. One baseline mammogram for females age 35 to 39, then one routine annual mammogram at age 40 and up but these limits may not apply if you have a family history of breast cancer or if you are diagnosed with breast cancer
4. One prostate specific antigen (PSA) test a year for males starting at age 40
5. One cholesterol test every five years
6. One complete blood count (CBC) a year
7. One urinalysis a year
8. One chest x-ray starting at age 35
9. Lead screening tests starting at age 2 or twice by age 4
10. Tuberculosis (TB) skin testing once a year for age 1 through 6; then once between ages 7 and 18, once between age 19 and 34, and once between ages 35 and 64
11. One flexible sigmoidoscopy every three years at age 50 subject to a $75 facility co-pay
12. One fecal occult blood test a year at age 50
13. One double-contrast barium enema every five years at age 50
14. One colonoscopy every 10 years at age 50 subject to a $75 facility co-pay
15. One thyroid profile a year at age 50
16. One electrocardiogram (EKG) a year starting at age 50
17. One automated multi-channel lab test per year containing up to 22 clinical chemistry tests starting at age 19
18. Routine immunizations for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis B, hib(meningitis, epiglottis and joint infections), chicken pox and invasive pneumococcal disease in children during the first two years of life
19. Pneumonia and influenza vaccines beginning at age 65 if the risk factors warrant them

If you have questions about the medical tests and services covered by UA's employee health plan, you may call BC/BS of Alabama's Customer Service at 1-800-292-8868 or check the BC/BS webpage at www.bcbsal.com and click "I am a customer" for menu options.

Job Openings

The University of Alabama is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. For the latest job updates, call the UA job line, 348-7780. For a full line listing of available positions, visit http://hr.ua.edu/employment. Remember that office, technical, clerical, maintenance and service positions stay on the Job Line only five days. Faculty positions are listed under the appropriate college or school.

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