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Your Personal Health Care Concierge
Call: 1-866-486-8242
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TouchCare assists with...

  • Benefit education
  • Enrollment assistance for new employees, life events, and open enrollment
  • Finding an in-network provider
  • Claims and billing issues or questions
  • Price comparisons for certain procedures (i.e. x-ray)
  • Locating lower cost prescription medications
  • And more

 

  Medical
Three plans offered by Premera
  • Premium medical
  • Basic medical
  • HDHP
  Pharmacy
Comprehensive prescription coverage through Premera. Combined with the medical plans.
  Dental
Two plans offered by Premera
  • Premium dental
  • Basic dental
  Vision
One plan offered by VSP
  Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Three plans offered by ASIFlex
  • Health Care FSA
  • Limited Purpose FSA
  • Dependent Care FSA
  Health Savings Account (HSA)
One plan offered by Bank of America in conjunction with the HDHP UA Choice Plan.
  UA Wellness Program
Complete activities to earn points and qualify for a $600 wellness rebate.
  Corestream
Additional insurances including accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, identify theft, legal assistance, and pet insurance.
  MASA Air and Ground Ambulance
Supplemental air and ground ambulance protection
  TouchCare
Need help on your benefits? TouchCare is your advocate for all things medical!
  Experiencing a Life Event?
Make changes to your benefits within 30 days of a life event.
  Joint Health Care Committee
An advisory body that provides recommendations on UA Choice Plans including plan design and cost.
Health & Wellness News
  • New plan year begins on July 1

    August 13, 2025

    New August 12 - Wellness Plan Updates for FY26 - Beginning with this plan year (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026) we will no longer have the run-out reporting period until September 30, 2026. Read this article for more information!

  • The ins-and-outs of a qualifying life event

    August 12, 2025

    Qualifying life events allow employees to make changes to their medical, dental, and vision coverage. However, there are very strict definitions of a qualifying life event along with tight deadlines to report these events and requests changes to your coverage. This article breaks down what a qualifying life event is, the timelines to request an update, and other items outside of medical, dental, and vision coverage to consider.

  • Required Plan Documents

    August 12, 2025

    All of our FY26 required plan documents can be found on our main benefits webpage for easy access. If you have any questions on these documents, please reach out to ua-benefits@alaska.edu or (907) 450-8242 to discuss.

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