Wellness guide: Ages 12-17
What’s preventive care and what’s covered?
When it comes to health, there’s no such thing as starting too early. Eating nutritious foods, staying active, and getting routine checkups are all part of preventive care.
What’s considered preventive care?
Preventive care includes the services you get as part of your routine well exam. Surest plans cover eligible preventive care services, which means you’ll pay $0 out of pocket. Preventive care includes:
- Annual physical exam, including well-child care
- Recommended health screenings
- Vaccines
Search in the app under “well visit – child,” “well child exam,” or “child wellness visit.”
Important information about these guidelines
These are general health screening guidelines for common preventive services. Talk to your doctor about what’s appropriate for your child.
These guidelines may not reflect the specific services or all the health screenings your child might require
General screening
- Assessment of general health and potential health risks through a wellness examination
- Body mass index (BMI) screening. Behavioral counseling if 95th percentile or higher.
- Depression and anxiety screening starting at age 12 years (for more information, see our mental health benefit guide
- Hepatitis B, syphilis screening for adolescents, if increased risk
- HIV screening starting at age 16 years; sooner, if increased risk
Lifestyle and safety screening and counseling
- Contraception and sexually transmitted infections screening and counseling for adolescents
- Healthy weight, nutrition, and exercise counseling
- Safety, including environment and intimate partner violence, screening and counseling
- Skin cancer prevention counseling if increased risk
- Tobacco use screening and counseling
Vaccinations
- COVID-19 vaccine
- Flu (influenza) vaccine (every year)
Get more details in the Flu member guide - Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
- Meningococcal vaccine
- Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTap) vaccine—DTap vaccine once, then Td booster every 10 years
- Other vaccines your doctor may recommend if you have an increased risk or other conditions
Surest Member Services is here to answer questions or help you navigate preventive care. Call us at the number on your Surest member ID card for assistance.
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This content is not medical advice. You should always consult with your health care professional.