For AlaskaCare Employee Plan Members and Their Eligible Dependents

The AlaskaCare Employee Health plan, in partnership with the Pacific Health Coalition, is offering Health Fairs this fall in five Alaskan cities. Health Fairs give AlaskaCare plan participants easy access to flu shots as well as convenient blood screening, prostate disease screening, thyroid screening, and Vitamin D testing.

AlaskaCare Retirees: Beginning in 2024, the Coalition no longer offers retiree plan members access to the Coalition-organized health fairs.

We understand this may be disappointing, but most preventive screenings offered at past health fairs are still covered by your AlaskaCare Retiree plan. You can receive them at no cost from a network provider, or at 80% coinsurance after your deductible with an out-of-network provider. While you won’t be able to attend this fall’s Coalition events, you can still access these services through your regular provider at your convenience.

Online Registration

Pre-registration is REQUIRED at all locations and for all services.

You MUST register in advance to attend any of the following events.

2025 Locations

Fairbanks

Mat-Su

Anchorage

Soldotna

Juneau

All AlaskaCare Employee plan members and their spouses and dependent children must present an AlaskaCare Health Plan insurance card with their name on it to the AlaskaCare registration table to access services at the health fair.

The AlaskaCare Health Plan insurance card has “AlaskaCare” printed above the logo at top right with “Employee” beneath the logo. This is the only way registration staff at the health fair will have to verify a member’s eligibility. It’s helpful if members have their cards out and ready as they approach the registration table.

Lab Tests Available At The Health Fair

Pre-registration for lab tests and flu shots opens on August 4 at coalitionhealthfair.org .

• Testing is available to adults over age 18. Test results will be sent to you directly.
• Pre-registration closes on the Thursday three weeks before the fair unless a date reaches maximum capacity prior to the scheduled close. You must register.
• We will offer fasting and non-fasting labs at some locations. Non-fasting locations will be noted when you pre-register.
  • If you prefer a non-fasting lab, please schedule your appointment later in the morning to accommodate fasting participants.

Visit the coalitionhealthfair.org website for more information on the following screening tests, paid 100% by your health plan at no cost to you:

• Chemistry / Hematology Profile / A1C
• Thyroid Screen
• Prostate Disease Screen (for those age 40 and older)
• Vitamin D Test

Flu Shots

The Trivalent flu vaccine is offered to eligible participants age 9 and over (pending vaccine availability) and provided by the Coalition. High dose is not offered.

Soldotna participants between the ages of 9-17 will receive a flu shot voucher.

1. The pre-registration website opens August 4. Pre-registration can be completed online only. Health fair services are limited to members who successfully use the online tool to complete pre-registration and receive an appointment.
2. Pre-registration closes on Thursday, three weeks before the fair, unless a date reaches maximum capacity prior to the scheduled close. Each eligible member, age 18 and over, who would like an appointment for a Comprehensive Lab Test must pre-register and schedule an appointment by Thursday, three weeks before the Health Fair you wish to attend.

Please Note: Please register using the name on your AlaskaCare health insurance card (legal name).

3. Pre-registration closes the Thursday three weeks before the fair unless a date reaches maximum capacity prior to the scheduled close. There is a maximum capacity for each day based on:
   • the number of blood draws that can be accomplished per hour; and
   • the number of people that the space can hold. Once capacity is reached for any day, registration closes for that day.
4. Pre-registration is essential because it reduces participant waiting time by:
   • allowing organizers to prepare members’ flu shot forms, lab forms, and barcode labels for their lab specimens before the morning of the fair;
   • helping organizers ensure the correct amount of supplies are carried in for each day; and
   • enabling organizers to provide each member with an appointment.

   Please Note: Pre-registration is also the opportunity to tell the organizers where to send your lab results.

5. When members arrive at the health fair, they should proceed to the AlaskaCare registration table designated to service them alphabetically by the first letter of their last name. (If you have family members with different last names, please have them go to the appropriate line that corresponds to the first letter of their last name.) The registration table staff will verify each member’s eligibility from their AlaskaCare Employee Health Plan insurance card (which must have the name of the person registering). Once verified as plan members, participants will be given their lab and flu forms and specimen barcodes to proceed to the lab and flu shot lines.

Please Note: Health fair resources are limited. Occasionally members will contact us when they are unable to obtain an appointment because the fair in their city has reached capacity. Unfortunately, additional members cannot be accommodated once the day’s schedule is full. This is to ensure that specimens can be handled timely, enough medical supplies are on hand for each day, and to avoid exceeding fire code maximum occupancy for the venue.