*Official Member Guideline

Zion HealthShare shares specific preventive services with the Direct Membership or with the additional Preventive Sharing service added to the Essential Membership. Preventive sharing is not subject to the IUA. Members should take advantage of the Medical Advocacy service as it is a complimentary resource to help them locate low-cost facilities.

Zion HealthShare references the following resources regarding preventive sharing:

• US Preventive Services Task Force
• American Cancer Society
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention Guidelines
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Academy of Family Physicians

*Official Member Guideline

Sharing for an annual provider visit is available upon membership start date and every twelve (12) months from the shareable visit date. Sharing is limited to the services provided during the office visit only, up to $175. 

Cervical cancer screenings are considered shareable only when performed during the annual provider visit. Prostate exams are considered shareable only when performed during the annual provider visit and after fifty (50) years of age. If a follow-up is requested for either, it will require a separate sharing request and subsequent IUA.

*Official Member Guideline

Sharing for a colorectal cancer screening is available every ten (10) years beginning at the age of forty-five (45) and after six (6) months of a continuous membership that includes the Preventive Services additional service.

Sharing is limited to $5,000 for the screening colonoscopy, anesthesia, diagnostic testing, biopsies, and pathology performed as a part of the screening. Any additional costs, services, or follow-ups will be the member’s responsibility. For high-risk members under forty-five (45), this service may be shareable with prior written approval from Zion HealthShare.

Home colorectal cancer screening tests such as high sensitivity gFOBT (guaiac fecal occult blood test), FIT (fecal immunochemical test), and sDNA-FIT (stool DNA with fecal immunochemical test) are shareable beginning at the age of 45 and after six (6) months of continuous membership with preventive services. gFOBT and FIT are shareable once every twelve (12) months; sDNA-FIT is shareable once every three (3) years up to $500 for the test. 

Any additional testing resulting from a home colorectal cancer screening test, including a colonoscopy, will require a separate sharing request and is subject to the IUA.

All other colorectal cancer screenings are not shareable as a preventive service but may be considered for sharing as a separate sharing request dependent upon the reason and only with prior written approval from Zion HealthShare. All non-preventive colorectal cancer screenings are subject to the IUA. 

*Official Member Guideline

Sharing for a mammogram is available after six (6) months of a continuous membership that includes the Preventive Sharing additional service and every year beginning at the age of forty (40). Sharing is limited to $600 for a 2D or 3D mammogram. The exam, appointment, and evaluation of imaging performed as a part of the screening will count toward the $600 limit. Any additional services provided will be the member’s responsibility. For high-risk members under the age of forty (40) this service may be considered for sharing with prior written approval from Zion HealthShare.
 
If the finding of the screening mammogram is inconclusive and warrants an ultrasound ordered by a licensed medical provider, Zion HealthShare will consider sharing in the cost which will be included in the $600 sharing limit.
 
All other mammograms are not shareable as a preventive service but may be considered for sharing as a separate sharing request dependent upon the reason and only with prior written approval from Zion HealthShare. All non-preventive and diagnostic mammograms are subject to the IUA.

*Official Member Guideline

Sharing for youth immunizations is available upon membership start date for members born in connection with an eligible maternity sharing request, and after six (6) months of a continuous membership that includes the Preventive Services additional feature for all other members up to the age of eighteen (18).

Zion HealthShare may share up to the CDC price list in effect at the time of sharing request. Sharing is limited to the immunizations outlined below:

• HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)
• Men (Meningococcal) 
• PCV (Pneumococcal) 
• RV (Rotavirus Immunization)
• IPV (Inactivated Polio Immunization)
• HIB (Haemophilus Influenza Type B) 
• Hep A (Hepatitis A) 
• Hep B (Hepatitis B) 
• VAR (Varicella) 
• DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular pertussis) 
• Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, acellular pertussis) 
• MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) 

*Official Member Guideline

Sharing for well child visits is available upon membership start date for members born in connection with an eligible maternity sharing request and after six (6) months of a continuous membership that includes the Preventive Services additional feature for all other members. Sharing is limited to $175 for the office visit costs, and associated immunizations are limited as outlined in the  Youth Immunizations section.

Qualifying visits are for children at the following ages:

• Birth
• 1 Month
• 2 Months
• 4 Months
• 6 Months
• 9 Months
• 12 Months
• 15 Months
• 18 Months
• 30 Months
• 36 Months