HIV Preventive Screening

Effective January 1, 2010, Gateway Health Plan Medicare Assured^® HMO will cover Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) screening at no cost for people who:

• Are at an increased risk for HIV infection including
  • Men who have had sex with men after 1975
  • Men and women having unprotected sex with multiple partners
  • Past or present injection drug users
  • Men and women who exchange sex for money or drugs, or have sex partners who do
  • Individuals whose past or present sex partners were HIV-infected, bisexual or injection drug users
  • Persons being treated for sexually transmitted diseases
  • Persons with a history of blood transfusion between 1978 and 1985
• Request an HIV test despite reporting no individual risk factors
• Are pregnant and wish to have the HIV screening.

• You do not need a referral from your Primary Care Provider (PCP).
• You may receive the screening from any participating lab facility.

• There is no cost to you for this screening.

If you have any questions about this new benefit or need help finding a lab facility, please call Gateway’s Member Services Department at 1-800-685-5209, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 7 days a week. TTY users should call 1-800-654-5988.