Alaska Teamster-Employer Welfare and Pension Trusts

5.7 OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES

Covered Expenses for services provided by a Hospital on an outpatient basis include:

• Diagnostic laboratory examinations, chemotherapy, diagnostic x-rays, radium or radioactive isotope therapy;
• Outpatient hemodialysis, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy;
• Surgical procedure(s) performed in the outpatient department; and
• Medically Necessary Hospital services for the removal of impacted teeth or the removal of a dental root without extraction of an entire tooth. Covered Dental Expenses related to charges from a dentist or oral surgeon are paid under dental care benefits.