PREVENTIVE BENEFITS
An easy and important way to stay healthy is to get disease prevention and early detection services. Disease prevention and early detection services can keep you from getting certain diseases or illnesses, or can find health problems early which is when treatment works best.
Medicare can do more for you than simply help you cover the costs of doctor and hospital bills. Medicare's preventive benefits can help you stay one step ahead of serious illnesses or certain chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
The following preventive benefits are available from Medicare*:
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
- Alcohol Misuse Counseling
- Bone Mass Measurement
- Cardiovascular Screenings
- Colon Cancer Screenings
- Depression Screenings
- Diabetes Screenings
- Diabetes Self-Management Training
- EKG Screenings - Medicare covers a one-time screening EKG if you get a referral for it as a result of your one-time "Welcome to Medicare" Preventive Visit.
- Flu Shots
- Glaucoma Tests
- Hepatitis B Shots
- HIV Screenings
- Mammograms
- Medical Nutrition Therapy Services
- Pap Tests and Pelvic Exams
- Preventive Visits
- Pneumococcal Shots
- Prostate Cancer Screenings
- Smoking Cessation (counseling to stop smoking)
*It's important to ask your doctor about the Medicare-covered tests and screenings that might be right for you. Coinsurance and deductibles may apply. You may need to meet certain criteria for coverage. Medicare Advantage Plans may offer coverage for additional preventive benefits.
For more information on preventive services including what Medicare pays and any deductible, coinsurance, or copayment that you pay, click on any service listed above.
Sign up at www.MyMedicare.gov to track the preventive benefits you have used each year and remind you of benefits for which you are eligible.
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