Source:
The Columbia County Office for the Aging ELDER EXPRESS July-September 2019 Edition
The best way to stay healthy is to live a healthy life style, eating well, exercising and not smoking. Medicare can help too. Medicare will pay for numerous servicesincluding exams, vaccinations, lab tests and screenings. In addition, Medicare will pay for counseling and education. Ask your doctor about the Medicare preventive services covered by Part B (medical insurance) listed below:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
Alcohol misuse screenings & counseling
Bone mass measurements (bone density)
Cardiovascular disease screenings
Cardiovascular disease (behavioral therapy)
Cervical & vaginal cancer screening
Colorectal cancer screenings
¨ Multi target tool DNA tests
¨ Screening colonoscopies
¨ Screening fecal occult blood tests
¨ Screening flexible sigmoidoscopies
Depression screenings
Diabetes screenings
Diabetes self-management training
Glaucoma tests
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection screening
Hepatitis C screening test
HIV screening
Lung cancer screening
Mammograms (screening)
Nutrition therapy services
Obesity screenings & counseling
One-time “Welcome to Medicare” preventative visit
Prostate cancer screenings
Sexually transmitted infections & counseling
Shots:
¨ Flu shots
¨ Hepatitis B shots
¨ Pneumococcal shots
Tobacco use cessation counseling
Yearly “Wellness” visits”
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