April 5-11 is National Public Health Week and April 7 is World Health Day! In the spirit of National Public Health Week and World Health day, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminds health care professionals that Medicare provides coverage for a variety of preventive services. By encouraging your Medicare patients to take advantage of covered preventive services, you can help them lead longer, fuller, healthier lives.
Medicare Covered Preventive Services Medicare provides coverage for the following preventive services for eligible Medicare beneficiaries: * Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening, * Adult Immunizations, * Bone Mass Measurements, * Cancer Screenings, * Cardiovascular Screenings, * Diabetes-Related Services and Screenings, * Glaucoma Screenings, * Smoking and Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling, and * Initial Preventive Physical Examination. For More Information * CMS has developed a variety of educational products and resources to help health care professionals and their staff become familiar with coverage, coding, billing, and reimbursement for the many preventive services and screenings covered by Medicare. o The Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Preventive Services Educational Products Web Page ~ provides descriptions and ordering information for Medicare Learning Network (MLN) preventive services educational products and resources for health care professionals and their staff. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp o The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers and Other Health Care Professionals ~ This comprehensive resource contains coverage, coding, and payment information for the many preventive services covered by Medicare. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/mps_guide_web-061305.pdf o Quick Reference Information: Medicare Preventive Services ~ This chart contains coverage, coding, and payment information for the many preventive services covered by Medicare in an easy-to-use quick-reference format. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MPS_QuickReferenceChart_1.p df o The Preventive Services Educational Products PDF ~ This PDF document contains links to downloadable versions of the many products the MLN has available related to Medicare-covered preventive services, including brochures, quick reference guides, and more. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/Downloads/education_products_prevserv .pdf o To order hard copies of certain MLN products, please visit the MLN homepage at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mlngeninfo Scroll down to "Related Links Inside CMS" and click on "MLN Product Ordering Page" * For more information about World Health Day, please visit the World Health Organization's web site at: http://www.who.int/world-health-day/en * For more information about National Public Health Week, please visit the American Public Health Association's web site at: http://www.nphw.org/nphw10/home1.htm Thank you for helping CMS improve the health of patients with Medicare by joining in the effort to educate eligible beneficiaries about the importance of taking advantage of the many preventive services covered by Medicare. ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you received this message as part of the All FFS Providers listserv, you are currently subscribed to one of eighteen Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listservs. If you would like to be removed from all NIH listservs, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm <https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm> ) to unsubscribe. If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives> ) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a FFS provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Lis tservs.pdf) . Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
