medicare preventive services

Hepatitis C Screening for Baby Boomers – Recommendations and Billing Tips for July 28th World Hepatitis Day

The U.S Preventive Services Task Force and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) have joined in a recent call for one-time hepatitis C screening among baby boomers. The task force recommends that those born between 1945 and 1965 be screened, while the CDC encourages individuals born between 1946 and 1965 be screened. Hepatitis C affects […]

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Medicare continues to expand preventive services

January 23, 2012 Medicare’s recent policy changes reflect a heightened awareness of the value of preventive care. The newest changes include reimbursement to providers that offer alcohol misuse counseling, cardiovascular screenings, depressions screenings, and obesity screening and counseling. Additional preventive services that Medicare currently covers include annual wellness visits, abdominal aortic aneurysm screenings, bone mass

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