tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 36

INDUSTRY NOTES: Elderly Need Education On Immunizations, Screenings

Plus: Get ready to see less for Moh'sMedicare launched a 120-city bus tour this summer to publicize available screenings and immunizations, reports The Wall Street Journal. Fewer than one in 10 Medicare recipients is getting all the screenings and immunizations recommended by public health experts, says the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. One third of Medicare benes didn't get free flu shots in 2005.Many seniors are unaware of Medicare's preventive-care benefits because until recently, the program spent just 5 percent on such services. Now, seniors can get free or low-cost glaucoma screenings, medical nutrition therapy, cardiovascular and...

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