Medicare to implement new preventive services
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Effects of Medicare Coverage of a “Welcome-to-Medicare” Visit on Use of Preventive Services among New Medicare Enrollees
In January 2005, Medicare began covering a one-time initial preventive physical examination (IPPE), also called a "Welcome-to-Medicare" visit, during a beneficiary's first 6 months under Part B. This paper examines the effects of offering Medicare IPPE coverage on the use of mammograms, breast self-exams, Pap smears, prostate cancer screenings, cholesterol screenings, and flu vaccines among ben...
متن کاملCost and Outcomes of Medicare Reimbursement for HMO Preventive Services
Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a health maintenance organization (HMO) were randomized to a preventive services benefit package for 2 years or to usual care. At 24- and 48-month follow-ups, the treatment group had completed more advance directives, participated in more exercise, and consumed less dietary fat than the control group. Unexpectedly, more deaths occurred in the treatment group. ...
متن کاملA New Model for Adolescent Preventive Services.
CONTEXT Preventive screening and counseling of adolescents is time-intensive and is usually done by clinicians who currently provide far fewer preventive services than guidelines suggest. OBJECTIVE Create a clinically effective, cost-efficient, replicable program to screen and counsel adolescents. DESIGN The Adolescent Preventive Services (APS) Program was designed to screen youth (aged 13-...
متن کاملThe new U.S. preventive services task force.
Providing preventive services to apparently healthy individuals in clinical settings is such a ubiquitous part of primary care practice that it is easy to forget that the concept is less than 100 years old. The idea that clinicians had anything useful to offer healthy people was a product of the 1930s and 1940s, during an era of rapid advances in public health and progress in the pathophysiolog...
متن کاملSurvey the Determinants of Access to Preventive Dental Services
Background and Aim: Military dentistry combines patient-centered care with public health views to create services agile and comprehensive. The effect of oral disease on military personnel can significantly damage the individual's operational ability. A significant concern of various countries in providing universal health coverage is access to dental services and oral health care, which require...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7462.368-g