List of Preventive Services and Screenings Covered by Medicare

•    Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening

•    Alcohol Misuse Screening and Behavioral counseling Intervention in Primary Care

•    Annual Wellness Visit (Including Personalized Prevention Plan Services)

•    Bone Mass Measurements

•    Cancer Screenings 

•    Breast Cancer (mammograms and clinical breast exam)

•    Cervical and Vaginal Cancer (pap test and pelvic exam [includes the clinical breast exam])

•    Colorectal Cancer 

                 o    Fecal Occult Blood Test

                 o    Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

                 o    Colonoscopy

                 o    Barium Enema

•    Prostate (PSA blood test and Digital Rectal Exam)

•    Cardiovascular Disease Screening

•    Depression Screening in Adults

•    Diabetes Screening

•    Diabetes Self-Management Training

•    Glaucoma Screening

•    Hepatitis C Screening

•    Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Screening

•    Immunizations (Seasonal Influenza, Pneumococcal, and Hepatitis B)

•    Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE) (also commonly referred to as the “Welcome to Medicare” Preventive Visit)

•    Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease

•    Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity

•    Medical Nutrition Therapy (for beneficiaries with diabetes or renal disease)

•    Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Screening and High-Intensity Behavioral Counseling (HIBC) to prevent STIs

•    Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling

As a result of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare now covers many of these services without cost to patients, including the Annual Wellness Visit that was created under the Affordable Care Act.