Maintaining good health is best achieved through a wholesome lifestyle. Regular physical activity, nutritious eating habits, maintaining an appropriate body weight, and abstaining from tobacco use can enhance your health and avert illnesses. Medicare subsidizes a broad array of prophylactic services designed to safeguard your well-being. These services are pivotal in the early detection of health issues, where treatment is most effective, and they play a crucial role in preventing the onset of various diseases. Included in these services are physical assessments, vaccinations, laboratory work, and diagnostic screenings, along with health guidance and educational resources tailored to help you manage your personal health.
Medicare extends coverage for the following prophylactic services:
• Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Assessment and counseling for alcohol misuse
• Blood-based biomarker examination
• Bone density analysis
• Cardiovascular disease (behavioral counseling)
• Cardiovascular health screenings
• Screenings for colorectal cancer
– Exam for fecal occult blood
– Flexible sigmoidoscopy procedure
– Colonoscopy examination
– Barium enema procedure
– Stool DNA test (such as CologuardTM)
• Examination for depression
• Screenings for diabetes
• Training for diabetes self-care
• Influenza vaccination
• Test for glaucoma
• Vaccination for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Testing for HIV
• Screening for lung cancer
• Screening with mammography
• Services for medical nutritional therapy
• Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program enrollment
• Screening and counseling for obesity
• Pap smear and pelvic examination
• Vaccinations for pneumococcal infections
• Screening for prostate cancer
• Screening and counseling for sexually transmitted infections
• Counseling for the cessation of tobacco use and prevention of tobacco-related diseases
• Initial “Welcome to Medicare” prophylactic visit
• Annual “Wellness” check-up
