The Cancer Screenings brochure, which provides information about Medicare coverage of screening mammographies, screening pap tests, screening pelvic exams, and colorectal and prostate cancer screenings, is now available in print format. To place your order for the print version, select "MLN Product Ordering Page" in the "Related Links Inside CMS" Section on the Medicare Learning Network homepage at www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNGenInfo/01_Overview.asp.
You can also view the downloadable version at the following address: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/cancer_screening.pdf
For more products related to Medicare-covered preventive services, please visit our preventive services educational products website at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp
The Smoking and Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services brochure, which provides information about Medicare coverage of smoking and tobacco-use cessation services, is now available in print format. To place your order for the print version, select "MLN Product Ordering Page" in the "Related Links Inside CMS" Section on the Medicare Learning Network homepage at www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNGenInfo/01_Overview.asp.
You can also view the downloadable version at the following address: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/smoking.pdf
For more products related to Medicare-covered preventive services, please visit our preventive services educational products website at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp
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Flu Season is upon us! CMS encourages providers to begin taking advantage of each office visit to encourage your patients with Medicare to get seasonal flu shots. Flu shots are their best defense against combating flu this season. And don't forget—health care workers also need to protect themselves.
Medicare provides coverage of the flu vaccine without any out-of-pocket costs to the Medicare patient as a part B benefit. No deductible or copayment/coinsurance applies. Note that influenza vaccine is NOT a Part D covered Drug.
For more information about Medicare's coverage of the seasonal influenza vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational resources for health care professionals, please go to http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp on the CMS website.
For information on Medicare policies related to H1N1 influenza, please go to http://www.cms.hhs.gov/H1N1 on the CMS website.
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