Screening for Seniors

Men, Women, Children and Seniors all need preventative health screenings. As with the other age and gender groups, seniors may qualify for a yearly wellness visit and many preventative services for free under the Affordable Care Act.

If you are a senior that is new to Medicare, you will receive a "Welcome to Medicare" preventative visit with no cost during your first 12 month of Part B Coverage. This will serve as a review of your health, provide education and counseling about preventative services available to you.  If you have had Part B for longer than a year, you can receive annual wellness visits.

There are several other preventative services that also qualify including:

• Tobacco Use Cessation Counseling
• Screening for bone mass
• Cervical cancer screening
• Cholesterol and cardiovascular screenings
• Diabetes screening
• Flu, pneumonia and hepatitis B shots
• Mammograms
• Medical nutrition therapy to help manage diabetes or kidney disease
• Prostate cancer screening
• More available screenings