Posted on February 3, 2011 12:03
Categories: Medicare | Prevention and Wellness
Topics: Medicare | Prevention
The Annals of Family Medicine released a study, examining Medicare preventive health coverage before the implementation of the national health care reform law. The study compared 2007 and 2009 Medicare preventive service coverage to recommendations issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The authors found that Medicare partially reimbursed for 93 percent of recommended services but only provided full reimbursements for 7 percent. In addition, the authors found that Medicare reimbursed for 44 percent of services the task force recommended against. Noting that health reform has the potential to improve Medicare’s preventative service coverage, the authors suggest a reassessment of Medicare preventive services with a greater focus on care coordination.
Lesser, L., et. al. (2011). Comparison between US Preventative Services Task Force recommendations and Medicare coverage. Annals of Family Medicine, 9(1):44. ttp://www.annfammed.org/cgi/reprint/9/1/44
Authors: Lenard I. Lesser, Alex H. Krist, Douglas B. Kamerow, and Andrew W. Bazemore
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