Medicare preventive services.(Resources)(Brief Article)

Legislative Network for Nurses;  March 7, 2005 ;     83 words ......to help health care professionals understand the new Medicare preventive services, from coverage...Other Health Care Professionals, is one of several...on Medicare's preventive services. Contact: www...

Preventive services inconsistent in Medicare visits: 30% did not receive...

OB GYN News;  December 1, 2003 ;     573 words ......Medicare beneficiaries get all of the preventive services they need at the physician's office...several times a year and get some preventive services. However, in 2000, 30% did not receive...to follow up on the recommended preventive services that beneficiaries were receiving...

High-value preventive services pay

Managed Healthcare Executive;  July 1, 2006 ;     342 words ...BLOOMINGTON, MiNN.-Some preventive services contribute more to improving health compared with other preventive services, while others offer more value...Prevention, highest value preventive services include providers discussing...

A systems approach to delivering clinical preventive services. (Primary...

Pediatric Nursing;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Delivering Clinical Preventive Services: A Systems Approach...aware of recommended preventive services, were not uniformly...cited for not providing preventive services included clinicians...

New AHRQ Tool for PDAs Helps Clinicians Select Preventive Services by Age...

U.S. Newswire;  April 29, 2004 ;     397 words ......AHRQ's new Interactive Tool, the Preventive Services Selector, an application for Palm...quickly and easily search for which preventive services to provide-or not provide-to patients...by recommending the appropriate preventive services for each individual patient," said...

Senate bill would require Medicare to cover more preventive...

Legislative Network for Nurses;  June 28, 2004 ;     221 words ......would be able to administer more preventive services that would be covered under Medicare...cost-effective way. The Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2004 (S. 2535) would...authority to make coverage decisions for preventive services without congressional involvement...

AHRQ Launches Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) Tool for...

U.S. Newswire;  October 26, 2006 ;     567 words ......S. Newswire/ -- A new Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) tool for primary...clinicians to use when recommending preventive services for their patients was unveiled...recommendations from the AHRQ- sponsored U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The tool can be viewed...

Sen. Cardin Introduces Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......D-Maryland, has introduced the Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2007 (S. 2115...coverage and waiver of cost-sharing for preventive services under the Medicare program." The...the legislation follows:Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2007S. 2115To amend...

Sun Enhances Preventive Services With New Partner Capabilities and...

PR Newswire;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Microsystems, Inc. expanded its Sun(SM) Preventive Services (SPS) offerings with new partner...to directly from Sun. Through Sun Preventive Services, new Sun Update Connection services...Windows, HP-UX and IBM AIX. While Sun Preventive Services take into account the people, ...

Medicare: Most Beneficiaries Receive Some but Not All Recommended...

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  October 1, 2003 ;     484 words ......age 65 and older, covers certain preventive services, such as flu shots and mammograms...beneficiaries received recommended preventive services through existing visits, (2) whether...innovative approaches to delivering preventive services. GAO also interviewed Department...

New Study Provides Road Map to Preventive Services With Greatest Health...

PR Newswire;  May 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Half of Americans Who Need Valuable Preventive Services Continue to Go Without Them WASHINGTON...Capitalizing on Life-Saving, Cost-Effective Preventive Services, sheds light on the startling fact...Americans who need these valuable preventive services continue to go without them. ...

Sun enhances preventive services with new partner capabilities and...

M2 Presswire;  February 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......2005-Sun Microsystems: Sun enhances preventive services with new partner capabilities and...Nasdaq: SUNW) expanded its Sun(SM) Preventive Services (SPS) offerings with new partner...to directly from Sun. Through Sun Preventive Services, new Sun Update Connection services...

Preventive services for employers.(Dermatologic Surgery)

Skin & Allergy News;  January 1, 2007 ;     71 words ......A Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science Into Coverage...Prevention, the guide contains preventive services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the CDC. For more...

Clinical preventive services guide.(FYI)

Family Practice News;  October 15, 2005 ;     61 words ......for Healthcare Research and Quality has adapted the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2005 as a pocket-sized book. The booklet includes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recommendations on the prevention and early detection...

Clinical Preventive Services Guide.(FYI)

Clinical Psychiatry News;  August 1, 2005 ;     61 words ......for Healthcare Research and Quality has adapted the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2005 as a pocket-sized book. The book includes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recommendations on the prevention and early detection of...