Medicare Offers More Free Preventive Services

You know what they say, it’s easier to prevent an illness than to treat it. Perhaps that’s why beneficiaries can receive a number of free preventive services through Medicare.

Annually, you’ll get to have a free wellness visit that can help develop or update a personalized prevention plan.

Perhaps best of all, seniors can also get free cardiovascular screenings every five years, annual flu shots, annual mammograms, screenings for cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancers.

Even if you do not think you are at risk it’s best to get tested and make sure your health stays on the right track.

Medicare Expands Telehealth Offerings

Unsurprisingly, since the novel Coronavirus has swept the nation, officials have changed their stance in regards to telehealth. Up until very recently, only Medicare Advantage plans have been covering telehealth. Traditional Medicare, though? Not so much, and when it did it was a restrictive service that only allowed for certain devices to be used in Medicare facilities.

So, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients could reach a broad range of medical professionals from their own homes, using smartphones. It also seems that this feature will become permanent.

However, keep in mind that the program won’t offer any discounts for this service, meaning you’ll pay the same for a telehealth service as you will for an in-person doctor visits.