Preventive Services

Medicare Part B (health insurance) covers numerous preventive and screening services, including the following:

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening test
• Alcohol abuse screening and counseling
• Bone mass measurements (bone density)
• Screening for cardiovascular disease
• Cardiovascular disease (behavioral therapy)
• Screening for cervical and vaginal cancer
• Colorectal cancer screening tests
• Multi-target stool DNA testing
• Detection of barium enemas
• Screening colonoscopies
• Fecal occult blood test
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy detection
• Depression screening tests
• Diabetes tests
• Diabetes self-management training
• Glaucoma tests
• Screening test for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection
• Hepatitis C screening test
• HIV screening
• Lung cancer screening
• Mammography (screening)
• Nutritional therapy services
• Obesity screening and counseling
• Welcome to Medicare" One-Stop Preventive Care Visit
• Prostate cancer screening tests
• Counseling and screening for sexually transmitted infections
• Vaccines (influenza vaccines, hepatitis B vaccines and pneumococcal vaccines)
• Tobacco cessation counseling
• Annual "Wellness" visit

Costs and coinsurance vary by individual service.