October 2007

CMS offers free preventive-care information

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made available to providers a number of information products, obtainable at no cost by downloading or ordering.

The products are available from the Medicare Learning Network. All print products are available online to view, download, or print, and may be reprinted or redistributed as needed.

To view, download, or print the publication, go to www.chiroeco.com/cms.order. Some print products are only available as a download, while others are available as a download and in a hard-copy format.

Available products include:

• Smoking and Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services, revised August 2007;
• Expanded Benefits 9, revised August 2007;
• Bone Mass Measurements, revised August 2007;
• Cancer Screenings, revised August 2007;
• Glaucoma Screening, revised August 2007;
• Adult Immunizations, revised August 2007;
• Diabetes-Related Services;
• The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers, and Other Health Care Professionals, 2nd Edition, August 2007;
• Determining a Medicare Beneficiary’s Eligibility for Medicare Preventive Services, (Available for download only);
• Quick Reference Information: Medicare Preventive Services, revised May 2007;
• Quick Reference Information: Medicare Immunization Billing, revised October 2006;
• Quick Reference Information: The ABCs of Providing the Initial Preventive Physical Examination;
• Web-Based Training Modules (WBTs); and
• An Overview of Medicare Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers, and Other Health Care Professionals.

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, www.cms.hhs.gov

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