Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects to promote disease self-management for conditions identified by the Working Group for target individuals.
Amends SSA title XVIII to outline Medicare coverage of various specified preventive services, including: (1) therapy and counseling for cessation of tobacco use, and counseling for post-menopausal women; (2) screening for diminished visual acuity, and screening for depression; and (3) medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, or a renal disease.
Provides for: (1) expansion of eligibility for bone mass measurement; and (2) inclusion of the office visit associated with the screening colonoscopy in the screening colonoscopy benefit.
Directs the Secretary to integrate supplemental preventive health services with existing program integrity measures.
Permits waiver of coinsurance and deductibles for certain preventive services, such as: (1) diabetes outpatient self-management training services; (2) colorectal and prostate cancer screening tests; and (3) bone mass measurement.
Provides for coverage of initial preventive physical examination.
Directs the Secretary to take specified informational actions to promote the use by Medicare beneficiaries of preventive health benefits.
Directs the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct a national falls prevention and awareness campaign among Medicare beneficiaries.