The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed Medicare cover costs related to annual screening for depression for Medicare beneficiaries in primary care settings, according to a proposed ...

CMS will now begin to cover annual screenings for alcohol misuse and depression, according to agency decision memos. CMS determined that the evidence is adequate to conclude that screening for ...

Groups at risk for underrecognition and undertreatment of depression had improved rates of depression screening after implementing routine adult depressions screening in primary care. Routine ...

Interested in basic health screenings but no time to make it to the doctor’s office or need help navigating Medicare? No problem. Those age 60 and over can drop by the annual Senior and Family ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medicare's new prescription drug program is known for its complexity, which can be confusing even for perfectly healthy people not distracted by medical or mental health ...

Background and Goal: A recurrent barrier to Medicare annual wellness visits, which provide preventative medicine guidance for older and disabled patients, occurs when patients introduce medical ...