Medicare to Cover Screening & Counseling for Obesity

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is adding obesity screening and counseling to Medicare coverage. This new screening will become one of several preventive services that are now available without cost sharing under the [Affordable Care Act][1]. Read about the [Million Hearts][2] initiative to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes in the next 5 years.

[1]: http://www.healthcare.gov/prevention/index.html
[2]: http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/

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