Technorati Tags: MedicareBeginning Jan. 1 of this year, Medicare is offering a new benefit: an initial preventive physical exam for new enrollees. The once-a-lifetime IPPE or "Welcome to Medicare" exam must be scheduled within the first six months of an individual's enrollment in Part B (the enrollment must begin on or after Jan. 1, 2005). Part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, the exam signifies a new focus on prevention...
This new focus is good news for both patients and doctors. But to ensure that you're reimbursed for the Welcome to Medicare exam, you have to meet CMS's numerous requirements. We spell them out here...
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Saturday, May 14, 2005
The Welcome to Medicare Exam
Medical Economics looks at the new Welcome to Medicare Exam in painful detail: