News and Announcements

Press Releases

August 20, 2012, CMS Press Release
People With Medicare Save Over $4.1 Billion On Prescription Drugs Thanks To The Health Care Law/18 Million With Medicare Also Receive Free Preventive Services In The First Seven Months OF 2012
July 10, 2012, CMS Press Release
More Than 16 Million People With Medicare Get Free Preventive Services in 2012
June 11, 2012, CMS Press Release
Health Care Law Delivers Free Preventive Services to Over 14 Million People with Medicare in 2012
February 15, 2012, HHS Press Release
Affordable Care Act extended free preventive services to 54 million Americans with private health insurance in 2011: Free preventive care also provided to 32.5 million in Medicare
November 29, 2011, CMS Press Release
Medicare Covers Screening and Counseling for Obesity
November 8, 2011, CMS Press Release
Medicare Expands Coverage of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Services
October 14, 2011, CMS Press Release
Medicare Covers Screening and Counseling for Alcohol Misuse and Screening for Depression
October 6, 2011, HHS Press Release
More people using free preventive benefits provided by Affordable Care Act
June 20, 2011, CMS Press Release
More People with Medicare Receiving Free Preventive Care

October 21, 2011, CMS has released Special Edition MLN Matters® article, SE1129 Reminder—Beneficiary Cost-Sharing for Medicare-Covered Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act [PDF, 115KB] . Effective for Dates of Service (DOS) on or after January 1, 2011, Medicare provides 100 percent payment (in other words, waives any deductible, coinsurance or copayment) for many Medicare-covered preventive services. This article serves as a reminder and quick reference for the changes to deductibles, copayments, or coinsurances for these services.

Now Payable under Medicare - Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and High-Intensity Behavioral Counseling (HIBC) to Prevent STIs – Effective11/8/11
June 20, 2011, Dear Doc letter from the CMS Administrator [PDF, 111KB]
June 20, 2011, Share the News. Share the Health Campaign Rollout YouTube video features HHS Secretary Sebelius, CMS Administrator Donald M. Berwick, M.D., and Administration on Aging Assistant Secretary Kathy Greenlee announcing the Share the News, Share the Health campaign to promote Medicare's preventive services.