Preventive Services Covered under the Affordable Care Act

Do you have a new health insurance plan beginning on or after September 23, 2010? If so, you might want to take a look a list below of preventive services that are covered – without copays or co-insurance to meet your deductible. Of course, this policy only if the services are rendered by your network provider.

Covered Preventive Services for Adults

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: one-time screening for men of specified ages who have ever smoked

• Alcohol Misuse: screening and counseling

• Aspirin use for men and women of certain ages

• Blood Pressure: screening for all adults

• Cholesterol screening: for adults of certain ages or at higher risk

• Colorectal Cancer: screening for adults over 50

• Depression: screening for adults

• Type 2 Diabetes: screening for adults with high blood pressure

• Diet counseling: for adults at higher risk for chronic disease

• HIV screening: for all adults at higher risk

• Immunization: vaccines for adults—doses, recommended ages, and recommended populations vary:

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Herpes Zoster

Human Papillomavirus

Influenza

Measles, Mumps, Rubella

Meningococcal

Pneumococcal

Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis

Varicella

• Obesity screening and counseling for all adults

• Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) prevention counseling for adults at higher risk

• Tobacco Use screening for all adults and cessation interventions for tobacco users

• Syphilis screening for all adults at higher risk

Covered Preventive Services for Women, Including Pregnant Women

• Anemia screening on a routine basis for pregnant women

• Bacteriuria urinary tract or other infection screening for pregnant women

• BRCA counseling about genetic testing for women at higher risk

• Breast Cancer Mammography screenings every 1 to 2 years for women over 40

• Breast Cancer Chemoprevention counseling for women at higher risk

• Breast Feeding interventions to support and promote breast feeding

• Cervical Cancer screening for sexually active women

• Chlamydia Infection screening for younger women and other women at higher risk

• Folic Acid supplements for women who may become pregnant

• Gonorrhea screening for all women at higher risk

• Hepatitis B screening for pregnant women at their first prenatal visit

• Osteoporosis screening for women over age 60 depending on risk factors

• Rh Incompatibility screening for all pregnant women and follow-up testing for women at higher risk

• Tobacco Use screening and interventions for all women, and expanded counseling for pregnant tobacco users

• Syphilis screening for all pregnant women or other women at increased risk

Covered Preventive Services for Children

• Alcohol and Drug Use assessments for adolescents

• Autism screening for children at 18 and 24 months

• Behavioral assessments for children of all ages

• Blood Pressure screening for children

• Cervical Dysplasia screening for sexually active females

• Congenital Hypothyroidism screening for newborns

• Depression screening for adolescents at higher risk

• Developmental screening for children under age 3, and surveillance throughout childhood

• Dyslipidemia screening for children at higher risk of lipid disorders

• Fluoride Chemoprevention supplements for children without fluoride in their water source

• Gonorrhea preventive medication for the eyes of all newborns

• Hearing screening for all newborns

• Height, Weight and Body Mass Index measurements for children

• Hematocrit or Hemoglobin screening for children

• Hemoglobinopathies or sickle cell screening for newborns

• HIV screening for adolescents at higher risk

• Immunization vaccines for children from birth to age 18 —doses, recommended ages, and recommended populations vary:

 Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis

 Haemophilus influenzae type b

 Hepatitis A

 Hepatitis B

 Human Papillomavirus

 Inactivated Poliovirus

 Influenza

 Measles, Mumps, Rubella

 Meningococcal

 Pneumococcal

 Rotavirus

 Varicella

• Iron supplements for children ages 6 to 12 months at risk for anemia

• Lead screening for children at risk of exposure

• Medical History for all children throughout development

• Obesity screening and counseling

• Oral Health risk assessment for young children

• Phenylketonuria (PKU) screening for this genetic disorder in newborns

• Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) prevention counseling and screening for adolescents at higher risk

• Tuberculin testing for children at higher risk of tuberculosis

• Vision screening for all children

Learn more detailed information on these preventive services:

http://www.healthcare.gov/law/provisions/choice_access/index.html