United StatesMedicare checkups would use specified tools to check memory and thinking
Medicare annual wellness visits and initial preventive exams would include checks for memory and thinking problems using specified tools, with results recorded.
What it does
Medicare annual wellness visits and initial preventive exams would use specified tools to check memory and thinking. Providers would record the tool and results for visits on or after January 1, 2026.
Argument forConsistent checks could help clinicians identify memory and thinking problems earlier, helping patients and caregivers plan care.
Argument againstRequiring specific assessment tools and recording their results could add work for clinicians during Medicare preventive visits.
More detail
Clinicians would use specified tools to check Medicare patients for memory and thinking problems and record the results. The requirements would cover Medicare annual wellness visits and initial preventive physical exams. The tool would have to be identified by the National Institute on Aging as meeting its criteria for use in primary care. The patient’s medical record would have to identify the tool and assessment results. The requirements would apply to both types of visits furnished on or after January 1, 2026.
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History
- 2025
- May 19Introduced in HouseLatest
- May 19Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced
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