Medicare: Required Memory and Brain Health Screenings
A house committee must act next: committee consideration.
The bill has bipartisan support and addresses a popular issue, but it is still in the early stages of the committee process.
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Medicare's yearly wellness visit and first preventive exam would have to include a standardized cognitive impairment check using tools approved by the National Institute on Aging, with results written into the patient's medical record. This applies to all Medicare beneficiaries getting these visits, roughly 60 million people, starting in 2026.
“Detection of any cognitive impairment that shall-- ``(i) be performed using one of the cognitive impairment detection tools identified by the National Institute on Aging as meeting its criteria for selecting instruments to detect cognitive impairment in the primary care setting”
Referred 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.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain cognitive impairment detection in the Medicare annual wellness visit and initial preventive physical examination.
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