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For a complete list of services along with their eligibility requirements, visit Medicare.gov/coverage/preventivescreening-services.

If you’re enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (Part C) plan, your plan is also required to cover the same preventive services as original Medicare, as long as you see in-network providers.

Hidden costs

You also need to know that while most of the previously listed Medicare services are free, you can be charged for certain diagnostic services or additional tests or procedures related to the preventive service.

For example, if your doctor finds and removes a polyp during your preventive care colonoscopy screening, you will pay 15 percent of the doctor’s service fee.

Or, if during your annual wellness visit, your doctor needs to investigate or treat a new or existing problem, you will probably be charged for that too.

To eliminate billing surprises, talk to your doctor before any preventive service procedure to find out if you may be subject to a charge and what it would be.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior book.

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Housing Communities

❏ Brightview Senior Living (see ad on page 6)

❏ Caritas House Assisted Living (see ad on page 17)

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❏ Harmony at Enterprise (see ad on page 1, 11)

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❏ Park View Laurel (see ad on page 20)

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❏ Pickersgill (see ad on page 15)

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❏ Warren Place Senior Apartments (see ad on page 18)

❏ Westminster Canterbury (see ad on page 8)

Clinical Research Studies

❏ Balance/Falls Study (HIPS) (see ad on page 8)

❏ Diabetes Diet Study (DASH 4D) (see ad on page 9)

❏ Diabetes Prevention/Self-Management Study (see ad on page 9)

❏ Mild Cognitive Impairment Study (see ad on page 8)

❏ Prediabetes Class (see article on page 9)