The Alliance for Health Reform is offering an online booklet that contains links to resources describing the basics of Medicare private fee-for-service plans, advantages and incentives of the plans, and difficulties encountered by beneficiaries. To download the booklet, go to www.allhealth.org/publications/Medicare/Medicare_Private_Fee-for-Service_Plans_65.pdf
And the second edition of “The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers, and Other Health Care Professionals” is available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/mps_guide_web-061305.pdf
CMS also has updated preventive services brochures for health professionals in the following areas: expanded benefits, diabetes-related services, cancer screenings, adult immunizations, bone mass measurements, glaucoma screenings, and smoking and tobacco-use cessation counseling. To download the brochures and view them online, visit www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/MPUB/list.asp