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| AMA House Of Delegates Unanimously Endorses Improving The AAA Medicare Screening At its most recent meeting, the AMA House of Delegates voted to work with Congress to extend coverage for one-time AAA screening to all Medicare beneficiaries age 65 to 75 who have a family history of AAA or who manifest risk factors as determined by the US Preventive Services Task Force. |
| Medicare AAA Screening Benefit Fact Sheet This fact sheet answers questions about administering the Medicare AAA Screening Benefit including patient qualifications, referrals, coding, and reimbursement. Please provide this fact sheet to your referring physicians. |
| Final Rule On Deficit Reduction Act Released November 1, 2006 SVS submitted comments on October 10, 2006 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule on the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005. |
| SAAAVE Passes The Senate And House As Part Of Budget Reconciliation And Is Signed By The President The Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act was signed into law by President Bush on February 8, 2006. |
| AAA screening Recommended by US Preventive Services Task Force Read the SVS position statement on the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for AAA screening. |
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