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  • Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Colorectal Cancer Screenings (Colonoscopy and alternatives)

    Varying types and intervals of screenings. 90% of colorectal cancers and deaths are preventable. After 50, it’s important to have regular colorectal screenings.

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  • Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Alcohol Misuse Screenings and Counseling

    For those who misuse alcohol but are not alcohol-dependent. Misuse is too much, too often. Dependence is the inability to quit.

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  • Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening

    8 in 10 people with a ruptured AAA die before reaching the hospital, and most never knew they had one.

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  • VNS Health EasyCare Plus: Veterans Outreach

    Ensures access to programs and partnership with a Veterans Liaison who understands a veteran's unique needs and can help them navigate the health care system.

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  • VNS Health EasyCare: Veterans Outreach

    Ensures access to programs and partnership with a Veterans Liaison who understands a veteran's unique needs and can help them navigate the health care system.

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  • VNS Health Total: Veterans Outreach

    Ensures access to programs and partnership with a Veterans Liaison who understands a veteran's unique needs and can help them navigate the health care system.

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  • VNS Health MLTC: Veterans Outreach

    Ensures access to programs and partnership with a Veterans Liaison who understands a veteran's unique needs and can help them navigate the health care system.

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  • VNS Health Total: Worldwide Emergency/Urgently Needed Services

    Worldwide emergency coverage for emergency care and urgently needed services. Feel free to move about the world with $50,000 per year plan coverage.

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  • VNS Health Total: “Welcome to Medicare” Preventive Visit

    Medicare rolls out the red carpet with a dedicated visit for a complete systems check and program education upon initial enrollment.

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  • VNS Health Total: Vision Care

    Routine vision exams and standard eyewear. They say that life begins at 40, but so does faulty eyesight! Poor vision impacts safety, mood, and thinking.

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  • VNS Health Total: Urgently Needed Services (Urgent Care)

    This is not emergency care. This is care provided at an urgent care center or by an out-of-network provider because an in-network provider is unavailable.

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  • VNS Health Total: Transportation

    Non-emergency transportation to and from health-related appointments and services such as primary care, specialty care, procedures, and programs.

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Helpful is an app to make caregiving easier. We integrate your loved one’s insurance benefits, medical records and caregiving guides into an immediate, accessible and user-friendly experience. Helpful supports your care needs by eliminating administrative tasks and providing technology to support your caregiving experience.

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