Healthy Aging Initiative
Demonstration Projects
CMS, in collaboration with the Public Health Service, Centers for Disaese Control and Prevention, Quality Improvement Organizations, federal agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services, and other public and private sector organizations is conducting a number of demonstrations. These demonstrations are designed to identify comprehensive and systematic approaches to health promotion, which address both clinical prevention and behavioral risk factor reduction.
Following are demonstrations currently underway:
Standing Orders Project--To improve
flu and pneumococcal immunization rates in long-term care facilities
through standing orders.
Medicare Stop Smoking Program--To
test the feasibility of implementing a smoking cessation benefit in
Medicare.
Senior Risk Reduction Program--To
determine whether a comprehensive and systematic approach to risk factor
identification and reduction using tailored interventions is feasible in
Medicare.
Last Modified on Thursday, September 16, 2004
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services