Effective July 1, 2001, Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for the following screening tests:

• Pap Test and Pelvic Exam every two years for women not at high risk for uterine and cervical cancers. Medicare covers these tests annually for women at high risk
• Colonscopy every 10 years for people not at high risk for colorectal cancer
• Medicare covers this procedure every two years for individuals at high risk
• Fecal Occult blood every year
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy every four years
• Barium enema as an alternative to colonscopy or sigmoidoscopy
• Baseline Mammogram for women ages 35-39 and an annual mammogram for women age 40 and older
• Prostate cancer screening annually for men age 50 and older.
• Bone mass measurements for individuals at risk for osteoporosis.