Tip Tuesday! What’s the difference between preventive and diagnostic care?

Many health care services can be done for preventive or diagnostic reasons. Under health care reform, participants in non-grandfathered plans are eligible to receive certain preventive services, based on age, gender and other health factors, with no cost-sharing. When your doctor performs one of the preventive services specified by the health care reform law for preventive reasons, and sends the correct report, UnitedHealthcare will cover the service under your preventive care benefit if you have a non-grandfathered plan. When a service is done for diagnostic reasons, it will be covered under your non-preventive medical benefit. Always refer to your plan documents for your specific coverage.

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