To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain cognitive impairment detection in the Medicare annual wellness visit and initial preventive physical examination.
Sponsored By: Representative Sanchez
Introduced
Summary
Routine cognitive impairment screening would be added to Medicare's Annual Wellness Visit and the Initial Preventive Physical Examination. The screenings must use instruments identified by the National Institute on Aging and clinicians must document which tool they used and the assessment results in the patient's medical record.
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- Medicare beneficiaries: People getting Medicare preventive care would receive a cognitive impairment check during the Annual Wellness Visit and the initial preventive physical exam. This requirement would apply to visits furnished on or after January 1, 2026.
- Clinicians and practices: Providers would need to use National Institute on Aging identified tools and record both the tool and the results in the medical record.
- Health systems and records teams: Medical practices and electronic health record systems would need to adopt the NIA‑identified instruments and update workflow and documentation to capture screening results.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Memory checks added to Medicare visits
If enacted, Medicare Annual Wellness Visits and the initial preventive physical exam on or after January 1, 2026 would include a brief check for memory or thinking problems. Clinicians would have to use a tool the National Institute on Aging identifies for primary care. They would have to record the tool used and the results in your medical record.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sanchez
CA • D
Cosponsors
LaHood
IL • R
Sponsored 5/19/2025
Matsui
CA • D
Sponsored 5/19/2025
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 5/19/2025
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Chu
CA • D
Sponsored 6/5/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/5/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Raskin
MD • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Vargas
CA • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Tlaib
MI • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Sherrill
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Waters
CA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Pocan
WI • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Trahan
MA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Magaziner
RI • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Landsman
OH • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Stanton
AZ • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
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