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Health Care System Factors for Colorectal Cancer Screening

Health Care System Factors

Medicare will pay for an annual fecal occult blood test, a flexible sigmoidoscopy every four years, and a colonoscopy every ten years for persons with Medicare aged 50 or older who are at average risk for colorectal cancer. Medicare also covers surveillance of high risk patients (those with a personal history of colorectal cancer or adenomatous polyps or a history of colorectal cancer or adenomatous polyps in a first degree relative or those diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease) with colonoscopy every two years.

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The Utah Cancer Programs, Office of Health Promotion and Prevention, Utah Department of Health and Human Services | Phone: 801-538-6157 | Fax: 801-536-0172 | Website: cancer.utah.gov | Email: cancer@utah.gov
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