Expanded women's preventive care services on or after Aug. 1, 2012
New coverage guidelines under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) require health plans to cover an expanded list of women's preventive care services with no cost-share (copayment, coinsurance or deductible) as long as services are received in the health plan's network. Coverage for the following expanded women's preventive care services becomes effective the first plan year beginning on or after Aug. 1, 2012:
- Breast-feeding support, supplies, and counseling, including costs for renting or purchasing specified breast-feeding equipment from a network provider or national durable medical equipment supplier* (PDF)
- Domestic violence screening and counseling
- FDA-approved contraception methods, sterilization procedures and contraceptive counseling (PDF)
- Gestational diabetes screening for all pregnant women*
- HIV counseling and screening for all sexually active women
- Human papillomavirus DNA testing for all women 30 years and older
- Sexually transmitted infection counseling for all sexually active women annually
- Well-woman visits including preconception counseling and routine, low-risk prenatal care

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