Key Findings:

• Patients are 50% more likely to get breast cancer screening and twice as likely to get colorectal cancer screening once on Medicare.
• Patients are also more likely to be newly diagnosed with lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, depression, and COPD in the year in which they have their first Medicare encounter.