Free Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Quick Reference Guide for 2008 - 2009 Eligibility

As a woman, you may qualify for free breast and cancer screenings, just as thousands of women have already done.++ Missouri's Show Me Healthy Women program provides these cancer screenings free to age and income eligible Missouri residents, women who are not residents of the state, and women who are not U.S. citizens.*#

Do you or someone you know meet Missouri's SMHW program AGE and INCOME eligibility guidelines below?++

Age Guidelines:

Women Age 40 to 64 or older without Medicare Part B:

• Are eligible for a clinical breast examination (CBE), and mammogram, plus a pelvic exam and Pap test*.

Women Age 35-39 (Providing no other funding source is available):

• Are eligible for a pelvic examination and Pap test* and CBE.
• Are eligible for diagnostic breast services if the CBE results are suspicious for cancer.
• Are eligible for diagnostic cervical services if their initial/follow-up cervical cancer screening (Pap test*) was abnormal and was provided by a participating provider or through outside referrals with Pap test* results of High Grade SIL or worse.

Women who have had a Hysterectomy:

• Due to cervical cancer or dysplasia are eligible for CBE, BSE instruction, pelvic exam and Pap test*.
• Due to any reason other than cervical cancer or dysplasia are eligible for one (1) Pap test* and pelvic exam to determine the absence or presence of the cervix.
• Due to conditions other than cervical cancer or dysplasia and the cervix is absent are eligible for a CBE.

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For more information, call the National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Service (CIS) at 1-800-422-6237, press option “1”, or contact us.

++Women with MO HealthNet, Medicare Part B or HMO health coverage are not eligible for SMHW.

*If cancer treatment is required it must be provided in state of residence. All states will accept referrals from the SMHW program into their cancer treatment programs.

#Undocumented residents are not eligible for cancer treatment through Missouri's MO HealthNet Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment (BCCT).

**After the third consecutive negative (Normal) Pap test within a 5-year period (60 months), SMHW will reimburse for a regular Pap test in 3 years. However, the clinician's discretion may override this guideline.

Updated: June 2008