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Medicare Part B covers diagnostic non-laboratory tests (like CT scans, MRIs, EKGs, X-rays, and PET scans) when your doctor or other health care provider orders them as part of treating a medical problem...
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) helps pay for these services that may help you manage your pain and related issues:
Acupuncture for chronic low back pain
Alcohol misuse screenings & counseling
Behavioral health integration services
Chiropractic services
Depression screenings…
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers an abdominal aortic screening ultrasound once if you’re at risk. You’re considered at risk if you have a family history of abdominal aortic aneurysms, or you’re a man age 65-75 and have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your lifetime...
Part B covers an alcohol misuse screening once per year if you’re an adult (including pregnant women) who uses alcohol, but you don’t meet the medical criteria for alcohol dependency. If your primary care doctor or other primary care practitioner determines you’re misusing alcohol, you can get up…
Part B covers the facility service fees related to approved surgical procedures provided in an ambulatory surgical center...
Part B covers external breast prostheses (including a post-surgical bra) post-mastectomy, outpatient surgically implanted breast prostheses...
Medicare covers comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs like exercise, education, and counseling, and intensive (ICR) programs...
Part B covers blood tests (cholesterol, lipid, triglyceride levels) every 5 years to help detect conditions that may lead to a heart attack or stroke...
Part A or Medicare Part B may cover implantable defibrillators...
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers one depression screening per year.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988, the free and confidential Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You can call and speak with a trained crisis counselor 24 hours a day, 7 days a…
Part B covers screenings to check for diabetes. You may be eligible for 2 diabetes screenings each year...
Part B covers medically necessary clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, when your doctor or practitioner orders them...
Part B covers an EKG or ECG (as a one-time screening with a referral from your doctor as part of your "Welcome to Medicare" preventive visit and as a diagnostic test.)...
Medicare covers certain screenings, services, and programs that aid in the treatment and recovery of mental health and substance use disorders...
When you see your provider for a visit (including your yearly “Wellness” visit), they may perform a cognitive assessment to look for signs of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) also covers a separate visit with your regular doctor or a specialist to fully…
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers a blood-based biomarker lab test to screen for colorectal cancer if you meet all of these conditions:
You’re between 45–85.
You show no symptoms of colorectal disease (including, but not limited to, lower gastrointestinal pain, blood in stool, or…
Explanation of Medicare’s coverage of sexually transmitted infection (STI) screenings...
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