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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 health care provider determines you’re misusing alcohol, you can get up to 4…
Part B covers ground ambulance transportation when you need to be transported to a hospital, critical access hospital, or skilled nursing facility for medically necessary services, and transportation in any other vehicle could endanger your health. Medicare may pay for emergency ambulance…
Part B covers the facility service fees related to approved surgical procedures provided in an ambulatory surgical center...
Medicare Part B covers some diabetic test supplies, including blood sugar test strips as durable medical equipment (DME)...
Medicare Part B covers blood sugar monitors as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...
Part B covers medically necessary durable medical equipment (DME) that meet certain criteria prescribed for use in your home...
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 up to 12 acupuncture visits in 90 days for chronic low back pain...
Part A covers inpatient anesthesia services from a hospital. Part B covers it from a hospital or a freestanding ambulatory surgical center...
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers artificial limbs and eyes when your doctor orders them...
Part A covers blood processing and handling for every unit of blood you get in a hospital if you're an inpatient, Part B if you're an outpatient...
Medicare Part A covers blood you get as a hospital inpatient, Part B covers blood you get as a hospital outpatient...
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers bone mass measurement (bone density) tests (like a dexa scan), which help to see if you're at risk to broken bones, once every 24 months (more often if medically necessary) for people who meet the criteria below...
Part B covers medically necessary arm, leg, back, and neck braces under the durable medical equipment prefabricated orthotics benefit...
Part B covers external breast prostheses (including a post-surgical bra) post-mastectomy, outpatient surgically implanted breast prostheses...
Medicare covers hospice care services at home when your doctor includes them in plan for palliative care (for comfort) for terminal illness...
Explanation for Medicare Part A coverage of inpatient hospital care...
Part B doesn’t cover insulin (unless an insulin pump is medically necessary), insulin pens, syringes, needles, alcohol swabs, or gauze...
Medicare covers up to 6 kidney disease education sessions by a qualified provider to help delay dialysis/prevent disease complications...
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers diagnostic hearing and balance exams if your doctor or other health care provider orders them to find out if you need medical treatment. You can also see an audiologist once every 12 months without an order from your doctor or other health care…
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers Hepatitis B shots for people with Medicare at medium or high risk for Hepatitis B...
Part B covers HIV screenings for the virus leading to AIDS every 12 months or up to 3 times during pregnancy...
Part B covers outpatient diabetes self-management training focused on diet, activity, monitoring blood sugar, drugs, and reducing risks...
Part B covers medically necessary clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, when your doctor or practitioner orders them...
Explanation for Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B coverage of dialysis treatment for your child...
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