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Pancreas transplants

Explanation of pancreas transplants for adults covered under Medicare...

Artificial eyes & limbs

Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers artificial limbs and eyes when your doctor orders them...

Urgently needed care

Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers urgently needed care to treat a sudden illness or injury that isn't a medical emergency...

X-rays

Medicare Part B covers medically necessary diagnostic X-rays that your treating doctor or other health care provider orders...

Braces (arm, leg, back, & neck)

Part B covers medically necessary arm, leg, back, and neck braces under the durable medical equipment prefabricated orthotics benefit...

Rural Health Clinic services

Explanation of Medicare Part B coverage of a broad range of outpatient primary care and preventive services in rural health clinics...

Ostomy supplies

Part B covers medically necessary ostomy supplies if you’ve had a colostomy, ileostomy, or urinary ostomy. Medicare covers the amount of supplies your doctor says you need, based on your condition...

Surgical dressing services

Explanation of medially necessary treatment of a surgical or surgically treated wound covered under Medicare Part B...

Enteral nutrition supplies & equipment

Part B covers enteral nutrition supplies and equipment (feeding pump)...

Federally Qualified Health Center services

Medicare Part B covers a broad range of outpatient primary care and preventive services in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)...

Breast prostheses

Part B covers external breast prostheses (including a post-surgical bra) post-mastectomy, outpatient surgically implanted breast prostheses...

Blood

Medicare Part A covers blood you get as a hospital inpatient, Part B covers blood you get as a hospital outpatient...

Defibrillators

Part A or Medicare Part B may cover implantable defibrillators...

Radiation therapy

Part A covers radiation therapy for hospital inpatients. Part B covers this therapy for outpatients or patients in freestanding clinics...

Emergency department services

Explanation for Medicare Part B coverage of emergency department services...

Orthopedic shoes

Medicare covers orthopedic shoes if they’re a necessary part of a leg brace...

Canes

Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers canes as durable medical equipment (DME). Medicare doesn't cover white canes for the blind...

Chemotherapy

Medicare covers chemotherapy if you're a cancer patient who's a hospital inpatient or outpatient, as well as if you're a patient in a doctor's office or freestanding clinic...

Patient lifts

Medicare Part B covers patient lifts as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...

Suction pumps

Part B covers suction pumps as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...

Traction equipment

Medicare Part B covers traction equipment as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...

Prosthetic devices

Part B covers prosthetic devices needed to replace a body part or function when a doctor or other health care provider enrolled in Medicare orders them...

Lancet devices & lancets

Part B covers some diabetic test supplies, including lancet devices and lancets as supplies used with durable medical equipment (DME)...

Air-fluidized beds

Part B covers air-fluidized beds and other support surfaces as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...

Hospital beds

Medicare Part B covers hospital beds as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...

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