Your Medicare Coverage
Find out what Medicare covers
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 Part B (Medical Insurance) covers the seasonal flu shot (or vaccine) once per flu season...
Part B covers medically necessary podiatrist services to treat foot injuries or diseases (like hammer toes, bunion deformities, heel spurs)...
Part B covers infusion pumps (and some medicines used in infusion pumps) if considered reasonable and necessary...
Part B covers some diabetic test supplies, including glucose control solutions as a supply used with durable medical equipment...
Medicare Part B covers hospital beds as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...
Part B doesn’t cover insulin (unless an insulin pump is medically necessary), insulin pens, syringes, needles, alcohol swabs, or gauze...
Part B covers some diabetic test supplies, including lancet devices and lancets as supplies used with durable medical equipment (DME)...
Part B helps pay for medically necessary outpatient occupational therapy...
Medicare covers orthopedic shoes if they’re a necessary part of a leg brace...
Explanation of nebulizers and nebulizer mediations under Medicare Part B...
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...
Part B covers pressure-reducing support surfaces as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home.If you live in certain states, you may have to get prior approval for 5 types of pressure-reducing support surfaces...
Medicare Part B covers patient lifts as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...
Explanation of Medicare’s coverage of sexually transmitted infection (STI) screenings...
Part B covers Type I, II, III, and IV sleep tests and devices if you have clinical signs and symptoms of sleep apnea...
Part A covers radiation therapy for hospital inpatients. Part B covers this therapy for outpatients or patients in freestanding clinics...
Explanation of Medicare Part B coverage of a broad range of outpatient primary care and preventive services in rural health clinics...
Part B covers suction pumps as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...
Part B covers one pair of custom-molded shoes and inserts, shoe modifications, or one pair of extra-depth shoes each calendar year...
Part B covers walkers, including rollators, as durable medical equipment (DME) your doctor prescribes for use in your home...
Explanation of medially necessary treatment of a surgical or surgically treated wound covered under Medicare Part B...
Medicare Part B covers traction equipment as durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home...
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers urgently needed care to treat a sudden illness or injury that isn't a medical emergency...
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...
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