Your Medicare Coverage
Find out what Medicare covers
Medicare covers E-visits to allow you to talk with your provider using an online patient portal without going to the provider’s office. Providers who can give these services include doctors, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational…
Home health services like intermittent skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, continued occupational services...
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 a foot exam every 6 months as long as you haven't seen a foot care professional for another reason between visits...
Generally, Medicare doesn't cover eyeglasses or contact lenses. However, following cataract surgery that implants an intraocular lens, Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) helps pay for corrective lenses (one pair of eyeglasses with standard frames or one set of contact lenses)...
Medicare covers one Hepatitis C screening test if your primary care doctor or practitioner orders it and if you meet certain conditions...
Part B covers HIV screenings for the virus leading to AIDS every 12 months or up to 3 times during pregnancy...
Part B covers Low Dose Computed Tomography lung cancer screening once each year if you meet certain conditions...
Medicare covers Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection screenings if you’re at high risk or pregnant.
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Part B covers certain medical or health services (office visits, psychotherapy, consultations) by using an interactive 2-way telecommunications system with certain providers...
Part B covers a diabetes prevention program once if you meet certain conditions...
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...
Explanation of Medicare’s coverage of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program for those with moderate to very severe COPD...
Explanation of Medicare’s coverage of sexually transmitted infection (STI) screenings...
Part B covers 2 different pneumococcal shots. Part B covers the first shot at any time and a different, second shot if it’s given at least one year after the first shot...
Explanation of medially necessary treatment of a surgical or surgically treated wound covered under Medicare Part B...
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers disease-specific services to help manage your care for a single, complex chronic condition that puts you at risk of hospitalization, physical or cognitive decline, or death. If you have 1 chronic high-risk condition that you expect to last at…
Medicare may cover transitional care management services if you're returning to your community after a stay at certain facilities, like a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF)...
If you’ve had Part B for longer than 12 months, you can get a yearly “Wellness” visit once every 12 months...
Medicare covers a "Welcome to Medicare" preventive visit with your primary care doctor. You can get the "Welcome to Medicare" introductory visit only within the first 12 months you have Part B. Read about what to expect during your "Welcome to Medicare" preventive…
Medicare doesn't cover long-term care...
Part B doesn’t cover insulin (unless an insulin pump is medically necessary), insulin pens, syringes, needles, alcohol swabs, or gauze...
Part B covers outpatient diabetes self-management training focused on diet, activity, monitoring blood sugar, drugs, and reducing risks...
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers FDA-authorized or approved COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments and products if you have COVID-19 symptoms...
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…
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