Part B covers services that are medically necessary to help you treat or diagnose your medical condition or illness.
That includes:
This may involve testing new treatments, diagnostic tests, surgical treatments, medicine
Implies transportation into a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or critical access hospital in case it is necessary for your health condition. It can also cover transportation by helicopter or airplane in urgent cases.
- Durable medical equipment
Medically necessary equipment prescribed by a doctor like blood sugar meters and test strips, canes, commode chairs, CPAP devices, hospital beds, wheelchairs, nebulizers, oxygen equipment, infusion pumps, walkers, etc.
Outpatient, inpatient, and partial hospitalization. For example, mental health services help pay for depression screening, diagnostic tests, psychiatric evaluation, and medication management.
- Some prescriptions for drugs:
Drugs that are part of DME usage, some antigens, injectable osteoporosis drugs, drugs for helping with clotting factors if you have hemophilia, injections of erythropoietin or oral drugs if you have ERSD, and injectable and infused drugs
Besides your Annual wellness visit.
Vaccines, cancer screenings per year, lab work