Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
DME safety and support can increase independence, reduce anxiety, and enhance quality of life. This benefit also includes prosthetics and orthotics.
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Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
DME safety and support can increase independence, reduce anxiety, and enhance quality of life. This benefit also includes prosthetics and orthotics.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Drugs
Part B prescription drug coverage differs from Part D prescription plans. Part B drugs are those not usually self-administered.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Doctor and Other Healthcare Provider Services
Scheduling a provider visit is safer and more cost- and time-effective than urgent care or ER visits and may prevent hospitalization.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Devices, Accessories, and Therapy
Once diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), your loved one can trial and rent-to-own a CPAP device and accessories.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Chronic Care Management Services
If your loved one has 2 or more serious chronic conditions, Medicare may pay for a provider to help manage those conditions.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Chiropractic Services
Chiropractors specialize in hands-on manipulation of the spine to correct subluxation (where one or more vertebrae become misaligned).
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy (chemo) is drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cancer cells for both curative and life-extending care.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Cardiac Rehabilitation Services (Cardiac Rehab)
Cardiac rehab reduces the chance of death in the 5 years after a heart attack or bypass by about 35%. It also improves heart failure status and outcomes.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Bone Mass Measurement (Bone Density or BDM)
1 in 2 women over age 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis does not have symptoms and is usually discovered after a fracture.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Outpatient Hospital Services
Many services and procedures today are provided as outpatient in ambulatory service areas of the hospital or at freestanding health services centers.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Blood
Blood transfusion is necessary for a number of planned and unplanned circumstances and can mean the difference between life and death.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Many surgeries today are performed in ambulatory surgical centers or outpatient hospital facilities and do not require a hospital stay.
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