Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Long-Term Care Hospital Services
Covers care in a Medicare-certified long-term care hospital (LTAC), typically providing care to those with more than one serious condition.
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Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Long-Term Care Hospital Services
Covers care in a Medicare-certified long-term care hospital (LTAC), typically providing care to those with more than one serious condition.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Nursing Home Care
Medicare does NOT cover custodial care, which is the care generally provided by nursing homes.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Hospice Care
Covers care for those with a certified life expectancy of 6 months or less, who accept comfort care and sign a statement of choice.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Flu, COVID-19, Pneumonia, and Hepatitis B Shots
While immunizations may not prevent disease entirely, they often lessen the severity of it. What is the best vaccine? The one you can get!
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT)
Almost 42% of those with diabetes don't properly use medication, and twice that don't eat right, exercise enough, or take care of their feet.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Diabetes Screenings
1 in 10 people have diabetes. 1 in 5 people don't know they have it. And many more don't know they're at risk of developing it.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Depression Screening
The good news is that the majority of older adults are not depressed, however, millions of adults 65 and older do have some form of depression.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Cervical and Vaginal Cancer Screenings (Pap Smear and Pelvic Exam)
Many older women do not realize that other vaginal and pelvic issues are addressed during these exams, not just cancer screening.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Cardiovascular Behavioral Therapy
CVD is the #1 cause of death at a rate of 1 person every 34 seconds. Daily habits and actions profoundly determine whether CVD will develop.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Screenings
Diagnostic blood tests for those who don’t currently have CVD and wish to avoid being that 1 in every 5 people who die from CVD.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Colorectal Cancer Screenings (Colonoscopy and alternatives)
Varying types and intervals of screenings. 90% of colorectal cancers and deaths are preventable. After 50, it’s important to have regular colorectal screenings.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Alcohol Misuse Screenings and Counseling
For those who misuse alcohol but are not alcohol-dependent. Misuse is too much, too often. Dependence is the inability to quit.
