Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Ambulance Services
Ambulance services can be either emergency medical (EMT) or non-emergency medical transport (NEMT).
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Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Ambulance Services
Ambulance services can be either emergency medical (EMT) or non-emergency medical transport (NEMT).
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Acupuncture
Acupuncture for long-term back pain relief. Even those with a fear of needles are able to embrace this ancient procedure.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Part B: Home Health Services
Intermittent skilled nursing, therapy, social work, and home health aide services provided in the home to support recovery or address functional decline.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Part A: Home Health Services
Intermittent skilled nursing, therapy, social work, and home health aide services provided in the home to support recovery or address functional decline.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Yearly "Wellness" Visit
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Good advice, but we should still see our provider regularly - whether healthy or ill.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease
Tobacco use causes cancers throughout the body, not just in the lungs of smokers. Tobacco users spend $70 per week ($280/month) on tobacco products.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Sexually Transmitted Infection Screenings and Counseling
Older adults remain sexually active. STIs have increased by over 110% in people aged 55 and older. Protect people's parts! Get checked.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Prostate Cancer Screenings (PSA Test)
Annual blood test and digital exam for prostate abnormalities in all men 50 and older. Are you using the whole fist there, doc?
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Obesity Behavioral Therapy
Intensive counseling for weight loss. Obesity is a disease that increases health risks, worsens existing conditions, and requires treatment.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Nutrition Therapy Services (MNT)
Annual counseling in disease management through medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for those with diabetes, renal disease, or kidney transplant.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP)
A diabetes prevention program using structured health behavior change. 9 in 10 cases of diabetes can be avoided by making key lifestyle changes.
Original Medicare (Parts A & B): Lung Cancer Screenings
Screening for qualified persons. The effects of smoking or exposure to environmental pollutants or workplace toxins may appear many years later.
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