What is Medicare part B?

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What is Medicare part B?

• Source-
• http//healthfirstmagazine.blogspot.co.id/2017/06/
  what-is-medicare-part-b.html

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Lets find out what is covered under Medicare
Part B?

• Doctor's visits (including an annual physical
  exam)
• Laboratory services including - blood tests,
  urinalysis, etc.
• Medical health care as an outpatient
• Some preventive care, like flu and pneumonia shots

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• Outpatient health check services
• X-rays, MRIs, CT scans, EKGs, and some other
  diagnostic tests
• Prescription drugs, like chemotherapy drugs
• Emergency room services

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What's not covered under Medicare Part B?

• Dental, vision or hearing care but in very rare
  conditions.
• Care received outside the USA except in very
  specific situations.
• Custodial care - helping with eating, bathing or
  dressing.

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What doctors or health professionals can you see?

• You can see any qualified provider in the US who
  accepts Medicare assignment and who accepts new
  patients.

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Medicare Part B covers these preventive services

• Bone mass measurement (bone density)
• Alcohol misuse counseling
• Cervical and vaginal cancer screening
• Lung cancer screening

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• Diabetes self-management training
• Breast cancer screening (mammogram)
• Cardiovascular disease (behavioral therapy)
• Flu shot

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• Tobacco use cessation counseling
• Diabetes screening
• Colorectal cancer screening
• Hepatitis B shot

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• Glaucoma test
• Prostate cancer screening
• Depression screening
• Cardiovascular screening etc.

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• This article is originally appeared on-
• http//healthfirstmagazine.blogspot.co.id/2017/06/
  what-is-medicare-part-b.html