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Medicare also helps cover: - Ambulance services when other transportation would endanger your health - Artificial eyes - Artificial limbs that are prosthetic devices, and their replacement parts - Braces (arm, leg, back and neck) - Chiropractic services (limited), for manipulation of the spine to correct subluxation - Emergency care - Eyeglasses (one pair of standard frames after cataract surgery with an intraocular lens) - Immunosuppressive drug therapy for a transplant patients if the transplant was paid for by Medicare, or paid by private insurance that paid and a primary payer to your Medicare Part A coverage, in a Medicare-certified facility. - Kidney dialysis - Medical nutrition therapy services for people who have diabetes or kidney disease (unless you are on dialysis) with a doctor's referral. The medical nutrition therapy services will be covered for 3 years after a kidney transplant. - Outpatient prescription drugs (very limited). For example, some oral drugs for cancer. - Preventative services ( See Preventative Services ) - Prosthetic devices, including breast prosthesis after mastectomy. - Second surgical opinion by a doctor (in some cases). - Services of practitioners such as clinical social workers, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. - Telemedicine services in some rural areas. - Therapeutic shoes for people with diabetes (in some cases). - Transplants (heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, intestine, bone marrow, cornea, and liver) under certain conditions and when performed at Medicare-certified facilities. - X-rays, MRI's CT scans, EXG's and some other diagnostic.
Senior Care Concepts, 2008 |
