Medicare Part B Coverage

Medicare Part B helps pay for many common types of health care:

•Doctors' services.
•Durable medical equipment (DME)1 if medical in nature and bought or rented from a Medicare-certified provider

Ambulance services if your health requires ambulance transport and you are traveling to or from certain locations.

Many preventive care services

Outpatient physical, speech, and occupational therapy services provided by a Medicare-certified physical, speech, or occupational therapist.

• Chiropractic care when manipulation of the spine is medically necessary to fix a subluxation of the spine. A subluxation is when one or more of the bones of the spine move out of position.
• Outpatient mental health services.
• Home health services if you are homebound and have a skilled nursing need.
• X-rays and lab tests.
• A few prescription drugs, such as immunosuppresant drugs, some anti-cancer drugs, some anti-emetic drugs, some dialysis drugs and physician-administered drugs that persons do not usually administer themselves.
• Medicare does not cover all health care services. Medicare will only pay for Part B services and items (except most prescription drugs) that are ordered or prescribed by a Medicare-enrolled provider.