Medicare-Covered Services
These sections provide you with a detailed exploration of the services provided by Medicare Parts A and B.
Medicare coverage overview
- Medicare Part A-covered services
- Medicare Part B-covered services
- Prescription drug coverage (Parts A, B, and D)
- Medicare coverage of telehealth services
- Items and services excluded from Medicare coverage
- Traveling with Medicare
- Medicare coverage during the COVID-19 public health emergency
- COVID-19 vaccination
Inpatient hospital services
Outpatient provider services
Home health services
Durable medical equipment (DME)
- DME overview
- Types of medical equipment Medicare covers for home use
- Equipment and supplies excluded from Medicare coverage
- Eligibility for DME coverage
- DME supplier basics
- Renting and buying DME
- DME repairs and maintenance
- Replacing DME
- Upgrades and special features for DME
- Original Medicare DME costs
- Coverage of manual wheelchairs
- Coverage of power wheelchairs and scooters
- Prior authorization requirements for power wheelchairs and scooters
- Special rules for oxygen equipment rental, repairs, and maintenance
Rehabilitation therapy services
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) services
Preventive services
- Preventive services overview
- Welcome to Medicare preventive visit
- Annual Wellness Visit
- Vaccines and immunizations
- Flu shots
- Pneumonia shots
- Hepatitis B shots
- Hepatitis C screenings
- Diabetes screenings and supplies
- Glaucoma screenings
- Depression screenings
- Cardiovascular disease risk reduction visits
- Heart disease screenings
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening
- Pap smears, pelvic exams, and breast exams
- Mammogram screenings
- Colorectal cancer screenings
- Prostate cancer screenings
- Lung cancer screenings
- HIV screenings
- Sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and counseling
- Smoking cessation counseling
- Bone mass measurements
- Body mass index screenings and behavioral counseling
- Medical nutrition therapy
- Alcohol misuse screening and counseling