Medicare Part B

There are multiple services covered under Part B:

• Preventive services: Part B covers preventive services, which is healthcare used to prevent an illness or detect in its early stages.
• Medically necessary services: This includes services or items needed to treat or diagnose a medical condition.
• Durable Medical Equipment (DME): Only a doctor can prescribe DME, which is medical equipment that can withstand multiple uses, are used for medical reasons, used inside the home, and have an expected lifetime of three years.  
• Outpatient prescription drugs: Part B only covers a limited amount of outpatient drugs, including antigens, select anticancer, immunosuppressants, injectable osteoporosis drugs, and drugs used with an item of DME, such as an infusion pump.
• Ambulance services: Ground ambulance transportation is covered. Emergency ambulance transportation in an airplane or helicopter may be covered if you need immediate transportation and cannot be taken by ground transportation.
• Mental health services: Part B will help cover outpatient mental health services, including family counseling, psychiatric evaluation, diagnostic tests, partial hospitalization, and a yearly depression screening.