Covered Medicare Part B Services That May Be Paid to IHS

70 - Covered Medicare Part B Services That May Be Paid to IHS Providers, Physicians and Practitioners (Rev. 1040, Issued: 08-25-06, Effective: 09-11-06, Implementation: 09-11-06) Medicare Part B covers medically necessary expenses incurred for the following medical and other health services: • Diagnostic x-ray tests, and other diagnostic tests; • Physician services; • Anesthesia services (anesthesiologist, certified registered nurse anesthetist); • Practitioner services (clinical nurse specialist, clinical psychologist, clinical social worker, nurse mid-wife, nurse practitioner, physician assistant); • Drugs and biologicals incident to a physician’s service; • X-ray, radium, and radioactive isotope therapy, including materials and services of technicians; • Implantable prosthetic devices; • Drugs used with infusion pumps; • Epoetin Alfa (EPO); • Clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; • Physical therapy, occupational therapy (OT), speech-language pathology and audiology services; • Ambulance services; • Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT); • Diabetes self management training (DSMT); • Telehealth; and • Hemophilia clotting factors for hemophilia patients competent to use these factors (without supervision).