Medicare Part A covers inpatient hospital care, limited time in a skilled nursing care facility, limited home health care services, and hospice care. Services include semi-private rooms, meals, general nursing, drugs as part of your inpatient treatment, and other hospital services and supplies. This includes the care you get in an acute care hospital, critical access hospital, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals. It also includes inpatient care

What is Medicare Part B? Medicare Part B is part of Original Medicare and covers services and supplies that are medically necessary to treat your health conditions. This can include outpatient care, preventive services, ambulance services, and durable medical equipment (DME). Unlike Medicare Part A, which is premium free for most people, Medicare Part B does require a monthly premium, which is adjusted according to your household income, and covers up to 80% of your health c

What does a "hospital benefit period" mean? “I'm about to go into the hospital for major surgery and will need rehabilitation therapy afterward. I'm concerned about how long Medicare will pay for my care”. This is a question I hear quite frequently because it is one of those aspects of Medicare coverage that many people find especially difficult to understand. It would seem logical to think that a benefit period would simply be a length of time during which Medicare would