Index of topics
Note: The bold page numbers have the most details.
Cardiac rehabilitation 33
Catastrophic coverage 81, 83
Cervical and vaginal cancer screenings 33
Chemotherapy 34, 65
Chiropractic services 34
Chronic care management services 34
Chronic pain management and treatment
services 34
Claims 25, 58–59, 99–100, 102–105, 109
Clinical research studies 27, 34, 61
COBRA 18–19, 89
Cognitive assessment 35, 55
Colonoscopies 35–36
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
devices, accessories, & therapy 36
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 37,
49, 50
Cosmetic surgery 55
Cost Plan. Go to Medicare Cost Plans.
Costs (copayments, coinsurance,
deductibles, and premiums)
Extra Help paying for Part D 92–94
Medicare Advantage Plans 64–65
Original Medicare 58–59
Part A and Part B 22–24, 25–56
Part D late enrollment penalty 83–85
Counseling to prevent tobacco use &
tobacco-caused disease 36
Coverage determination (Part D) 99–100
Covered services (Part A and Part B) 25–56
Creditable prescription drug coverage 64,
79, 81, 83–85, 89, 94, 119
Abdominal aortic aneurysm 30
Accessible Communications 123
Accountable Care Organization (ACO) 29,
51, 74, 103, 110–111, 119
Acupuncture 30, 87
Advance Beneficiary Notice of
Non-coverage 101
Advance care planning 30–31, 35, 54
Alcohol misuse screenings & counseling 31
Ambulance services 31, 53
Ambulatory surgical centers 31–32
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) 15
Appeal 28, 59, 65, 87, 97–101, 108, 113
Artificial limbs 49
Assignment 29–43, 45, 47–48, 50, 54–55,
58, 59–60, 65, 119
Balance exam 42
Barium enema 35
Behavioral health integration services 32,
87
Beneficiary and Family Centered
Care-Quality Improvement
Organizations 100, 113
Benefit period 27, 29, 119
Benefits coordination 22, 89, 90, 113
Bills 23–24, 59, 82, 89, 99, 105
Blood 26, 32–33, 35–36, 38–39, 43, 45, 76
Blood-based biomarker test 36
Blue Button® 59, 105, 109
Blue Button 2.0® 59, 109
Braces (arm, leg, back, neck) 49
Index of topics