Index of topics
Note: The bold page numbers have the most details.
Puerto Rico 15, 16, 53, 92, 93, 96
Pulmonary rehabilitation programs 49
Quality of care 108, 110–113
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) 15–16, 20,
23–24, 59, 82, 114
Referral
Definition 122
Medicare Advantage Plans 11, 62, 66–70
Original Medicare 11, 57, 63
Part B-covered services 30–56
Religious non-medical health care
institution 28
Replacement Medicare card 107, 113
Respite care 27
Retiree health insurance (coverage) 18, 19,
21–22, 26, 29, 57–58, 64, 88, 90
RRB. Go to Railroad Retirement Board.
Rural emergency hospital 31
Rural Health Clinic 46, 49
Screenings. Go to Preventive services.
Senior Medicare Patrol Program 105
Service area 11, 63, 74, 79, 81, 122
Sexually transmitted infection screenings
and counseling 50
SHIP. Go to State Health Insurance
Assistance Program.
Shots (vaccinations) 9, 14, 37, 41–43, 48, 50,
54, 108, 122
Sigmoidoscopy 35–36
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) care 9, 25, 28,
65, 74, 76, 100, 101, 111, 122
SNF. Go to Skilled nursing facility (SNF)
care.
SNP. Go to Special Needs Plan.
Observation 28
Occupational therapy services 44, 47
Office for Civil Rights 104, 124
Office of Personnel Management 24, 89, 114
Open Enrollment 13, 71–72, 77–78, 80, 84
Opioid use disorder treatment 27, 40, 47,
54, 87
OPM. Go to Office of Personnel
Management.
Opt-out (doctors) 56, 60
Original Medicare 57–60
Orthotic items 49
Outpatient hospital services 48
Oxygen 40
PACE. Go to Program of All-inclusive Care
for the Elderly.
Payment options (premium) 23–24
Pelvic exam 33
Penalty (late enrollment)
Part A (Hospital Insurance) 17, 18, 22
Part B (Medical Insurance) 15–16, 17, 18, 23
Part D (Medicare drug coverage) 64, 79,
81, 82, 83–85, 89, 93–94
Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs 95
Physical therapy services 48
Physician assistant 39, 41, 46, 48, 53
Pilot/demonstration programs 74, 95, 120,
121
Pneumococcal shots 48, 50, 54
Preventive services 9, 14, 29–33, 35–39,
41–43, 45–50, 54–55, 90, 108–109, 122
Primary care doctor 31, 33, 43, 47, 50, 57,
66–70, 111, 122
Principal care management services 49
Privacy notice 103–104
Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) Plan 61, 64,
69, 121
Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly
(PACE) 74, 95, 121
Prostate cancer screenings (PSA test) 49
Prosthetic/orthotic items 49