| Medicare Part A |
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| Covered Services |
What you Pay in
1999 |
| Skilled Nursing
Facility (SNF) Care***: Semiprivate room, meals, skilled nursing and rehabilitative
services, and other services and supplies. |
For each benefit
period you pay:
 | Nothing for the first 20 days. |
| Up to $96.00 per day for days
21-100. |
| All costs after day 100 in the
benefit period. |
Call your Fiscal Intermediary with
questions about skilled nursing facility care and conditions of coverage. |
| Home Health Care**:
Intermittent skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language
pathology services, home health aide services, durable medical equipment (such as
wheelchairs, hospital beds, oxygen, and walkers) and supplies, and other services. |
You pay:
| Nothing for Home Health Care
services. |
| 20% of approved amount for durable
medical equipment (such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, oxygen, and walkers). Call
your Regional Home Health Intermediary with questions about home health care and
conditions of coverage. |
|
| Hospice Care**: Pain
and symptom relief, and supportive services for the care of a terminal illness. Home
care is provided. Also covers necessary inpatient care and a variety of services usually
not covered by Medicare. |
You pay:
| Limited costs for outpatient drugs
and inpatient respite care (care given to a hospice patient so that the usual care giver
can rest). Call your Regional Home Health Intermediary with questions about hospice
care and conditions of coverage. |
|
| Medicare Part B |
|
| Covered Services |
What you Pay in
1999 |
Home Health Care:
(under certain conditions.)
Intermittent skilled care, home health aide services, DME and supplies, and other
services. |
You pay:
| Nothing for services. |
| 20% of approved amount for DME. |
|
| Outpatient Hospital
Services: Services to find, or treat an illness or injury. |
You pay:
| No less than 20% of the Medicare
payment amount (after the deductible). |
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