Your Medicare Coverage
Is your test, item, or service covered?
Cardiac rehabilitation programs
How often is it covered?
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers cardiac rehabilitation programs including exercise, education, and counseling. Medicare also covers Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation (ICR) programs that are more rigorous and intense than regular cardiac rehabilitation programs.
Who's eligible?
People with Medicare Part B are covered. You must be referred by your doctor and have had any of the following:
- A heart attack in the last 12 months
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Current stable angina pectoris
- A heart valve repair or replacement
- An angioplasty or coronary stent
- A heart or heart-lung transplant
Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation (ICR) programs are also covered when referred by a doctor.
Your costs in Original Medicare
You pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount for the doctor's services and the Part B deductible applies. In a hospital outpatient setting, you pay a copayment.
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