{"id":40,"date":"2019-04-11T07:08:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T07:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/tech\/yourmedicare\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2023-07-11T22:57:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T22:57:28","slug":"diabetes-plans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/medicare-consulting-prescription-plans\/diabetes-plans","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/wp-content\/themes\/yourmedicare\/images\/thumbnails\/thumb-89048558.jpg\" class=\"thumb_right_dd\" alt=\"Portrait of a group of senior men and senior women. Horizontally framed shot.\"\/><br \/>\nAccording to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diabetes.org\/advocacy\/news-events\/cost-of-diabetes.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Diabetes Association<\/a>, people with diabetes incur an average medical expense of $16,752 per year. The largest factors of these medical expenses are hospitalization, prescription medications to treat diabetes complications, diabetes supplies, and physician office visits. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Medicare Coverage<\/strong><br \/>\nGenerally, Medicare Part B and Part D covers the services and supplies required for diabetes management.<strong> Senior Care Benefit<\/strong> is here to help you better understand Medicare and Diabetes coverage. <\/p>\n<p>Medicare Part B covers diabetes screening (fasting blood glucose test). Medicare covers two diabetes screenings every year for beneficiaries who are at high-risk of developing diabetes. Additionally, Medicare Part B covers foot exams every six months. Medicare Part B also covers certain durable medical equipment, including an external insulin pump, blood sugar testing monitors, blood sugar test strips, and blood sugar control solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Medicare Part D covers insulin, a prescription drug used to control diabetes. However, please take note that Medicare Part D doesn\u2019t cover insulin when it is administered with an insulin pump, in which case it will be covered by Medicare Part B as durable medical equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consult an Expert<\/strong><br \/>\nContact us at <a href=\"medicare-consulting-contact-us\">702-900-4537<\/a> if you have any inquiries regarding this plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the American Diabetes Association, people with diabetes incur an average medical expense of $16,752 per year. The largest factors of these medical expenses are hospitalization, prescription medications to treat diabetes complications, diabetes supplies, and physician office visits. Medicare Coverage Generally, Medicare Part B and Part D covers the services and supplies required for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/medicare-consulting-prescription-plans\/diabetes-plans\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":322,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/321"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seniorcarebenefit.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}