"Medicare Part B" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The voluntary portion of Medicare, known as the Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Program, that includes physician's services, home health care, medical services, outpatient hospital services, and laboratory, pathology, and radiology services. All persons entitled to Medicare Part A may enroll in Medicare Part B on a monthly premium basis.
| Descriptor ID |
D016345
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663.515 N03.219.521.576.343.840.754 N03.706.615.699
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| Concept/Terms |
Medicare Part B- Medicare Part B
- Part B, Medicare
- SMI Program
- Program, SMI
- Programs, SMI
- SMI Programs
- Supplementary Medical Insurance Program, Medicare
- Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance Program
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medicare Part B" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medicare Part B" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare Part B" by people in Profiles.
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Mahmoudzadeh R, Samuel M, Wheeler S, Salabati M, Leffler CT, Randolph JD. COVID-19 Pandemic and Rates of Common Ophthalmic Procedures Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2025 Mar 01; 143(3):207-213.
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Parikh D, Choksi E, Reeves R, Winokur RS, Tan A, Weinstein J, Ford RW. Characterizing Trends in Chronic Superficial Venous Disease Treatment among Medicare Beneficiaries from 2010 to 2018. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2024 02; 35(2):301-307.
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Choi S, Chen EM, Chen D, Sridhar J, Parikh R. The Impact of International Pricing Index Models on Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Drug Costs in the United States. Semin Ophthalmol. 2022 Jan 02; 37(1):23-28.
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Kramer MR, Levin DC, Rao VM. Utilization Trends in Abdominal Imaging, 2004-2016. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 08; 215(2):420-424.
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Topper SR, Levin DC, Hansberry DR, Guez D, Winokur RS, Adamo RD, Eschelman DJ. Trends in Percutaneous Embolization Procedures by Radiologists and Other Specialists. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 06; 31(6):961-966.
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Kamel SI, Parker L, Rao V, Levin DC. Recent Trends in Medicare Reimbursements to Nonradiologist Physicians for In-Office MRI and CT. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Jan; 17(1 Pt B):118-124.
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Kamel SI, Intenzo CM, Parker L, Rao V, Levin DC. Recent Trends Suggest Possible Inappropriate Utilization of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 Aug; 16(8):1013-1017.
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Agabigum B, Mir A, Arianpour K, Svider PF, Walsh EM, Hong RS. Evolving Trends in Cochlear Implantation: A Critical Look at the Older Population. Otol Neurotol. 2018 09; 39(8):e660-e664.
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Levin DC, Parker L, Halpern EJ, Rao VM. Coronary CT Angiography: Reversal of Earlier Utilization Trends. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 Feb; 16(2):147-155.
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Crawford A, McAna J, Lee S, Dieter W. Utilizing Patient-Specific Factors to Predict Costs in Home-Based Medicare Part B Outpatient Physical Therapy. Popul Health Manag. 2019 04; 22(2):162-168.