"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare Part B" by people in Profiles.
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Ong KL, Anderson AF, Niazi F, Fierlinger AL, Kurtz SM, Altman RD. Hyaluronic Acid Injections in Medicare Knee Osteoarthritis Patients Are Associated With Longer Time to Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 08; 31(8):1667-73.
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Sharpe RE, Nazarian LN, Parker L, Rao VM, Levin DC. Dramatically increased musculoskeletal ultrasound utilization from 2000 to 2009, especially by podiatrists in private offices. J Am Coll Radiol. 2012 Feb; 9(2):141-6.
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Stefanacci RG. 'B' isn't always for biologics. Manag Care. 2012 Feb; 21(2):50-4.
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Levin DC, Rao VM, Parker L, Frangos AJ. Noncardiac point-of-care ultrasound by nonradiologist physicians: how widespread is it? J Am Coll Radiol. 2011 Nov; 8(11):772-5.
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Rao VM, Levin DC, Parker L, Frangos AJ, Sunshine JH. Trends in utilization rates of the various imaging modalities in emergency departments: nationwide Medicare data from 2000 to 2008. J Am Coll Radiol. 2011 Oct; 8(10):706-9.
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Levin DC, Parker L, Halpern EJ, Julsrud PR, Rao VM. The lack of growth in use of coronary CT angiography: is it being appropriately used? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Apr; 196(4):862-7.
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Levin DC, Rao VM, Parker L, Frangos AJ, Sunshine JH. Bending the curve: the recent marked slowdown in growth of noninvasive diagnostic imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jan; 196(1):W25-9.
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Levin DC, Rao VM, Parker L, Frangos AJ, Sunshine JH. Medicare payments for noninvasive diagnostic imaging are now higher to nonradiologist physicians than to radiologists. J Am Coll Radiol. 2011 Jan; 8(1):26-32.
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Friedman DP, Levin DC, Rao VM. Trends in the utilization of CT angiography and MR angiography of the head and neck in the Medicare population. J Am Coll Radiol. 2010 Nov; 7(11):854-8.
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Gitlin LN, Jacobs M, Earland TV. Translation of a dementia caregiver intervention for delivery in homecare as a reimbursable Medicare service: outcomes and lessons learned. Gerontologist. 2010 Dec; 50(6):847-54.