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Abstract
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.
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance Program
- SMI Program
- Supplementary Medical Insurance Program, Medicare
- Part B, Medicare
- Program, SMI
- Programs, SMI
- SMI Programs
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Previous Indexing
- Fees, Medical (1972-1977)
- Medicare (1979-1990)
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WT 31.5
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Medicare Part B. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016345. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016345
- Medicare Part B. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70448566