Question

CASE 22: Your physician has a Medicare patient whose sister died of ovarian cancer . She would like to have CA - 125 tumor marker done for peace of mind. Your physician consults you on whether Medicare cover it. How would you determine coverage ?

Answer 1

There are a number of ways to determine medicare coverage -

1. I would simply use the enrollment check at Medicare.gov (Official government website for medicare related concerns)

2. We can also check the status online at mymedicare government website

3. There is also a medicare helpline number which can assist the patient to know her coverage at 1-800-633-4227

4. In fact, members can also visit a local office to review the coverage personally

However, right now, Medicare actually covers CA-125 screening for monitoring of response to therapy-related to ovarian cancer.