Part B 101: Three charts show the program helps control costs for health care system and enrollees

Medicare Part B covers a wide range of health care services, including physician office visits, hospital outpatient care and medical equipment. It also covers medicines that are usually administered by a physician, like many medicines administered by injections and infusions. Many of the medicines covered by Part B are for serious and complex conditions, such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and mental illness, among others.