NCLEX Community Health Nursing Practice Test

Medicare Part A is mainly about inpatient services. It pays for care you receive when you are admitted to a hospital for treatment as an inpatient, and it also covers related services that can follow a hospital stay, such as short-term skilled nursing facility care, hospice, and certain home health services. Doctor visits and outpatient care are covered by Part B, not Part A, and prescription drugs are primarily covered by Part D. Routine nursing home care isn’t covered as a standalone benefit, though short-term skilled nursing facility care after a qualifying hospital stay is. So hospital care best fits what Part A covers.