Why does my doctor no longer supply Orthovisc? I 'm to buy it myself?

That sounds strange. Drugs covered under Medicare Part B are usually supplied by the Dr office. Best thing for you to do is to get on the phone with your insurance carrier. Call the member services number on your card and ask them. You may even try the CMS website if you have straight Medicare only. From what I know this should be covered under Medicare B because it is not something that you can give yourself. It can olny be administered by a Dr so therefore should be covered under Part B. If you have spoken to both the Dr office and Medicare then you need to have the Dr office talk to medicare in your presence. Here is a link to what I found on the CMS website. Somehow the Drs offices are misinformed. Here is the link:

http://www.medicareinteractive.org/uploadedDocuments/mi_extra/B-vs-D-chart.pdf

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What applies to you is under the injectable drugs. Good Luck. nothing like being stuck in the middle between two that keep contradicting each other! Print this list and take it to the Dr office with you!