Medicare Preventive Medicine Doctors in Munster, IN - Medicare Status, Address, Contact

Preventive Medicine Doctors in Munster, IN Accepting Medicare

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Dr. Craig Steven Tokowitz, D.O.
Preventive Medicine - Occupational Medicine
Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare
Practice Location: 124 Leicester Rd, Munster, IN 46321
Phone: 219-718-8988 Fax: 219-934-9419

Raza R Akbar, M.D.
Preventive Medicine - Occupational Medicine
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: 9200 Calumet Ave Ste N502, Munster, IN 46321
Phone: 219-440-5286 Fax: 219-703-6571

Preventive Medicine: Aerospace medicine focuses on the clinical care, research, and operational support of the health, safety, and performance of crewmembers and passengers of air and space vehicles, together with the support personnel who assist operation of such vehicles. This population often works and lives in remote, isolated, extreme, or enclosed environments under conditions of physical and psychological stress. Practitioners strive for an optimal human-machine match in occupational settings rich with environmental hazards and engineering countermeasures.

Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

Medicare Assignment: Assignment means that your doctor, provider, or supplier agrees (or is required by law) to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services. Most doctors, providers, and suppliers accept assignment, but you should always check to make sure. Participating providers have signed an agreement to accept assignment for all Medicare-covered services.

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