Medicare Part A services do NOT include which of the following?

Medicare Part A primarily covers inpatient hospital stays, skilled nursing facility care after hospitalization, hospice care, and some home health care. However, it does not cover private duty nursing services. Private duty nursing typically involves around-the-clock care and is generally not considered a medically necessary service under Medicare Part A. Instead, these services often fall outside the scope of what is covered, as they are seen as personal or custodial care rather than skilled nursing care. This makes private duty nursing an excluded service under Medicare Part A, highlighting why this answer is correct.

In contrast, the other choices listed—post-hospital skilled nursing facility care, hospitalization, and hospice care—are all included under Medicare Part A benefits, as they pertain directly to medically necessary hospital and post-hospital services.