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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case.
You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.
The rules say that medically necessary services are those that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or
treatment of an illness or injury. Medically necessary services include services to improve the functioning of a
malformed body member. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(1)(A).
The rules say that services that are not medically necessary are not covered. The rules also say that
experimental and investigational devices are not covered. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 411.15 and
411.15(o).
CMS has not issued specific coverage criteria in the form of an LCD (Local Coverage Determination) or NCD
(National Coverage Determination) for this particular item or service. However, per Social Security Act,
Section 1862 (a)1(A) and the 42 CFR 411.15(k), Medicare does not pay for any items or services that are not
reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a
malformed body member. The determination of medical necessity must be tailored to the individual patient and
their unique clinical scenario. CMS considers services to be medically reasonable and necessary if they are:
- Safe and effective;
- Not mainly for the convenience of the patient or the physician;
- Not experimental or investigational; and
- Appropriate, including the duration and frequency that is considered appropriate for the service, in terms of
whether it is:
- Furnished in accordance with accepted standards of medical practice for the diagnosis or treatment of the
patient's condition or to improve the function of a malformed body member;
- Furnished in a setting appropriate to the patient's medical needs and condition;
- Ordered and furnished by qualified personnel;
- One that meets, but does not exceed, the patient's medical need; and
- At least as beneficial as an existing and available medically appropriate alternative.
You can find this rule in the Medicare Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 13, Section 13.5.1.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.The rules say that knee orthoses L1832, L1833, L1843, L1845, L1851 and L1852 are covered for a beneficiary who is ambulatory and has knee instability due to a specific listed condition. You can find this rule at Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Knee Orthoses (L33318) (eff. 1/1/19).
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case.
You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.
The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost-sharing information
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.111(a) and (b).
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.2.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The health
plan contract says that enrollees must pay a $250 copayment for each Medicare-covered outpatient hospital
facility visit, clinic, outpatient treatment room, observation room, or outpatient surgery services. You can find
this information in Chapter 4 on page 82 of the plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.
The rules say that ambulance services are only covered when the patient's clinical condition is such that other methods of transport are contraindicated. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 410.40(e). The rules say that a patient transported from one hospital to another hospital is covered only if the hospital to which the patient is transferred is the nearest one with appropriate facilities and the treatment the enrollee requires is not available at the current hospital. Coverage is not available for transport from a hospital capable of treating the patient because the patient and/or the patient's family prefer a specific hospital, location or physician. You can find this rule in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Ch. 10 10.4.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The health plan contract says covered ambulance services include fixed wing, rotary wing and ground ambulance services to the nearest appropriate facility that can provide care. You can find this information on page 3 of the plan's 2020 Schedule of Cost Sharing.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case.
You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.
The rules say that modifier "-58" was established to facilitate billing of staged or related surgical procedures
done during the postoperative period of the first procedure. This modifier is not used to report the treatment of
a problem that requires a return to the operating room. You can find this rule in the Medicare Claims
Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 40.2.6.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item ifregular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR ?422.101.The rules say that Medicare may cover a drug or biological if it is safe and effective and otherwise reasonable and necessary. You can find this rule in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 50.4.1.Medicare rules also allow the plan to use step therapy. This is the process of beginning drug therapy for a medical condition with "preferred" (or more cost-effective) on-formulary drug alternative(s)and progressing to other drug therapies only as necessary. A plan must grant an exception to its step therapy rules if it determines that the requested drug is medically necessary, consistent with the prescriber's statement. The statement must show that the step therapy drugs: have been ineffective in treating the enrollee; or are likely to be ineffective or adversely affect the drug's effectiveness or patient compliance; or are likely to cause an adverse reaction or other harm to the enrollee. Medicare Advantage plans should ensure that new step therapy requirements do not disrupt ongoing Part B drug therapies for enrollees. Step therapy may only be applied to new prescriptions or administrations of Part B drugs for enrollees that are not actively receiving the affected medication. You can find this information at 42 CFR Section 423.578(b)(5)(ii).
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at42 CFR 422.101.The rules state that private duty nurses or attendants are not covered by Medicare. Private-duty nurses or private-duty attendants are registered professional nurses, licensed practical nurses, or any other trained attendant whose services ordinarily are rendered to, and restricted to, a particular patient by arrangement between the patient and the private-duty nurse or attendant. Such persons are engaged or paid by an individual patient or by someone acting on their behalf and cannot be reimbursed by Medicare. You can find this in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 8, Section 50.1.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plancovers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.The contract says that the Plan offers a supplemental benefit which covers private duty nursing services. This benefit is limited to $5000 per calendar year and once this amount is paid, the enrollee is responsible for all charges for the remainder of the year. You can find this on page 4-54 of the 2020 EOC.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost-sharing information (such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.111(a) and (b).The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The contract says that this plan has a point-of-service (POS) benefit, which allows you to receive specified covered services outside of the provider network for additional costs. You can find this information on page 43 of the plan's 2020 Evidence of Coverage.The Plan contract says that enrolleesobtaining services under the POS benefit are responsible for paying coinsurance, and other amounts. Enrolleesmust pay 20% of the total cost foreachinpatient hospital stay. You can find this information on pages 90-91 of the Plan's 2020 Evidence of Coverage
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.The rules also state that effective for claims with dates of service on and after March 3, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finds that the evidence is sufficient to determine that the results of the sleep tests identified below can be used by a beneficiary's treating physician to diagnose OSA, that the use of such sleep testing technologies demonstrates improved health outcomes in Medicare beneficiaries who have OSA and receive the appropriate treatment, and that these tests are thus reasonable and necessary under section 1862(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act.1. Type I PSG is covered when used to aid the diagnosis of OSA in beneficiaries who have clinical signs and symptoms indicative of OSA if performed attended in a sleep lab facility.2. Type II or Type III sleep testing devices are covered when used to aid the diagnosis of OSAin beneficiaries who have clinical signs and symptoms indicative of OSA if performed unattended in or out of a sleep lab facility or attended in a sleep lab facility.3. Type IV sleep testing devices measuring three or more channels, one of which is airflow, are covered when used to aid the diagnosis of OSA in beneficiaries who have signs and symptoms indicative of OSA if performed unattended in or out of a sleep lab facility or attended in a sleep lab facility.4. Sleep testing devices measuring three or more channels that include actigraphy, oximetry, and peripheral arterial tone, are covered when used to aid the diagnosis of OSA in beneficiaries who have signs and symptoms indicative of OSA if performed unattended in or out of a sleep lab facility or attended in a sleep lab facility.You can find this information in National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Sleep Testing for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) (240.4.1).If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.The rules say that plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.112(a) and in the Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 1, Section 20.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to get medical care and services.The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available (generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. You can find this information on page 23 of the Plan's 2019 EOC.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.The rules say that plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.112(a) and in the Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 1, Section 20.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to getmedical care and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available (generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. You can find this information on page 42 of the Plan's 2019 EOC.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.The rules say that plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.112(a) and in the Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 1, Section 20.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to getmedical care and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available (generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. You can find this information on page 45 of the Plan's 2019 EOC.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.
The rules say that plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.112(a) and in the Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 1, Section 20.2.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to get medical care and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available (generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. You can find this information on pages 38 to 42 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case.
You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.
The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost-sharing information
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.111(a) and (b).
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.2.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan
contract says that enrollees must pay 20% coinsurance for all other in-network drugs covered under Medicare
Part B. Covered drugs include drugs that usually aren't self-administered by the patient and are injected or
infused while you are getting physician, hospital outpatient, or ambulatory surgical center services. You can
find this information on pages 70 to 71 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage.
The Plan contract also says that enrollees must pay a $40 copayment for in-network specialist services
(including surgery second opinion and telehealth or urgently needed services). Covered services include
medically-necessary medical care or surgery services furnished in a physician's office, certified ambulatory
surgical center, hospital outpatient department, or any other location. You can find this information on pages 77
to 78 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.The rules state that plans may specify brands and manufacturers as preferred and charge lower cost-sharing for the preferred brands or may limit the DME to only those preferred brands and manufacturers. This information can be found in the Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 4, Section 10.12.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can goto this web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The health plan contract states that the only diabetic testing supplies the plan will cover are Accu-chek manufactured by Roche, or Trividia products. This information can be found on page 68 of the 2020 EOC.
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The rules say that plans must pay fora medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost-sharing information (such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.111(a) and (b).The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contractsays that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract says that enrollees must pay a $325 copayment for each covered, one-way ambulance trip by ground or water. You can find this information on page 50 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost-sharing information (such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.111(a) and (b).The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract says that enrollees must pay a $45 copayment for services obtained from a specialist, or under certain circumstances, treatment by a nurse practitioner or physician's assistant or other non-physician health care professionals in a specialist's office. You can find this information on page 85 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage. The Plan contract also says that enrollees must pay a $295 copayment for each Medicare-covered hospital facility visit. Additional copayments or coinsurance may apply if other services are received during the same visit. You can find this information on page 84 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage.
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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.101.
The rules say a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost-sharing information (such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.111(a) and (b). The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 422.2.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract says that enrollees must pay a $600 copayment for outpatient surgery, including services provided at hospital outpatient facilities and ambulatory surgical centers. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 80 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage.