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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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.
The rules say that Medicare pays only for ambulance transport. Ambulance vehicles must be designed and equipped to meet certain requirements. The vehicle must have emergency warning lights, sirens, communications equipment, a stretcher, linens, emergency medical supplies, oxygen equipment and other life-saving equipment. The vehicle also must be staffed with two people, one of whom is certified as an emergency medical technician. Medicare will not pay for transport by vehicles that do not meet these requirements. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 410.41. The rules say that plans may offer a supplemental benefit to provide transport not covered by original Medicare. The transport offered must be used only for the enrollee's health care needs, such as transport to the doctor's office. The transport must be arranged or directly provided by the health plan. The transport may not be used for other than health-related purposes. You can find this rule in the Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 4, Section 30.3.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The contract says that the Plan covers routine, non-ambulance transportation as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit covers a maximum of 48 one-way transportation trips per year. Each one-way trip must not exceed 75 miles. You can find this information on page 4-53 through 4-54 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 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 Section 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 website 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 3-4 and 3-6 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 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 Section 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 Section 422.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 $295 copayment per day, days 1-7; $0 per day, days 8-90; $0 copay for additional days for in-network inpatienthospital care. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on pages 72-73 of the plan's 2020 Evidence of Coverage.The health plan contract says that enrollees must pay a $1,763 copayment per stay for in-network inpatient mental health care. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 75 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 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 Section 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 Section 422.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 $65 copayment for each covered diagnostic procedure or test at a network doctor's office. You can find this information on page 69 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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he 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.The rules say that immunizations are not covered unless they are directly related to the treatment of an injury or direct exposure to a disease or condition. In the absence of injury or direct exposure, vaccination or inoculation is not covered. However, pneumococcal, hepatitis B, and influenza virus vaccines are exceptions to this rule. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(e).If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract says that covered Medicare Part B immunizations include pneumonia vaccine, flue shots, hepatitis B vaccine if you are at high or intermediate risk of getting Hepatitis B, and other vaccines if you are at risk and they meet Medicare Part Bcoverage rules. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 4-18 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 ifregular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.The rules say that facet joint blocks will be considered reasonable and necessary for chronic pain (persistent pain for three (3) months or greater) suspected to originate from the facet joint. Facet joint block is one of the methods used to document/confirm suspicions of posterior element biomechanical pain of the spine. Hallmarks of posterior element biomechanical pain are:-The pain does not have a strong radicular component.-There is no associated neurological deficit and the pain is aggravated by hyperextension, rotation or lateral bending of the spine, depending on the orientation of the facet joint at that level.According to ASIPP guidelines, a positive response to the paravertebral facet joint block is noted when a greater than 50% relief of pain is obtained. You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination for Paravertebral Facet Joint Blocks, L33930 (eff 01/08/19).If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plancovers 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.

The rules say that a Medicare plan may restrict members to a network of providers as long as medically necessary covered care is accessible and available through this network. The rules say that the Plan must arrange for specialty care outside of the Plan provider network when network providers are unavailable or inadequate to meet a member's medical needs. 
You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a)(3). 

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).

If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 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 Section 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 Section 422.2.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 $325 copayment for surgical services at an in-network outpatient hospital facility. You can find this information on page 99 of the Plan's 2020 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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LTACHs are certifiThe rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or itemif regular Medicare would pay for it in this case. You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.The rules say that a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) is a hospital that has an average inpatient length of stay of greater than 25 days. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I).  The rules say that services in an LTACH must be medically necessary, reasonable, and appropriate for the diagnosis and condition of the enrollee. The enrollee must show signs and/or symptoms severe enough to need medical care. You can find this rule in the Medicare Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 6, Section 6.5.2.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.
The rules say that Medicare will pay for durable medical equipment that is needed for use in the home. Your home may be a dwelling, an apartment, a relative's home, a home for the aged, or some other type of institution. However, an institution may not be considered your home if it is an acute hospital or a skilled nursing facility (SNF). You can find these rules in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 110.1(D).
A life alert system is an emergency communications system which does not serve a diagnostic or
therapeutic purpose and is excluded from coverage by Medicare.
Medicare does not cover items and services that are not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member.
You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Non-Covered Services L36219.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.The rules state that Factor V Leiden (FVL) variant in the F5 gene is non-covered.The rules also state that genetic testing is available for a number of types of inherited thrombophilia, including mutations in the FVL, F2 and MTHFR genes. However, the clinical utility of testing is uncertain. The clinical utility of genetic testing depends on the ability of testing results to change management that results in improved clinical outcomes. The clinical utility of genetic testing for thrombophilia is based on the overall risk of thromboembolism and the risk/benefit ratio of treatment, primarily with anticoagulants.You can find these rules in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for MolDX: Genetic Testing for Hypercoagulability / Thrombophilia (Factor V Leiden, FactorII Prothrombin, and MTHFR), L36089. This LCD is effective for services provided on or after October 31, 2019.The rules state that genetic testing of the JAK2 V617F mutation is medically necessary when the following criteria are met:-Genetic testing impacts medical management; and-Patient would meet World Health Organization's diagnostic criteria formyeloproliferative disease (i.e. polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytopenia,primary myelofibrosis) if JAK2 V617F were identified.Genetic testing of JAK2 exon 12, performed to identify PV, is medically necessary when the following criteria are met:-Genetic testing impacts medical management; and-Patient would meet World Health Organization's diagnostic criteria for PV, if JAK2exon 12 testing were positive; and-JAK2 V617F mutation analysis was previously completed and was negative.You can find these rules in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for MolDX: Genetic Testing for BCR-ABL Negative Myeloproliferative Disease, L36044. This LCD is effective for services provided on or after November 7, 2019.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.The rules say that a Medicare plan may restrict members to a network of providers as long as medically necessary covered care is accessible and available through this network. The rules say that the Plan must arrange for specialty care outside of the Plan provider network when network providers are unavailable or inadequate to meet a member's medical needs. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a)(3). If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 45 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 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 Section 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 Section 422.2.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 $325 copayment for outpatient surgery. You can find this information on page 88 of the Plan's 2020 Evidence of Coverage (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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.
The rules say that there is no payment under the OPPS for services that CMS designates to be "inpatient-only" services. These services have an OPPS status indicator of "C" in the OPPS Addendum B and are listed together in Addendum E of each year's OPPS/ASC final rule. You can find this rule in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 4, Section 180.7. Medicare does not pay any provider or supplier other than the facility or hospital for services furnished to the beneficiary while an inpatient. The facility or hospital must furnish all necessary covered services to the beneficiary either directly or under arrangements made between the facility and hospital and outside vendors. If the physician furnishes services to beneficiaries in providers, the carrier pays on a fee schedule basis provided the following requirements are met: (1) The services are personally furnished for an individual beneficiary by a physician. (2) The services contribute directly to the diagnosis or treatment of an individual beneficiary. (3) The services ordinarily require performance by a physician. (4) In the case of radiology or laboratory services, the additional requirements in  415.120 or  415.130,
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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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.
The rules say that Medicare will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth. Medicare defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this rule in the SSA, Section 1862(a)(12) and Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The contract says that the Plan covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit includes oral exams, cleanings, fluoride treatment and dental x-rays. You can find this information on pages 4-82 through 4-95 of the Plan's 2020 Evidence of Coverage (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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.
Medicare does not pay for low vision aids. This exclusion includes all devices that use one or more lenses to
aid vision or magnify images. This rule applies no matter the size, form or technological features of the device.
This rule does not apply to:
1. post-surgical prosthetic lenses after surgery in which the lens of the eye was removed;
2. prosthetic intraocular lenses (IOLs) and one pair of conventional eyeglasses or contact lenses furnished after
each cataract surgery with insertion of an IOL; and
3. prosthetic lenses used by those who are lacking the natural lens of the eye and who were not furnished with
an IOL.
You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 411.15(b).
Medicare does not pay for eye exams for the purpose of prescribing, fitting, or changing eyeglasses or contact
lenses for refractive error only. Medicare does not pay for procedures performed in the course of any eye exam
to determine the refractive state of the eyes. Refractive procedures are not covered even when done in
connection with otherwise covered diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury. You can find these rules at 42
CFR Section 411.15(c).
Local Coverage Article: Refractive Lenses - Policy Article (A52499) - scratch resistant coating (V2760),
mirror coating (V2761), polarization (V2762), deluxe lens feature (V2702) and progressive lenses (V2781) will
be denied as non-covered.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The health
plan contract says one comprehensive eye exam and complete frame and pair of lenses, or contacts if medically
necessary are covered. You can find this information on page 89 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 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 Section 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 Section 422.2.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 $90 copayment for each covered x-ray in the outpatient department of a
network hospital or facility. You can find this information on pages 72 to 73 of the Plan's 2020 Evidence of
Coverage (EOC).
The Plan contract also says that enrollees must pay a $300 copayment for covered diagnostic radiology services
in the outpatient department of a network hospital or facility. You can find this information on pages 72 to 73
of the Plan's 2020 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
The Plan contract also says there is no coinsurance, copayment, or deductible for covered screening
mammograms. Covered services include one screening mammogram every 12 months for women age 40 and
older. You can find this information on page 53 of the Plan's 2020 EOC.