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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 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) has established units of service edits 
referred to as Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs). An MUE for a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System 
(HCPCS)/Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code is the maximum number of units of service under most 
circumstances allowable by the same provider for the same enrollee on the same date of service. Claims 
submitted where the unit of service exceeds the MUE value for that HCPCS/CPT code will be denied.   
 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare National Correct Coding 
Initiative Policy Manual for Medicare Services, Chapter I(V). 
 
The rules also say that all Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes with Medically 
Unlikely Edit (MUE) values have an "MUE adjudication indicator" (MAI). MUEs for HCPCS codes with an 
MAI of "3" are date of service edits. These are "per day edits based on clinical benchmarks". If claim denials 
based on these edits are appealed, payment may be made for units in excess of the MUE if there is adequate 
documentation of medical necessity of correctly reported units. You can find this information in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing 
Manual, Chapter 23, Section 20.9.3.2. 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 combined in-network and out-of-network medical deductible of $150. 
This is the amount you have to pay out-of-pocket before we will pay our share for your covered medical 
services. Until you have paid the deductible amount, you must pay the full cost for most of your covered 
services. Once you have paid your deductible, we will begin to pay our share of the costs for covered medical 
services and you will pay your share (your copayment or coinsurance amount) for the rest of the plan year. 
You can find this information on page 4-2 of the Plan's 2021 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, 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 page 46 of the Plan's 2020 
Evidence of Coverage.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 in a hospital inpatient situation involving one physician covering for another, if physician A 
sees the patient in the morning and physician B, who is covering for A, sees the same patient in the evening, 
contractors do not pay physician B for the second visit. If the physicians are each responsible for a different 
aspect of the patient's care, pay both visits if the physicians are in different specialties and the visits are billed 
with different diagnoses. You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 30.6.9. 
 
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
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 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 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, 
Publication 100-08, 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.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 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 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, 
Publication 100-08, 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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 rules state that code S9343 - home therapy; enteral nutrition via bolus; administrative services, 
professional pharmacy services, care coordination, and all necessary supplies and equipment, per diem - has a 
Status Code of "I", indicating that this code is not valid for Medicare purposes and is not payable. Medicare 
uses another code (or codes) for the reporting of, and payment for, these services. You can find this information 
in the 2021 National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File. 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, 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 41 to 45 of the Plan's 
2021 Evidence of Coverage.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, 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. The Plan contract says that 
services must be performed by a participating general  
dentist. You can find this information on page 67 of the Plan's 2021 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 to review both the initial admission and the readmission at the same time unless one of them has 
previously been reviewed. In these cases, use, at a minimum, the PRAF case summary of the other admission 
in addition to the medical record of the case under review. Deny readmissions under the following 
circumstances: If the readmission was medically unnecessary; if the readmission resulted from a premature 
discharge from the same hospital; or if the readmission was a result of circumvention of PPS by the same 
hospital. You can find this rule in the Quality Improvement Organizations Manual, Chapter 4, Section 4240. 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 cystoscopy in conjunction with bladder tumor markers is standard practice to evaluate 
patients with symptoms suggesting bladder cancer and to monitor treated patients for recurrence or progression. 
Exceptions, such as high grade bladder cancers s/p radical cystectomy, do exist which preclude cystoscopy 
prior to testing. Testing indications, limitations and frequency do not apply to urine cytology. You can find this 
rule at Local Coverage Determination (LCD) L36680: Lab: Bladder/Urothelial Tumor Markers (eff. 3/4/21). 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 $20 copayment for chiropractic services. You can find this information 
in Chapter 4 on page 65 of the Plan's 2021 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 rules state that there is no additional reimbursement for a left heart catheterization done for reasons other than hemodynamic evaluation or left ventricle (LV) angiography required for patient management (i.e., when routinely performed with coronary/bypass angiography, electrophysiologic or pacing studies, or endomyocardial biopsies). Left heart catheterization is indicated for the diagnosis of, or treatment planning in patients with myocardial abnormalities or dysfunction (including ischemic disease, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, etc), valvular dysfunction, intracardiac shunts, congenital heart abnormalities, cardiac trauma, or pericardial tamponade. Angiograms of the individual cardiac chambers (atria and ventricles) are indicated for the assessment of mitral or tricuspid valve function, ventricular function or morphology (including tumors and clots), suspected ventricular aneurysms, intracardiac shunts, congenital heart disease and cardiac trauma. Coronary and bypass angiography are indicated for the diagnosis of, or treatment planning for patients with anginal syndromes, atypical chest pain syndrome suggesting ischemia, congenital heart disease, following cardiac arrest suspected to be due to ischemia or infarction, myocardial infarction, known atherosclerotic or other coronary disease, suspected graft or stent/PTCA closure, Prinzmetal's angina, coronary shunts and fistulae, cardiac trauma and for treatment planning in patients undergoing non-coronary cardiac surgical procedures. You can find these rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography (L33557).
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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 Section 120, "The claims processing systems contain edits which identify exact duplicate claims and suspect duplicate claims. All exact duplicate claims or claim lines are auto-denied or rejected (absent appropriate modifiers). Suspect duplicate claims and claim lines are suspended and reviewed by the claims administration contractors to make a determination to pay or deny the claim or claim line." Section 120.3 - Suspect Duplicates, states "Suspect duplicates are claims or claim lines that contain closely-aligned elements sufficient to suggest that duplication may be present and, as such, require that the suspect claim be reviewed. Suspect duplicate edits can be hard coded in the system or local edits set up by Medicare contractors." And "The criteria for identifying suspect duplicate claims submitted by physicians and other suppliers are not published and vary according to the type of billing entity, type of item or service being billed, and other relevant criteria. Section 120.2 states "Claims or claim lines that have been determined to be exact duplicates of another claim or claim line are denied. However, such denials may be appealed. An exact duplicate for physician and other supplier claims submitted to a MAC or carrier is a claim or claim line that exactly matches another claim or claim line with respect to the following elements: - Medicare beneficiary identifier; - Provider Number; - From Date of Service; - Through Date of Service; - Type of Service; - Procedure Code; - Place of Service; and - Billed Amount."
You can find this information in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 1.
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 may cover a drug or biological if it is safe and effective and otherwise reasonable 
and necessary. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only 
Manual, Publication 100-02, 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 Sections 422.2 and 422.136. 
 
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 has step therapy requirements for certain Medicare Part B covered drugs/biologicals. 
Enrollees may be required to try a preferred drug before the Plan will approve the requested medication. The 
health plan contract says that Stelara is subject to step therapy. The Plan requires a trial of Humira before they 
will approve the requested drug. You can find this rule in the plan's step therapy policy.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs) are covered when medically necessary and reasonable 
for the diagnosis or treatment of the specific patient involved. You can find this rule in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-03, Medicare National Coverage 
Determinations Manual, Section 220.2(B). 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
Decision: unknown

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 $275 copayment per day for days 1 through 6 per benefit period for 
Inpatient hospital care. You can find this information on page 87 and 88 of the Plan's 2021 Evidence of 
Coverage (EOC).