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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 CFR411.15 and 411.15(o).A determination of the medical necessity for certain components/additions to the prosthesis is based on the beneficiary's potential functional abilities. Potential functional ability is based on the reasonable expectations of the prosthetist, and treating physician, considering factors including, but not limited to:1. The beneficiary's past history (including prior prosthetic use if applicable); and2. The beneficiary's current condition including the status of the residual limb and the nature of other medical problems; and3. The beneficiary's desire to ambulate.A microprocessor controlled ankle foot system (L5973), energy storing foot (L5976), dynamic response foot with multi-axial ankle (L5979), flex foot system (L5980), flex-walk system or equal (L5981), or shank foot system with vertical loading pylon (L5987) is covered for beneficiaries whose functional level is 3 or above.You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Lower Limb Prostheses (L33787).
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Medicare rulesThe 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 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
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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 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 web site www.medicareappeal.com.The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract lists the specific dental services that are covered by the Plan. Crowns are not listed and therefore are not a covered service. You can find this information on pages 63 to 66 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 (normally). OR at 42 CFR 417.414 (cost plans).
The rules state that CGM devices covered by Medicare under the DME benefit are defined in CMS Ruling 1682R as therapeutic CGMs. Refer to the Non-Medical Necessity Coverage and Payment Rules in the LCD-related Policy Article for additional information.
Therapeutic CGMs and related supplies are covered by Medicare when all of the following coverage criteria (1-6) are met:
1. The beneficiary has diabetes mellitus (Refer to the ICD-10 code list in the LCD-related Policy Article for applicable diagnoses); and,
2. The beneficiary has been using a BGM and performing frequent (four or more times a day) testing; and,
3. The beneficiary is insulin-treated with multiple (three or more) daily injections of insulin or a Medicare-covered continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) pump; and,
4. The beneficiary's insulin treatment regimen requires frequent adjustment by the beneficiary on the basis of BGM or CGM testing results; and,
5. Within six (6) months prior to ordering the CGM, the treating practitioner has an in-person visit with the beneficiary to evaluate their diabetes control and determined that criteria (1-4) above are met; and,
6. Every six (6) months following the initial prescription of the CGM, the treating practitioner has an in-person visit with the beneficiary to assess adherence to their CGM regimen and diabetes treatment plan.
When a therapeutic CGM (code K0554) is covered, the related supply allowance (code K0553) is also covered.
If any of coverage criteria (1-6) are not met, the CGM and related supply allowance will be denied as not reasonable and necessary.
You can find these rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Glucose Monitors (L33822).
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.
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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 that Medicare will pay for an IRF admission when the services are reasonable and medically necessary. The patient must require an intensive and coordinated interdisciplinary approach to providing rehabilitation. The patient must need active and ongoing treatment by more than one therapy discipline. One of the therapies must be physical therapy or occupational therapy. The patient must need and be expected to actively participate in and to benefit from an intensive rehabilitation therapy program. This intensive rehabilitation therapy program generally consists of at least three hours of therapy per day at least five days per week. The patient does not need to be expected to achieve complete independence in self-care nor be expected to return to his or her prior level of functioning. The patient must need supervision by a rehabilitation physician. The physician must see the patient at least three days per week throughout the stay. You can find these rules in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 1, Sections 110.2 and 110.2.5 and at 42 CFR 412.622.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 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 web site www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules. The Plan contract also says that services are only covered when received by a participating provider. You can find this information on page 71 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage.
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The rules say that the PACE benefit package must include the following: (a) All Medicare-covered items and services; (b) All Medicaid-covered items and services, as specified in the State's approved Medicaid plan; and (c) Other services determined necessary by the interdisciplinary team to improve and maintain the enrollee's overall health status. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 460.92.The rules say that PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) benefits must include all services and items covered by Medicare and Medicaid. The benefits must also include all other services determined necessary by the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to improve and maintain the enrollee's overall health status. You can find this rule at 42 CFR ?460.92. The rules also say that enrollees in a PACE program must have a written plan of care. This plan must meet their needs in all care settings 24 hours a day every day of the year. You can find this rule at 42 CFR 460.98.
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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 50% coinsurance for out-of-network therapeutic radiology. You can find this information on page 71 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage.The Plan contract also says that enrollees must pay a $55 copayment for out-of-network physician specialist services (including surgery second opinion and telehealth or urgently needed services). 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 a low-dose CT scan (LDCT) is covered once annually for enrollees who meet certain criteria. You can find this information in the National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Lung Cancer Screening with Low Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) (210.14).
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 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 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 the general dental coverage includes 2 oral exams a year, 2 fluoride treatments a year, 2 cleaningsa year and bitewing x-rays. You can find this information on pages 90-92 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 Medicare requires that services provided/ordered/certified be authenticated by the persons responsible for the care of the beneficiary in accordance with Medicare's policies. For example, if the physician's authenticated documentation corroborates the nurse's unsigned note, and the physician was the responsible party per Medicare's payment policy, medical reviewers would consider signature requirements to have been met. The method used shall be a handwritten or electronic signature. Stamped signatures are not acceptable. Providers should not add late signatures to the medical record, (beyond the short delay that occurs during the transcription process) but instead should make use of the signature authentication process. The signature authentication process described below should also be used for illegible signatures. You can find this rule in the Medicare Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 3, Section 3.3.2.4.
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.
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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 an ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms is covered once per lifetime.You can find this information in 42 CFR 410.19.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
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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 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 at 42 CFR 422.101.
The rules state that viscosupplementation therapy for the knee via intra-articular injections of hyaluronic preparation will be considered medically reasonable and necessary when all of the following conditions are met: - The patient is symptomatic. Such symptoms may include pain which interferes with activities of daily living such as ambulation and prolonged standing, or pain interrupting sleeping, crepitus, and/or knee stiffness; - The clinical diagnosis is supported by radiologic evidence of osteoarthritis of the knee, such as joint space narrowing, subchondral sclerosis, osteophytes, and subchondral cysts; - If appropriate, other diagnoses have been excluded by appropriate evaluation and management services, laboratory and imaging studies; - The patient has failed at least 3 months of conservative therapy. Conservative therapy is defined as nonpharmacological therapy (such as home exercise program, education, weight loss, physical therapy if indicated) and simple analgesics and NSAIDs if not contraindicated; and, - The patient has failed to respond to intra-articular corticosteroid injection therapy when inflammation is a significant component of the patient's symptoms and intra-articular corticosteroids are not contraindicated. You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Viscosupplementation Therapy For Knee (L33767).
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
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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 providers must report services correctly.Procedures should be reported with the CPT code that describes the services performed. You can find this rule in the Medicare National Correct Coding Initiative Manual, Chapter I(A).
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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 consistent with Sections 1852(a)(2) and 1852(k)(1) of the Social Security Act, non-contract providers must accept as payment in full payment amounts applicable in Original Medicare. Thus, this provision of law imposes a cap on payment to non-contract providers of provider payment amounts plus beneficiary cost-sharing amounts applicable in Original Medicare. In addition, under Federal law, non-contract providers are subject to penalties if they accept more than Original Medicare amounts. You can find this information in the Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 6, Section 100.Ifyou 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 the Plan allows enrollees to use out of network (OON) providers under a Point of Service (POS) benefit. It is noted that for therapy services provided in Puerto Rico that enrollees must pay 20% coinsurance. You can find this on page 90 of the 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 Medicare pays for care in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) when all of the following four factors are met:1. The patient requires skilled nursing or skilled rehabilitation services;2. The patient requires these services on a daily basis;3. As a practical matter, the daily skilled services can be provided only on an inpatient basis in a SNF; and4. The services are reasonable and necessary for the treatment of the patient'sillness or injury or the services must be needed to establish a safe and effective maintenance program or to prevent the patient's condition from getting worse. You can find these rules at 42 CFR 409.31 and in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 8, Section 30.  The rules say that custodial care is not covered. Custodial care is personal care for a person who does not need ongoing care from trained medical or paramedical staff. Custodial care serves to help with the activities of daily living. This means the care includes help in walking, getting in and out of bed, bathing, dressing, feeding, and using the toilet. Fixing meals and taking charge of medicine that usually can be self-administered are also custodial care services. You can find this rule in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 16, Section 110.If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this web site www.medicareappeal.com.
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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 each Medicare-covered item. You can find this information on pages 56 to 57 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 coinsuranceis 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 50% coinsurance for Medicare covered eye wear provided by out of network providers. for Vision care. You can find this information on pages 85-87 of the Plan's 2019 Evidence of Coverage