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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 an IRF admission when the services are reasonable and medically necessary. The patient mustrequire 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. Thepatient 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 Section 412.622.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 (DME) that is mainly used to serve a
medical purpose. Items such as hospital beds, respirators, wheelchairs and crutches are examples of equipment
that are clearly used for medical purposes. Medicare will not pay for:
1. Equipment that is primarily and customarily used for nonmedical purposes. Examples include air
conditioners, humidifiers, dehumidifiers and electric air cleaners;
2. Equipment used for a patient's comfort or for the convenience of a person caring for the patient. Examples
include elevators, stairway elevators, physical fitness equipment and self-help devices such a grab bars. You
can find these rules in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 110.1.
Equipment which is primarily and customarily used for a nonmedical purpose may not be considered "medical"
equipment for which payment can be made under the medical insurance program. This is true even though the
item has some remote medically related use.
You can find this information in Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, 110.1.
The term DME is defined as equipment which:
- Can withstand repeated use; i.e., could normally be rented and used by successive patients;
- Is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose;
- Generally is not useful to a person in the absence of illness or injury; and,
- Is appropriate for use in a patient's home.
When an item does not appeal to fall into any of the categories list the Plan has the authority and responsibility
for deciding whether the item is covered under the DME benefit. Medicare National Coverage Determinations
Manual, Chapter 1, Part 4, Section 280.1
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 at42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 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 ongoingtreatment 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 herprior 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 Section 412.622.
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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 the MILD procedure will be covered by Medicare through Coverage with Evidence Development (CED) for beneficiaries with lumbar spinal stenosis who are enrolled in an approved clinical study that meets Medicare criteria. You can find this rule in National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis(150.13).The rules state that in National Coverage Determinations requiring Coverage with Evidence Development (CED), Medicare covers items and services in Medicare-approved CED studies. Medicare Advantage Organizations are responsible for payment of items and services in Medicare-approved CED studies unless Medicare determines that the significant cost threshold is exceeded for that item or service. You can find this rule in Medicare Managed Care Manual Chapter 4, Section 10.7.3.The rules state that the MILD procedure has a Medicare-approved CED study. The inclusion criteria for this study are:-Medicare beneficiaries receiving MILD or interspinous process decompression-Diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudicationEnrollees are excluded that have received a laminectomy, laminotomy, fusion, interspinous process decompression, or MILD in the lumbar region during the 12 months prior to the index date. You can find these rules in MILD Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression: A Medicare Claims Study (NCT03072927).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 an inpatient admission is generally appropriate when the admitting physician expects the patient to need hospital care that crosses at least two midnights. The expectation should be based on such complex medical factors as medical history, the severity of signs and symptoms, current medical needs, and medical risk. The factorsmust be documented in the medical record. If an unforeseen event, such as a patient's death or transfer, results in a shorter stay, the patient may be considered to be treated as an inpatient. An inpatient admission for a surgical procedure listed by Medicare as "inpatient only" is generally appropriate, regardless of the length of stay. An inpatient admission may be appropriate if the admitting physician expects a patient to require hospital care for only a limited period of time. The decision to admit as an inpatient must be based on the clinical judgment of the physician and must be supported by the medical record. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 412.3.
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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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.The rules say that Guardant360 testing must be coded with CPT 81479. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: MolDX: Guardant360 Plasma-Based Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) (A57425) -Effective November 1, 2019.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 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 norbe 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 Section 412.622.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 Medicare Part B generally does not pay for drugs that are usually self-administered by the patients who take them. Examples of self-administered drugs are drugs in pill form and those used for self-injection. The only exceptions are:1. blood-clotting factors; 2. drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy;3. erythropoietin for dialysis patients; 4. osteoporosis drugs for certain homebound patients;5. certain oral cancer drugs; 6. oral anti-emetics used in certain situations; 7. drugs treated as supplies during an outpatient hospital procedure; and 8. drugs required for the effective use of durable medical equipment.You can find this rule in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Sections 50, 50.2, 50.5, and 110.3.The rules say that external infusion pumps and related drugs are only covered under certain, specific circumstances. These circumstances include the administration of:1. Deferoxamine for the treatment of chronic iron overload2. Chemotherapy for the treatment of certain cancers3. Morphine when used in the treatment of intractable pain caused by cancer4. Continuous subcutaneous insulinfor the treatment of diabetes mellitus5. Other drugs if certain criteria are met, such as anticancer chemotherapy drugs, narcotic analgesics in place of morphine, antifungal or antiviral drugs, parenteral inotropic therapy drugs, epoprostenol/treprostinil for enrollees with pulmonary hypertension, gallium nitrate, ziconotide, subcutaneous immune globulin, levodopa-carbidopa enteral suspension, or blinatumomab.External infusion pumps and related drugs and supplies will be denied as not reasonable and necessary when the above criteria are not met. You can find these rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) External Infusion Pumps (L33794).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 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 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 60 one way trips of 75 miles orless per calendar year. You can find this information on pages 4-76 and 4-77 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 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 2 non-surgical or surgical extractions per calendar year. You can find this information on page 84 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 state that echocardiography is indicated in the evaluation of derangements of valvular, myocardial
and pericardial structure and function. The general applications for coverage include:
Abnormalities of the Great Vessels
1. Evaluation of acute or chronic aortic pathology (Note: TEE is often a more determinative study unless
images suitable for serial quantitation can be obtained by TTE).
2. Routine (yearly) evaluation is indicated in patients with severe aortic stenosis or regurgitation, in whom the
information obtained will be used in determining or modifying the plan of care.
3. With ascending aortic dilatation or aneurysms, a focused limited follow-up exam to serially measure
ascending aortic diameters may be indicated.
4. Evaluation of the main pulmonary artery segment and the proximal right and left pulmonary arteries.
5. Evaluation of the vena cavae and diagnosing congenital and acquired abnormalities such as vena caval
thrombosis, vena caval dilation, and thrombosis or extension of tumors from the inferior vena cava to the rightheart
chambers.
You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Transthoracic Echocardiography
(TTE) (L33577).
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 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). The rules say that critical care is a time- based service, and for each date and encounter entry, the physician's progress note(s) shall document the total time that critical care services were provided. You can find this rule in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, 30.6.12
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 for services performed on or after January 21, 2020, Medicare will now provide limited coverage of acupuncture for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). For the purposes of this coverage, CLBP is defined as lasting 12 or more weeks, non-specific (meaning there is no identifiable systemic cause, such as metastatic, inflammatory, infectious disease), and not associated with either surgery or pregnancy. This benefit covers up to 12 sessions in a 90-day period, and up to 20 visits per year, if there is demonstrated improvement. Treatment must bed is continued if there is no improvement or regression. These treatments may be provided by a physician in accordance with state requirements, or by physician assistants, nurse practitioners/clinical nurse specialists, and auxiliary personnel if they meet certain licensure requirements. Auxiliary personnel furnishing acupuncture must be under the appropriate level of supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist. You can find this information in the Medicare National Coverage Determinations Manual, Section 30.3.3.
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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 incontinence supplies are not covered because they are hygienic items that are non-reusable. You can find this rule in the Medicare National Coverage Determinations Manual, Section 280.1.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 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). The rules say that when only one service is provided in a day, providers should not bill for services performed for less than 8 minutes. For any single timed Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code in the same day measured in 15 minute units, providers bill a single 15-minute unit for treatment greater than or equal to 8 minutes through and including 22 minutes. If the duration of a single modality or procedure in a day is greater than or equal to 23 minutes through and including 37 minutes, then 2 units should be billed. Physicians must report units of service correctly. You can find this rule in Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 5 - Part B Outpatient Rehabilitation and CORF/OPT Services; Section 20.2 - Reporting of Service Units With HCPCS; Paragraph B. - Timed and Untimed Codes; and Paragraph C. - Counting Minutes for Timed Codes in 15 Minute Units.
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 you can choose to receive care from out-of-network providers but your share of the costs for your covered services may be higher. You can find this information page 44 of the Plan's 2020 Evidence of Coverage.The Plan contract also says out-of-network durable medical equipment is subject to a $1000 deductible and 25% coinsurance for each Medicare covered item. In-network durable medical equipment has a20% coinsurance for each Medicare covered item. You can find this information page 67 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.Orthopedic shoes and other supportive devices for the feet generally are not covered. However, this exclusion does not apply to such a shoe if it is an integral part of a leg brace, and its expense is included as part of the cost of the brace. Also, this exclusion does not apply to therapeutic shoes furnished to diabetics. You can find this rule in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 290(3).Local Coverage Article:  Orthopedic Footwear -Policy Article (A52481)-According to a national policy determination, a shoe and related modifications, inserts, and heel/sole replacements, are covered only when the shoe is an integral part of a brace. A matching shoe which is not attached to a brace and items related to that shoe must not be billed with a KX modifier and will be denied as noncovered because coverage is statutorily excluded. 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.