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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 20% coinsurance for Durable medical equipment (DME) and related 
supplies. You can find this information on page 64 of the Plan's 2021 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 providers/suppliers must report services correctly. Procedures should be reported with the 
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code that describes the services performed. 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(A). 
 
The rules say that the Correct Coding Initiative was developed to promote correct coding and to control 
improper coding leading to inappropriate payment in Part B claims. The Coding Policy Manual also explains 
what is referred to as Column One/Column Two Correct Coding and Mutually Exclusive Edits. These are code 
pairs that should not be reported together. Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) subject all line items 
for the same beneficiary, same National Provider Identifier (NPI), and same date of service to National Correct 
Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits. The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) File Formats continue to 
include a Correct Coding Modifier Indicator (CCMI) for the Column One / Column Two Correct Coding edit 
file. This indicator determines whether an NCCI Procedure to Procedure (PTP)-associated modifier causes the 
code pair to bypass the edit. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet 
Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 20.9. 
 
The rules state that an "order" is a communication from the treating physician/practitioner requesting that a 
diagnostic test be performed for a beneficiary. While a physician order is not required to be signed, the 
physician must clearly document, in the medical record, his or her intent that the test be performed. You can 
find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Medicare Benefit 
Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 80.6.1. 
 
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 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. This benefit includes 
coverage for only those items and services specifically listed in your Plan contract. You can find this 
information on pages 76-77 of the Plans 2023 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 section 1833(t)(1)(B)(i) of the Act allows CMS to define the services for which payment 
under the OPPS is appropriate and the Secretary has determined that the services designated to be inpatient 
only services are not appropriate to be furnished in a hospital outpatient department. Inpatient only services 
are generally, but not always, surgical services that require inpatient care because of the nature of the 
procedure, the typical underlying physical condition of patients who require the service, or the need for at least 
24 hours of postoperative recovery time or monitoring before the patient can be safely discharged. An example 
of an inpatient only service is CPT code 33513, Coronary artery bypass, vein only; four coronary venous 
grafts. The designation of services to be inpatient-only is open to public comment each year as part of the 
annual rulemaking process. Procedures removed from the inpatient only list may be appropriately furnished 
in either the inpatient or outpatient settings and such procedures continue to be payable when furnished in the 
inpatient setting. 
 
There is no payment under the OPPS for services that CMS designates to be inpatientonly services. These 
services have an OPPS status indicator of C in the OPPS Addendum B and are listed together in Addendum 
E of each years OPPS/ASC final rule. 
 
Excluding the handful of exceptions discussed below, CMS does not pay for an inpatient-only service 
furnished to a person who is registered in the hospital as an outpatient and reports the service on the outpatient 
hospital bill type (TOB 13X). CMS also does not pay for all other services on the same day as the inpatient 
only procedure. 
 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, 
Chapter 4, Section 180.7. 
 
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 medically necessary services are those that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or 
treatment of an illness or injury. Medically necessary services include services to improve the functioning of a 
malformed body member. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(1)(A). 
 
The rules say that services that are not medically necessary are not covered. The rules also say that 
experimental and investigational devices are not covered. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Sections 411.15 and 
411.15(o). 
 
The rules say that under the circumstances specified below, payment may be made for repair, maintenance, and 
replacement of medically required DME, including equipment which had been in use before the user enrolled 
in Part B of the program. However, do not pay for repair, maintenance, or replacement of equipment in the 
frequent and substantial servicing or oxygen equipment payment categories. In addition, payments for repair 
and maintenance may not include payment for parts and labor covered under a manufacturers or suppliers 
warranty. 
 
To repair means to fix or mend and to put the equipment back in good condition after damage or wear. Repairs 
to equipment which a beneficiary owns are covered when necessary to make the equipment serviceable. 
However, do not pay for repair of previously denied equipment or equipment in the frequent and substantial 
servicing or oxygen equipment payment categories. If the expense for repairs exceeds the estimated expense of 
purchasing or renting another item of equipment for the remaining period of medical need, no payment can be 
made for the amount of the excess. You can find this rule in Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 15 110.2 
- Repairs, Maintenance, Replacement, and Delivery. 
 
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 the provider, supplier, or beneficiary, as appropriate, must furnish to the intermediary or 
carrier sufficient information to determine whether payment is due and the amount of payment. You can find 
this rule at 42 CFR 424.5. 
 
The rules say for Medicare to consider coverage and payment for any item or service, the information 
submitted by the supplier or provider must corroborate the documentation in the beneficiary's medical 
documentation and confirm that Medicare coverage criteria have been met. You can see this in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-08, Medicare Program Integrity 
Manual, Chapter 3, Section 3.3.2.1. 
 
The rules also state that all diagnostic X-Ray tests, diagnostic laboratory tests, and other diagnostic tests must 
be ordered by the physician who is treating the beneficiary and tests not ordered by the physician who is 
treating the beneficiary are not reasonable and necessary. While a physician order is not required to be signed, 
the physician must clearly document, in the medical record, the intent that the test be performed. Contractors 
shall consider order requirements for diagnostic laboratory tests met if there is: 
 
A signed order or signed requisition listing the specific test; or 
An unsigned order or unsigned laboratory requisition listing the specific tests to be performed and an 
authenticated medical record that supports the physician/practitioners intent to order the tests; or 
An authenticated medical record that supports the physician/practitioners intent to order the specific tests. 
 
You can find these rules in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Internet-Only Manual, 
Publication 100-08, Medicare Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 6, Section 6.9.1. 
 
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 at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101. 
 
The rules say that Medicare plans must make reasonable and diligent efforts to gather and forward information to the 
Independent Review Entity (IRE). You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Parts C & D Enrollee Grievances, Organization/Coverage Determinations, and Appeals Guidance 
Manual, Section 50.12.1.  
 
The rules also say that providers/suppliers must report services correctly. Procedures should be reported with the Current 
Procedural Terminology (CPT) code that describes the services performed. 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(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 that a Pneumatic Compression Device (PCD) are covered in the home setting when medically 
necessary for the treatment of lymphedema and/or for the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency with 
venous stasis ulcers. 
 
PCD's are not covered by Medicare when the place of service is an ambulatory surgical center. 
 
For purposes of rental and purchase of DME a beneficiarys home may be his/her own dwelling, an apartment, 
a relatives home, a home for the aged, or some other type of institution. 
 
You can find these rules in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 110.1 (D) and Medicare National Coverage 
Determinations Manual, Chapter 1, Section 280.6. 
 
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 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) covers percutaneous left atrial 
appendage closure (LAAC) for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) through Coverage with Evidence 
Development (CED) with the following conditions: 
a. LAAC devices are covered when the device has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 
Premarket Approval (PMA) for that devices FDA-approved indication and meet all of the conditions 
specified below: 
The patient must have: 
- A CHADS2 score  2 (Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age > 75, Diabetes, Stroke/transient 
ischemia attack/thromboembolism) or CHA2DS2-VASc score  3 (Congestive heart failure, 
Hypertension, Age  65, Diabetes, Stroke/transient ischemia attack/thromboembolism, Vascular 
disease, Sex category) 
- A formal shared decision-making interaction with an independent non-interventional physician using an 
evidence-based decision tool on oral anticoagulation in patients with NVAF prior to LAAC. 
Additionally, the shared decision-making interaction must be documented in the medical record. 
- A suitability for short-term warfarin but deemed unable to take long-term oral anticoagulation following 
the conclusion of shared decision making, as LAAC is only covered as a second line therapy to oral 
anticoagulants. The patient (preoperatively and postoperatively) is under the care of a cohesive, 
multidisciplinary team (MDT) of medical professionals. The procedure must be furnished in a hospital 
with an established structural heart disease (SHD) and/or electrophysiology (EP) program. 
You can find this information in National Coverage Determination (NCD): Percutaneous Left Atrial 
Appendage Closure (LAAC) (20.34) 
 
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 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 35-39 of the Plan's 2023 
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 effective for claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2014, it is mandatory to 
report a clinical trial number on claims for items/services provided in clinical trials/studies/registries, or under 
Coverage with Evidence Development (CED). You can find this rule in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services (CMS) Internet-Only Manual Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 32, 
Section 68.1. 
 
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 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. This benefit includes the 
bitewings - four radiographic images but is limited to one per plan year. You can find this information on page 
179 of the Plan's 2023 Medicare quick reference guide.
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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 no provider or supplier shall receive payment for services furnished to a Medicare 
beneficiary unless the provider or supplier is enrolled in the Medicare program. Further, it is essential that each 
provider and supplier enroll with the appropriate Medicare fee-for-service contractor. Chapter 15 - Medicare 
Enrollment. 
 
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 also says that you can get your care from an out-of-network provider; however, in most cases that 
provider must be eligible to participate in Medicare. Except for emergency care, we cannot pay a provider who 
is not eligible to participate in Medicare. If you receive care from a provider who is not eligible to participate in 
Medicare, you will be responsible for the full cost of the services you receive. Check with your provider before 
receiving services to confirm that they are eligible to participate in Medicare. You can find this information on 
page 26 of the Plan's 2023 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 state that molecular diagnostic tests used to assist in risk stratification of melanoma patients are 
covered when ALL of the following are true: 
 
    The patient has a personal history of melanoma AND: 
        Either: 
            Has Stage T1b and above OR 
            Has T1a with documented concern about adequacy of microstaging 
        Is undergoing workup or being evaluated for treatment, AND 
        Does not have metastatic disease AND 
        Presumed risk for a positive Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) based on clinical, histological, or other 
information is >5% AND 
        Has a disease stage, grade, and Breslow thickness (or other qualifying conditions) within the intended use 
of the test 
    The TEST has demonstrated, as part of a Technical Assessment: 
        Clinical validity of analytes tested in predicting metastatic disease (or the absence of metastatic disease) in 
peer-reviewed scientific literature 
        Utility beyond clinical, histological, and radiographical factors in the ability to accurately stratify patients 
into risk groups to manage patient care, such by precluding unnecessary sentinel lymph node biopsies 
        Appropriate analytical validity 
        Performance characteristics equivalent or superior to other covered, similar tests 
 
You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) MolDX: Melanoma Risk 
Stratification Molecular Testing L37748. 
 
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 the only chiropractic service Medicare covers is manual manipulation of the spine to correct 
a subluxation if the subluxation has resulted in a neuromusculoskeletal condition for which manual 
manipulation is appropriate treatment. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 410.21(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. The Plan 
contract also says that the only cover chiropractic service is manual manipulation of the spine to correct a 
subluxation. You can find this information on page 48 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.